The Daily Beast – This story on Netflix series Orange Is the New Black’s portrayal of an inmate with Alzheimer’s quotes Ira Byock, who says “People who are severely debilitated or are in the midst of dying are usually no longer a threat to society, and there is not a compelling social advantage to keeping them in prison.”

NPR – A new Dartmouth study has found that doctors are more concerned with discussing a contraceptive method’s effectiveness at preventing pregnancy, but women are typically more concerned with a contraceptive method’s safety and its side effects. The study was led by Kyla Donnelly, a researcher at TDI, who was interviewed for the story.

The Wall Street Journal – In this piece for the Journal’s “The Experts” panel, H. Gilbert Welch says a big misconception about doctors is that they know more about a patient’s health than the patient does. “It’s simply not true,” he writes.

Valley News – A research team from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice has found physician leadership has played a central role in the first wave of Accountable Care Organizations.

Information Week – Healthcare is becoming more personal — and providers are using analytics, big data, and collaboration software to learn more about the care, support, and treatment their patients require and want.

Concord Monitor – In this op-ed, Kevin Koo, a resident in urology at Geisel, says that the demand for health care providers is on the rise, yet, there is a lack of available residency positions for recently graduated medical students who are on the road to independently practicing as physicians.