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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.

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?