MedicalNewsToday – Mentions a study co-authored by Professor of Biostatistics A. James O’Malley. It found that telemedicine could help nursing homes reduce hospitalizations and save Medicare money.
In the News
Selling Testosterone
WBUR’s On Point – Lisa Schwartz – professor of medicine, of community and family medicine, and of TDI, as well as co-director of the Medicine and the Media program – was one of several experts on the program yesterday to discuss the charge that doctors and drug makers may be overselling testosterone.
Study of Drug for Blood Clots Caused a Stir, Records Show
The New York Times – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, a professor of medicine, of community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice.
Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine Receives $6.25 Million Gift
The Union Leader – An article about the $6.25 million gift that the Geisel School of Medicine received from the estate of Susan Diamond.
How Data Analytics, GIS Helps Dartmouth Atlas Influence Health Care
CIO – An extensive story that looks at the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care and how it compiles its data and performs analysis and mapping. David Goodman is quoted in the story and says “Dartmouth has amassed the largest non-governmental set of Medicare data in the United States.” Goodman is a professor of pediatrics and of health policy, director of the Center for Health Policy Research, and co-principal investigator for the Dartmouth Atlas.
Weighing Testosterone’s Benefits and Risks
The New York Times – Quotes Lisa Schwartz, a professor of medicine and of community and family medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, who says “We’re giving people hormones that we don’t know they need for a disease that we don’t know they have, and we don’t know if it’ll help them or harm them.” The Times notes that Schwartz co-authored a 2013 study on the marketing of low testosterone.
Spectrum, Dartmouth team up on teen drug abuse program
Burlington Free Press – An extensive feature on a youth counseling and research program organized by the Geisel School of Medicine and Burlington’s Spectrum Youth and Family Services which will “supplement out-patient counseling with a system of rewards and consequences to encourage an estimated 220 Burlington-area youths over five years to abstain from substance use,” according to the Burlington Free Press. The program is funded by a $2.5 million research grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
New Treatment Program for Teens Struggling with Substance Abuse
WCAX – An extensive story on a youth counseling and research program organized by the Geisel School of Medicine and Burlington’s Spectrum Youth and Family Services which will offer out-patient counseling to Burlington-area teens and their parents struggling with substance abuse.
Hot Meal and a Checkup
Valley News – An extensive story on health clinic services offered to the Claremont Soup Kitchen by students from the Geisel School of Medicine.
Patients Making Medical Decisions May Not Produce Savings
United Press International – A story on a Dartmouth study that found, after a systematic review of 1,508 citations, that health care savings are not as low as expected when patients are more involved in their own medical care.