Carnegie Mellon University

This study tested whether a new one-page FDA medication handout is more useful and easier to understand than the current drug information insert. 330 women aged 18-45 were randomly given one of three handouts and asked questions about how easy it was to read and how well they und…

This study looked at how people decide which heart transplant hospital is better when shown different data. Over 1,000 adults in the U.S. were asked to choose between a hospital that accepts almost all donor hearts and one that only takes the best ones. The goal was to see if sho…

This study looked at how heart transplant doctors judge hospitals based on their donor acceptance rates. 72 clinical transplant staff were shown different data tables and asked to pick which hospital they thought performed better. The goal was to see if showing how often a hospit…

This study looked at how medical students decide which heart transplant center is better. 105 students from the University of Pittsburgh were shown different information about two hospitals: one that accepts almost all donor hearts and one that only takes the best ones. The goal …