Read article – An article about end-of-life care and final wishes mentions that according to the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, more than 80 percent of patients with chronic diseases say they want to avoid hospitalization and intensive care when they are dying, but only one in three adults has those wishes explained.

Read article – An article about two first-year students at the Geisel School of Medicine who received a Schweitzer Fellowship to support their mentoring program that positively influences wellness for LGBTQ and questioning youth of Sullivan County participating in Rural Outright, a program of TLC Family Resource Center, quotes one of the students. “By collaborating with Rural Outright, we will expand support services available to queer youth to address the lack of LGBTQ+ mentoring programs currently available as they explore issues related to gender and sexuality,” said Jacqueline Gresham MED ’21.

Read article – Continued coverage of a report co-written by Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in which he and his coauthor argue that healthcare costs are unlikely to decrease unless the industry also reduces the growth in employment, despite industry-wide efforts to cut spending.

Read article – Continued coverage of a report co-written by Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in which he and his co-author argue that healthcare costs are unlikely to decrease unless the industry also reduces the growth in employment, despite industry-wide efforts to cut spending.

Read article – An article about a new opinion piece in the Journal of the American Medical Association that argues taking responsibility for patients based on geographic regions could help providers better generate financial savings. Mentions that two of the three piece’s authors are from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice: Adam Briggs, visiting scientist, and Elliott Fisher, director.

Read article – An article about curbing healthcare costs at the expense of job growth in the sector quotes an op-ed co-written by Jonathan Skinner, the James O. Freedman Presidential Professor in Economics, professor of community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. “The challenge of job gains in the healthcare sector is higher healthcare costs, job loss in other sectors … and stagnant take-home pay for those who manage to keep their jobs,” the authors wrote. (Picked up by Becker’s Hospital Review.)

Read article – Features research conducted by Alexander Mainor, a research project coordinator at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; and Carrie Colla, associate professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, for the Choosing Wisely campaign, whose goal it is to raise awareness among physicians and patients about avoiding unnecessary tests, treatments, and procedures. “It takes an average of 17 years for new information to actually reach clinical practice,” said Mainor.

Read article – A feature story on Jenn Alford-Teaster, a geospatial research project director in the department of biomedical data science, quotes Alford-Teaster about her announcement earlier this week to run as a Democrat for the New Hampshire Senate. “My focus will be providing economic opportunity for people in rural communities,” said Alford-Teaster.

Read article – As the number of infants with opioid withdrawal rises, academic medical centers are developing promising new methods to treat these infants and support their mothers. In 2015 and 2016, nearly 10% of babies born at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in New Hampshire were at risk for opioid withdrawal. Like at Yale Children’s, leaders there decided to promote more connection between moms and babies. Physicians began allowing infants to remain in their mothers’ rooms for the full hospital stay in 2014, explains Alison V. Holmes, MD, MPH, pediatric hospitalist and associate professor of pediatrics at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. The result was less use of medication, fewer withdrawal symptoms, and shorter hospital stays.