Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Director of Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Professor of Medicine, of Community & Family Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute
Director, Center for Population Health
Co-Director of the VA Outcomes Group
Phone
(603) 653-0802
Education
- MPH., U. Washington, 1985
- MD., Harvard Medical School, 1981
- BA., Harvard University, 1974
Primary Contact
Abigail Underhill
(603) 653-0802
Abigail.M.Underhill@Dartmouth.edu
Affiliations
The Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Areas of Expertise
Dr. Fisher is a general internist whose research focuses on exploring both the causes and the implications for health and health policy of regional variations in Medicare spending and practice.
Professional Achievements:
ModernHealthcare magazine names Dr. Elliott Fisher, Director of The Dartmouth Institute, as one of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in 2013.
Research
Fostering Accountable Health Care: Moving Forward in MedicareHealth Affairs, January 27, 2009; 28, No. 2:219-31 Inpatient Care Intensity and Patient's Ratings of Their Hospital Experiences
Health Affairs, January/February 2009; 28, No. 1:103-12 Hospital Quality and Intensity of Spending: Is there an Association
Health Affairs, May 21, 2009; 566-72 Slowing the Growth of Health Care Costs -- Lessons from Regional Variation
New England Journal of Medicine, February 26, 2009; 360,No. 9:849-52 How Much Do Patients' Preferences Contribute to Resource Use?
Health Affairs, May/June 2009; 28, No. 3:864-73 Regional variation in carotid artery stenting and endarterectomy in the Medicare population
Circulation: Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, January 1, 2010; 3:15-24 Looking Back, Moving Forward
New England Journal of Medicine (Perspectives), Feb 18, 2010; 362(7):569-74 Withholds to Slow Medicare Spending A Better Deal Than Cuts
Journal of the American Medical Association, January 11, 2012; 307 No. 2:115-203 Four Health Care Organizations' Efforts to Improve Patient Care and Reduce Costs
The Commonweatlth Fund, january 13, 2012; Association of Hospital Spending Intensity With Mortality and Readmission Rates in Ontario Hospitals
JAMA, March 14, 2012; 307 (10):1037-1045
In the Media
"The Long Goodbye" TIME »"Hospitals Finding Patients On Google, Facebook" Kaiser Health News, July 12, 2012 »
"Money & Medicine, PBS, featuring faculty of The Dartmouth Institute" Public Broadcasting System, September 24, 2012 »
"How Healthcare Is Changing — for the Better" US News & World Report, October 18, 2012 »
"Taking Accountability: DHMC Explores ACOs" Valley News, November 18, 2012 »
"Cost of Dying: Some Bay Area hospitals combat death aggressively with expensive treatment" Mercury News, December 9, 2012 »
"The ‘Influentials’ Who Make Us Healthier" AARP Magazine, December 18, 2012 »
"Special Report on Health Care" The Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2013 »
"Medicare Needs Fixing, but Not Right Now" New York Times, February 26, 2013 »
"ModernHealthcare Names Fisher as one of 50 Most Influential Physician Executives" ModernHealthcare, April 22, 2013 »