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Lionel D. Lewis, MD, MA, MB BCh. Photo by Mark Washburn Lionel D. Lewis, MD, MA, MB BCh, has been elected as a fellow of the British Pharmacological Society, a premier global society in the science of pharmacology, for his substantial contributions, demonstrated distinction, and peer recognition in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics. “It is an honor to be recognized by the British Pharmacology Society as a major contributor to the field and discipline of clinical pharmacology, which is th...

Researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine have been awarded $2.4 million in federal funding to support ongoing studies aimed at enhancing American healthcare providers’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Announced by New Hampshire’s congressional delegation, the research funding comes from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and was awarded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The fun...

New findings published by Dartmouth researchers are featured in a special issue of Health Services Research—a top journal that reports on original investigations that enhance understanding of the healthcare field and help improve the health of individuals and communities. The special issue focuses on new research highlighting the role and impact of integrated health systems in the U.S.—a type of organization that has grown dramatically in recent years and includes hospitals and outpatient ...

Cost information greatly enhances the value of shared decision making Cost information, when paired with information about clinical treatment options, greatly enhances the value of shared decision making, reported a FAIR Health brief released today. This was among the lessons learned from a FAIR Health initiative presenting patient decision aids for shared decision making in palliative care scenarios, as described in the brief Cost Information Enhances Shared Decision Making: Lessons from FAIR ...

Gaps in regulation of commercial educational websites are exposing children to unhealthy food marketing Dartmouth Researchers Work to Reduce Child-Directed Food Marketing on Educational Websites A new article, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by a team of researchers and advocates including Dartmouth faculty, asserts that current gaps in the regulation of commercial educational websites are exposing children to unhealthy food marketing. Our main issue is that if the USD...

Amid pandemic, health care practitioners review, rethink, reimagine In Resilient Vermont Network talk, health care panel discusses telemedicine and other patient-serving adaptations The coronavirus pandemic forced health care’s practitioners to be both in and on. “In” as in office for visits, routine and emergency; “on” as in on camera, to connect with far-off patients who are checking in from home. A panel of experts — Norwich Nursing Director Paulette Thabault, Dr. Alissa T...

This fall marked the start of Medical Student Grand Rounds, a monthly series of talks by Geisel School of Medicine students for an audience of their peers and interested medical faculty. Organized by Geisel’s Student Government, the presentations showcase the breadth of student knowledge, passions, and research at the institution. Across academic medical centers, grand rounds remain an important educational activity for doctors to share medical knowledge in a formal presentation. Many healthc...

 E-Mail New York, NY--December 10, 2020--Cost information, when paired with information about clinical treatment options, greatly enhances the value of shared decision making, reported a FAIR Health brief released today. This was among the lessons learned from a FAIR Health initiative presenting patient decision aids for shared decision making in palliative care scenarios, as described in the brief Cost Information Enhances Shared Decision Making: Lessons from FAIR Healths Shared Decision-Maki...