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Vital Signs
Then & Now
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from the 1972 Annual Review of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital:
Dr. Jarrett Folley, MHMH's
chief of staff, was quoted as
saying: "I would foresee an
extension of things done in
the outpatient area . . . with
[a] closer relationship with
health agencies in other
communities to provide
continuing care. We will
be trying to determine the
role of our physicians in
the broadening health-care
system, particularly how
they may better complement
other physicians and
hospitals throughout
northern New England."
99
Number of employees today
in the DHMC Office of
Care Management, which
coordinates patients' care
not only during but after
their hospital stays
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from the 1984 Dartmouth Medical School admissions viewbook:
Dr. Allen Dietrich said his
objectives as a faculty member
were "to establish a personal
research agenda on
preventive health care, to
develop a strong family practice
and primary-care clinical
thread throughout the
four years of the DMS curriculum,
and to build a model
family practice center. . . .
I believe it is one of Dartmouth's
obligations to teach
its medical students . . . a
person-oriented approach to
medical care, not just a disease-,
procedure-, or organ
system-oriented approach."
2007
Year Dietrich was named to
the U.S. Preventive Services
Task Force, a national panel
of experts in preventive
and primary care
A reminder of the pace of change, and of timeless truths, from the Spring 1987 issue of this magazine:
In an article titled "Pernicious
Weed," Dr. A. Stuart
Hanson, DMS '60, wrote:
"As an internist specializing
in pulmonary disease, I had
begun to realize [10 years
previously] that I was making
my living from the end
results of cigarette smoking.
My mentors in pulmonary
disease had trained at tuberculosis
sanatoriums
. . . but what I was seeing
now, in my own practice,
was a new set of pulmonary
diseases that were in large
part caused by tobacco."
39
Mentions since then in the
magazine of tobacco's effects
or of smoking cessation
1992
Year DMS students began
a tobacco-education
initiative in local schools
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