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.

Read article – An opinion piece by Paul Manganiello, active emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynecology, in which he discusses gun violence in America and a decision made by the Harrold Independent School District in Harrold, Texas, to arm teachers.

Read article – An advance of an event organized by BioTech/MedTech Cluster, an initiative of the New Hampshire High Tech Council, mentions several faculty affiliated with Dartmouth are scheduled to speak. Jake Reder, director of the New Ventures Office at the Geisel School of Medicine, will open the program with a keynote address.

Read article – An article about the Health at a Crossroads conference held last week at Montana State University quotes 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. “Medicare has no budget,” said Skinner, who gave the final talk at the conference. “It’s the only health system in the world with no budget.”

Read article – Continued coverage of a new study showing bacteria can transmit memory across generations quotes the study’s senior author George O’Toole, professor of microbiology and immunology. “It was really exciting to me that we’ve learned how reversible and irreversible attachment are linked during early biofilm formation,” said O’Toole.

Read article – An article about Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s efforts to improve the quality of care for people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) through a three-year national study quotes Brant Oliver, assistant professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice. “We are attempting an innovative approach using quality improvement methods to optimize evidence-based care for people with MS at system and population levels.”