Read article – Elliott Fisher, a professor of health policy, medicine, and community and family medicine, co-authors an article about solving the crisis in premature mortality in the U.S. A complete transition to global payment models, combined with a shift to population health-focused performance measures, should be used to encourage healthcare organizations to play a leadership role in improving health and eliminating health inequities,” Fisher writes.
Articles by: Geisel Communications
Column: Emergency Rooms Move Fast Despite Obstacles – Valley News
Read article – Jennifer Pope, an assistant professor of emergency medicine, writes an article about patient overcrowding and long wait times in emergency health care. “Although it’s a complex issue, at its most basic level, this universal health care dysfunction results from a lack of beds,” Pope writes.
Millions of Americans Will Soon Lose Internet Access. That’s a Disaster for Rural Health – Mother Jones
Read article – Lisa V. Adams, associate dean for global health and a professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and epidemiology, is featured in an article about how the Affordable Connectivity Program is coming to an end and how it will impact the health of rural communities. “We tell patients all the time that the (patient) portal is the most secure means for sharing health information,” Adams said, “but you need to have reasonable internet access to use it.”
Microsoft’s Stake in Buzzy AI Lab Mistral Is Raising Eyebrows in the EU – Fast Company
Read article – Nicholas Jacobson, an assistant professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, is quoted in a newsletter about the latest news in AI. Dartmouth researchers created an app, MoodCapture, that can identify cues associated with depression. “We think that MoodCapture opens the door to assessment tools that would help detect depression in the moments before it gets worse,” Jacobson said.
New App Can Detect Depression Before Symptoms Show Simply by Looking at Your Face When You Unlock Your Phone – The US Sun
Read article – Andrew Campbell, a professor of computer science; Nicholas Jacobson, an assistant professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry; and Subigya Nepal, Guarini, are featured in an article about their newly developed app that uses AI to detect signs of depression in the user’s face. “Our goal is to capture the changes in symptoms that people with depression experience in their daily lives,” Jacobson said.
The MoodCapture App May See That You’re Depressed Before You Do – The Daily Beast
Read article – Features Andrew Campbell, a professor of computer science, in an article about his co-authored study wherein he, alongside Arvind Pilla, Guarini; Subigya Nepal, Guarini; and Nicholas Jacobson, an assistant professor of biomedical data science and psychiatry, developed an app powered by AI to detect signs of depression using cell phone facial recognition software. “The model focuses on a myriad of facial features, including expressions stemming from muscle activations, eye gaze, head pose, and the 2D/3D locations of various face landmarks such as lips and eyes,” Campbell said. “AI is used to derive meaningful insights from each image, including factors like lighting conditions, the number of people in the image, dominant colors, photo location, and background objects.” (Picked up by Yahoo! News.)
Annual Breast Cancer Screening Beginning at 40 Saves Lives – Medical Dialogues
Read article – Debra Monticciolo, a professor of radiology, is featured in an article about her study into breast cancer screening. “There is an ongoing debate over the recommendations for breast cancer screening, specifically about when to start and the frequency of screening,” Monticciolo said. (Similar coverage in Oncology News.)
AI Enables Phones to Detect Depression From Facial Cues, Study Shows – UPI
Read article – Subigya Nepal, Guarini, and Andrew Campbell, a professor of computer science, are featured in an article about their study in which they developed an app that uses AI that detects depression from facial cues before the user even knows something is wrong. “We undertook this study to address critical gaps in traditional methods of monitoring and detecting depression. Traditional approaches often involve self-reports and clinical assessments, which can be biased and may not capture the complexity of an individual’s mental state continuously,” Nepal said.
When Do You Need to Start Getting a Mammogram? New Research Says Starting at 40 Can Save Lives. – Yahoo! Life
Read article – Debra Monticciolo, a professor of radiology, is featured in an article about her study into breast cancer screening. “It comes down to valuing women’s lives,” Monticciolo said. “I am hoping that primary care physicians see that the risks of screening are manageable, and the benefits are tremendous. We need to do this for women.”
Conversations That Matter – Joseph T. Okimoto D’60, MED’61: “A Physician’s Journey of Hope and Healing”
On the 82nd anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, Dr. Joseph T. Okimoto D’60, MED’61 returned to Dartmouth’s campus to share his personal account about the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and his ongoing journey of healing, as part of the “Conversations That Matter” speaker series.