Changing Course
June 8, 2010
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President Jim Yong Kim and Dartmouth-Hitchcock President James Weinstein write in an op-ed piece, "Health insurance reform is now law, giving millions of Americans access to the full resources of our health-care system for the first time.
Today Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim launches the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, which will serve as a hub of instruction, research and advocacy on the college’s Hanover, N.H., campus.
Health care reform and the expansion of health coverage to 32 million more Americans was an historic event.
Throughout history, academic institutions have led in solving the world's most complex problems. Jim Yong Kim explains why Dartmouth is uniquely positioned to take the lead in addressing the puzzle that is the U.S. health care delivery system.
A new report commissioned by the federal government casts doubts on many reports of food allergies due to the widespread use of tests that can give misleading results.
Patients aren't the only people who have questions about the future of health care delivery and the increasing costs of medical care—new doctors do, too. Kristen Connolly, who will graduate from the University of Vermont College of Medici
A Dartmouth Medical School study found that among those whose parents let their kids watch R-rated movies "all the time," almost a quarter had tried a drink without their parents' knowledge.
A review authored by Drs. H. Gilbert Welch and William Black suggests that doctors need to address the problem of overdiagnosis in cancer care—the detection and possible treatment of tumors that may never cause symptoms or lead to death.
In this opinion piece, Dartmouth Medical School professor H. Gilbert Welch argues that for both birth and death, the phrase "Do everything possible" is increasingly incompatible with a good life.