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Reid Plimpton MPH'19 is Working With Maine’s Immigrant Communities and Gaining Experience in Community-Based Participatory Methods

Reid Plimpton found the topic of his Applied Practice Experience by first identifying the “public health skills he was interested in adding to his professional toolkit.” At the top of the list was experience in community-based participatory methods, project evaluation, and policy development.

Mandy Miller MPH'19 is in a New York State of Mind, Examining How Lawmakers Can Expand Access to Affordable Health Coverage

For her Applied Practice Experience, Mandy Miller turned her attention to analyzing data on New York’s individual health insurance market and investigating what kind of policies New York State could adopt to create a sustainable health insurance system.

Stoddard Davenport MPH'19 and Colleagues Are Bringing Public Health into Private Consulting

Stoddard Davenport Davenport and his colleagues at Milliman’s Denver Health Practice are using their skills as consultants and researchers to help their colleagues across the insurance industry gain a deeper understanding of the opioid epidemic as a public health crisis.

Will Erickson MPH'19 Believes the Patient Should Be the Hero of Their Own Story

As a union organizer and process improvement coach, Will Erickson believes in the power of a group that’s working toward a common goal. So perhaps it’s not surprising that for his Applied Practice Experience (APE), he chose to work with Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in Eastern Massachusetts focusing on the group visit (GV) model of healthcare delivery.

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Doctors and Patients Have Better Conversations?

Gerald Onuoha, MD, MS’15

Medical Marketing Has Skyrocketed in the Past Two Decades, While Oversight Remains Limited

In an article recently published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice reviewed medical marketing (the marketing of prescription drugs, disease awareness, laboratory tests and health services to consumers and professionals) over a 20-year period from 1997 through 2016 and found that while it had increased dramatically from about $17.7 billion to $29.9 billion, regulation has not.

It’s all in the algorithm!

In an effort to improve what can often be a frustrating and confusing search for information about cancer treatment options, two PhD students at The Dartmouth Institute, Katie Saunders and Curtis Peterson, are using machine-learning technology to rate and evaluate whether the materials patients receive is clear and helpful.

Veterans Health Administration Hospitals Outperform Non–VHA Hospitals in Most Healthcare Markets

The Dartmouth Institute Honors the Legacy of Professor Lisa Schwartz

The Dartmouth Institute honors the legacy of Professor Lisa Schwartz whose pioneering research helped improve the communication of medical information to physicians, policymakers, media, and the public.