Healio – Cites comments by Kathleen Bickel, assistant professor of medicine, on a recent study she conducted with fellow researchers to define what constitutes as high-quality primary palliative care delivered by medical oncology practices. “The small workforce of palliative care specialists are insufficient to meet the needs of all patients with cancer in the U.S. who might benefit from these services,” says Bickel.

Medical XPress – Cites a recent study conducted by Shawn Ralston, associate professor of pediatrics; David Goodman, professor of pediatrics, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Wade Harrison, Geisel ’16, researcher at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; and Jared Wasserman, Analytic Project Manager at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. The study examines the population of children with medical complexity in three states—Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, and found significant differences across the hospitals providing care in inpatient days, outpatient visits, emergency room visits and diagnostic tests.

Mother Jones – Cites comments from an opinion piece written in 2013 by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in an article about how breast cancer is not one disease—it’s many, and different types can behave in a variety of ways.

The Motley Fool – Cites research by Benjamin Crosier, a postdoctoral fellow in the department of psychiatry, in article about how Facebook’s restrictions on its user data is affecting academia. Crosier is researching links between social-media activity and problems such as drug addiction. Crosier, who had hoped to build an app, was denied access to the Facebook data he was using earlier this year and is now petitioning the social network, hoping he can resume his efforts.

Fierce Medical Devices – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical practice, about Apple’s ResearchKit platform, and expresses skepticism towards using the platform for research, as it relies on patient-reported information rather than facts to fuel clinical trials. “Just collecting lots of information about people—who may or may not have a particular disease, and may or may not represent the typical patient—could just add noise and distraction,” says Schwartz. “Bias times a million is still bias.”

MSN via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Continued coverage of a recent study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Oregon which found that teenagers who try vaping or e-cigarettes are more likely to turn to traditional cigarettes for their nicotine fix and become addicted smokers.

Healthcare Finance News – Mentions that the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care has calculated that a third of Medicare spending goes to the care of people with chronic illnesses in their last two years of life.

Vox – Quotes Steven Woloshin, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how drug ads in the U.S. typically come with a long list of side effects.

SF Gate via Associated Press – Cites a recent study conducted by researchers from Dartmouth, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Oregon which found that teenagers who try vaping or e-cigarettes are more likely to turn to traditional cigarettes for their nicotine fix and become addicted smokers.

Valley News – Jessica Hamblen, associate professor of psychiatry at Geisel and acting deputy executive director and deputy for education for the Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD in White River Junction, Vt., has been selected to receive the David M. Worthen Award for Career Achievement in Educational Excellence. It is the highest award given by the Veterans Health Administration to recognize outstanding achievements of national significance to education in the health professions.