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Patient Engagement as a New Blockbuster Drug, Not Quite Yet, Study Finds

A new study by Dartmouth Institute researchers tries to answer the question: If patient engagement is the new ‘blockbuster drug,’ why are we not seeing spectacular effects? The team conducted 103 interviews with 68 healthcare professionals designed to measure understanding of PAE and barriers to implementation were conducted in May of 2015 and May of 2016.

Key Elements: Valuing Medical Students in Research

Dartmouth Institute researcher Paul Barr, PhD, MSc and the Open Recordings team have been working with Geisel medical students on a range of projects centered on developing and implementing scalable solutions for the use of recordings in clinical practice.

Professor Ellen Meara Appointed to Endowed Professorship

Ellen Meara, PhD, has been named to the Peggy Y. Thomson Professorship in the Evaluative Clinical Sciences.

Recent Survey Provides an Updated National Estimate of Doctors’ Financial Ties to Industry

Dartmouth Institute physician-researchers Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin were part of a team that conducted a national survey of internal medicine doctors to better understand the effects of changes in gift and payment policies from pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to physicians implemented in 2013.

New Research: Use of Tobacco and Marijuana Products Regularly Featured in Hip-Hop Music Videos

Dartmouth Institute Receives $3.5 Million Grant for Research to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury During Cardiac Catheterization

Over two million people in the United States undergo cardiac catheterization each year. While the procedure is used effectively for both diagnostic and interventional purposes, it is not without risk: Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in up to 14 percent of all patients following a cardiac catheterization and up to 50 percent in patients with pre-existing kidney disease. A research team led by Dartmouth Institute Associate Professor Jeremiah Brown recently was awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH) to test preventative interventions, which have the potential to significantly improve patient safety and outcomes, through a virtual learning collaborative with or without automated surveillance reporting (ASR).

Prof. Louise Davies: Member of an International Task Force Making Recommendations on Thyroid Cancer Monitoring in the Wake of a Nuclear Accident

Dartmouth Institute Associate Professor Louise Davies, a well-known exert on overdiagnosis and thyroid cancer, recently served on a World Health Organization task force that offered recommendations for thyroid screening. The group gave a preview of their recommendations in a recent Lancet Oncology article.

Jazz, Vampires, and Patient Preferences: Dartmouth's First-Ever Healthcare Foundations Offers a Humanistic Approach to Training Future Healthcare Leaders

Over the course of an intensive week, faculty and clinical experts guided students through a week of exploring how the humanities can offer new perspectives and strategies for improving patient care.

Dartmouth Institute study reveals public and physician attitudes on recording clinical visits

New Dartmouth Institute study is the first to measure the prevalence of recording of clinical visits in the United States. The study also assesses the attitudes of doctors and the public toward recording, and surveys 49 large health systems. in the U.S. to determine whether they currently have in place policies on recording.

Solution-Driven & Focused on Systems Improvement: Meet Our New On-Campus MPH Class

The Dartmouth Institute’s on-campus Master of Public Health program brings together business consultants, policy advocates, physicians (aspiring and actual), and other healthcare professionals from around the country—and the world. Find out more about what drives this dedicated group of recent graduate and mid-career professionals, and what they’re looking for in Dartmouth Institute ‘deliverables.’