The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
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The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) is an organization within Dartmouth College
"dedicated to improving health care through education, research, policy reform, leadership improvement, and communication with patients and the public." It was founded in 1988 by John Wennberg
as the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS); a reorganization in 2007 led to TDI's current structure.
Dr. James Weinstein, DO, MS, suceeded Dr Jack Wennberg in 2007 as director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He is also co-president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system and leader, with Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim, of the recently established Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science.
The institute provides a graduate-level education program involving elements of both Dartmouth's Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs and the Dartmouth Medical School
. It grants Masters in Public Health degrees as well as Master of Science
and Doctor of Philosophy
in Health Policy and Clinical Science degrees. The institute is located on Centerra Parkway in Lebanon, New Hampshire
, across from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
. The institute's largest policy product is the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, which documents unwarranted variation
in the American health care system.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
"dedicated to improving health care through education, research, policy reform, leadership improvement, and communication with patients and the public." It was founded in 1988 by John Wennberg
John Wennberg
John E. "Jack" Wennberg is the pioneer and leading researcher of unwarranted variation in the healthcare industry. Through four decades of work, Wennberg has documented the geographic variation in the healthcare that patients in the United States receive...
as the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences (CECS); a reorganization in 2007 led to TDI's current structure.
Dr. James Weinstein, DO, MS, suceeded Dr Jack Wennberg in 2007 as director of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. He is also co-president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system and leader, with Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim, of the recently established Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science.
The institute provides a graduate-level education program involving elements of both Dartmouth's Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs and the Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School is the medical school of Dartmouth College, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. The fourth-oldest medical school in the United States, Dartmouth Medical School was founded in 1797 by New England physician Nathan Smith and grew steadily over the course...
. It grants Masters in Public Health degrees as well as Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
and Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in Health Policy and Clinical Science degrees. The institute is located on Centerra Parkway in Lebanon, New Hampshire
Lebanon, New Hampshire
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,568 people, 5,500 households, and 3,178 families residing in the city. The population density was 311.4 people per square mile . There were 5,707 housing units at an average density of 141.4 per square mile...
, across from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is New Hampshire's only academic medical center and is headquartered on a campus in the heart of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, in Lebanon, New Hampshire....
. The institute's largest policy product is the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, which documents unwarranted variation
Unwarranted variation
Unwarranted variation in healthcare service delivery, first so termed by Dr. John Wennberg, refers to differences that cannot be explained by illness, medical need, or the dictates of evidence-based medicine...
in the American health care system.