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Brother Act: Doctor, Senator Find Complementary Lessons in New Health Care Program

Posted on February 03, 2012 by Office of Communications


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In this series, Dartmouth Now features stories from the

master’s program at the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science. The program, which welcomed its first class of students in July 2011, is committed to the value-based improvement of health care delivery—achieving better outcomes for the same or lower costs—that is scientifically, ethically, and managerially sound. The partnership between The Dartmouth Institute’s advanced research expertise in health care outcomes and the Tuck School of Business’s proven success in teaching leadership and teamwork, finance, and operations combine to create an unmatched educational opportunity.

By Susan J. Boutwell and Kirk Cassels

In this fifth and final installment of Dartmouth Now’s “Transformational Change: Lessons in Health Care Delivery Science” series, MHCDS students Oklahoma State Senator Tom Adelson, who is also a former Secretary of Health in Oklahoma, and his brother Dr. David Adelson, Associate Vice President for Campus Planning and Associate Professor of Dermatology and Internal Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Medical School, discuss the connections between public policy and health care. Dartmouth’s MHCDS program, they say, excels at bringing together students and faculty with a range of experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.

Other stories in this series:

Transformational Change: Part 1—Tuck Professor Robert Shumsky talks about the unique nature of this new Dartmouth program.

Transformational Change: Part 2— Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Kenneth Rosenfield ’77 explains how he’s bringing new knowledge to the national cardiology programs he organizes.

Transformational Change: Part 3— U.S. Navy Commander Matt Grimes says he’ll use lessons from Dartmouth in his work trying to reduce costs in Navy medicine.

Transformational Change: Part 4— Dr. Bonni Curran talks about wanting to better understand public policy and health policy to apply to her work in developing countries.