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The Dartmouth Institute’s Class of 2019 'Called to do Great Things' in Healthcare

Congratulations to our 2019 MPH, MS, and PhD graduates!

Dartmouth Institute Study Reveals How ACOs Use Home Visits to Improve Care and Reduce Hospital Use

The study, led by Taressa Fraze, PhD, offer new details about how Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are using home visits to improve care management and identify patient needs while aiming to reduce costs. The study was part of a broader research effort at Dartmouth focused on how ACOs care for patients with complex clinical and social needs.

Geisel Researchers to Receive $2.6 Million Award to Study Pediatric Hospital Admissions

Dartmouth Institute Associate Professor JoAnna Leyenaar is leading team of Geisel researchers on a PCORI-funded project to compare the effectiveness of direct admission and admission through emergency departments (EDs) for hospitalized children.

Study Finds that Quitting Smoking During Pregnancy Lowers Risk of Preterm Births

Dartmouth Institute Associate Professor Samir Soneji is the lead author on a new study that addresses the important association between maternal cigarette smoking cessation during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth.

Jennifer Strahan MS’10

James O’Malley Receives Distinguished Award for Scientific Excellence

The Dartmouth Institute professor and director of the Program in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences has received the 2019 ISPOR (International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research) Award for Excellence in Health Economics and Outcomes Research Methodology.

How common are advance care planning conversations when the patient is hospitalized, older, and at a high risk of dying?

A Dartmouth research team analyzed advanced care planning billing at a national physician practice and found that despite incentives, the rate of ACP-billed conversations was low and varied greatly among physicians and practice sites.

Going Public: MPH Students Hone Their Skills in the Field

Find out how four students in the Class of 2019 are working with leading nonprofits, health systems, consulting firms, and even their own companies to improve health and healthcare in communities across the country.

There’s Strength in Numbers for People Facing Serious Illness

Researchers at The Dartmouth Institute are developing a Palliative Care Learning Health System Incubator (LHS-Incubator) that unites the distinct knowledge and experiences of patients, caregivers, and clinicians—enabling these groups to work together to design and develop novel services and tools to improve palliative care experiences.

Tools to Help Seriously Ill Patients Near Death Make Decisions About Their Care Aren’t Commonly Used in Routine Practice

A new study by researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice found that although there are dozens of tools available to help people make difficult decisions near the end of their lives, they are of varying quality and very few are actually available for patients and families to use in hospitals.