MedPage Today – Elliott Fisher participated in a video interview in which he and other experts answered the question, “What is needed to show that accountable care organizations (ACOs) can save money and provide more efficient and effective care?”
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One-liners may hint at feelings about health care
USA Today – Continued coverage of a study led by Matthew Davis, an instructor at The Dartmouth Institute, who monitored the comments of more than 33,000 Facebook users to examine the jokes people make about doctors. Davis is quoted in the story
What Is the Biggest Mistake Patients Make When Picking a Primary-Care Doctor?
The Wall Street Journal – In an opinion piece for the Journal’s “The Experts” blog, Elliott Fisher says when it comes to finding a good physician, patients should choose someone that is a good fit for them but also someone who is surrounded by a good team of professionals. Fisher is director of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the James W. Squire Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine.
Ayo’s Essential Journey: “I Dream Big for Nigeria”
Growing up in Nigeria, Geisel School of Medicine student Ayobami “Ayo” Olufadeji learned firsthand what it means to live in a community without enough doctors—and he’s committed to changing that.
DISCOVERY Supercomputer Enables Big Data Analytics at Dartmouth
Dartmouth’s Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS), a program established to advance and support interdisciplinary education and research at Dartmouth College, has reached a major milestone in infrastructure development.
The Big T Medicine Show
The Economist – A story exploring research from Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz who have been studying how marketing advertisers target middle-aged men with low testosterone, or “low T.”
Pick a Team, Not Just a Doctor
The Wall Street Journal – In an opinion piece for the Journal’s “The Experts” blog, Elliott Fisher responds to the question “What is the biggest mistake patients make when picking a primary-care doctor?”
Overdiagnosis Could Be Behind Jump in Thyroid Cancer Cases
NPR – Continued coverage of a Dartmouth study led by H. Gilbert Welch that attributes a drastic increase in thyroid cancer cases to overdiagnosis, leading to overtreatment.
The Rising Incidence of Thyroid Cancer
The New York Times – Quotes Louise Davies, an assistant professor of surgery and of TDI, who says diagnosing patients with thyroid cancer who have small tumors “distracts from the problem they came in with and leads to unnecessary treatment.”
Ads Focused On a Few Drug Risks Might Make Them Memorable
NPR – Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz are quoted extensively on the Food and Drug Administration’s call for research into how prescription drug ads can be improved. Schwartz’s research on two new weight-loss drugs with harmful side effects is also discussed. Schwartz and Woloshin are both professors of medicine and of community and family medicine, as well as co-directors of the Medicine and the Media program. This story was published by NPR’s Shots.