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Faculty Biographies
Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Senior Faculty Member, Center for Leadership and Improvement at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Director, Quality Administration, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Adjunct Professor, Division of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Senior Faculty Member, Center for Leadership and Improvement at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Director, Quality Administration, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Adjunct Professor, Division of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Contact:
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- One Medical Center Drive
- Lebanon, NH 03756
- Phone: (603) 653-0457
- Email: Eugene.C.Nelson@Dartmouth.EDU
Education:
AB, 1970, Dartmouth College
MPH, 1973, Yale Medical School
D.Sc., 1977, Harvard University School of Public Health
MPH, 1973, Yale Medical School
D.Sc., 1977, Harvard University School of Public Health
Experience and Interests:
1988 –1992: Director, Quality of Care Research, Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, TN
1985 - 1986: Senior Scientist and Director of Operations, Medical Outcomes Study, The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
1976 - 1988: Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of Community Medicine; Executive Director, Dartmouth Institute for Better Health; Executive Director, Primary Care Cooperative Information Project, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
1976 - 1988: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1975 –1978: Staff Associate, Medicine, Hypertension Education Program, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA
1974 - 1975: Assistant Director, Health Care Studies, Department of Community Health and Ambulatory Care, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA
1972 - 1974: Assistant Director, MEDEX New England Evaluation, Department of Community Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Measuring Health System Quality, Value and Performance: To develop balanced measures of performance, that are used to manage and improve organization-wide performance and value of care for clinical service lines.
Working with many major organizations such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s IMPACT Network, the international Vermont Oxford Network of Neonatal Intensive Care Units, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis Programs, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, etc.
Leading Macrosystems and Mesosystems to Achieve Peak Performance in Frontline Microsystems: To develop self-sustaining healthcare systems that are capable of continually improving the quality and value of health care for individual patients and entire populations of people who receive health care.
Teaching materials being distributed to 2000 hospitals in the United States under the sponsorship of American Hospital Association, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Premier Inc, and Voluntary Hospital Association. Books: Quality by Design, published in March 2007 by Jossey-Bass, and Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, in press, May 2007 (Joint Commission Resources). Teaching full courses to masters degree students and medical residents and fellows at Dartmouth’s Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences.
1985 - 1986: Senior Scientist and Director of Operations, Medical Outcomes Study, The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
1976 - 1988: Associate Professor and Vice Chairman of Community Medicine; Executive Director, Dartmouth Institute for Better Health; Executive Director, Primary Care Cooperative Information Project, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
1976 - 1988: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
1975 –1978: Staff Associate, Medicine, Hypertension Education Program, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA
1974 - 1975: Assistant Director, Health Care Studies, Department of Community Health and Ambulatory Care, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA
1972 - 1974: Assistant Director, MEDEX New England Evaluation, Department of Community Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH
Measuring Health System Quality, Value and Performance: To develop balanced measures of performance, that are used to manage and improve organization-wide performance and value of care for clinical service lines.
Working with many major organizations such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s IMPACT Network, the international Vermont Oxford Network of Neonatal Intensive Care Units, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis Programs, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, etc.
Leading Macrosystems and Mesosystems to Achieve Peak Performance in Frontline Microsystems: To develop self-sustaining healthcare systems that are capable of continually improving the quality and value of health care for individual patients and entire populations of people who receive health care.
Teaching materials being distributed to 2000 hospitals in the United States under the sponsorship of American Hospital Association, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Premier Inc, and Voluntary Hospital Association. Books: Quality by Design, published in March 2007 by Jossey-Bass, and Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, in press, May 2007 (Joint Commission Resources). Teaching full courses to masters degree students and medical residents and fellows at Dartmouth’s Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences.
Eugene C. Nelson
DSc, MPH
DSc, MPH
Profile:
Dr. Nelson's research interests involve quality improvement and measurement of system performance, health outcomes, customer satisfaction, and the development of patient-centered healthcare systems.