The Weight and Wellness 研究 Program seeks to improve health outcomes for those of you with obesity through the development of patient-centered and cost-effective care, and the dissemination of knowledge about evidence-based practices.
The goals of our 研究 are to:
- Assess the effectiveness of the 体重与健康计划 comprehensive, multidisciplinary obesity treatment program
- 评估策略, 护理路径, and treatment modalities necessary to deliver personalized obesity care
- Employ health technologies to both improve and increase access to obesity-related treatment
Key elements of our 研究 Program include:
- 一个全面的 体重与健康计划 Clinical Registry 收集病人层面的数据
- 集成和协作 both internally with related 研究 centers and initiatives across Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 盖泽尔医学院, 十大博彩推荐排名学院, 外部组织.
- 每月的研讨会 to inform and update faculty and clinicians on new 研究 findings and treatment options.
The 研究 Program includes physicians and scientists from our 体重与健康计划 team and other Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and 盖泽尔医学院 programs.
For details on our program and projects, contact us by email at 研究.wwc@hitchcock.org.
体重与健康计划 Clinical Registry
The Clinical Registry collects patient-level data over time in order to gain a better understanding of how to best treat patients with obesity and related medical complications.
Data in the Clinical Registry will be used to study the effectiveness of our programs, and to determine whether these programs:
- 改善健康结果
- 在以病人为中心
- 是划算的
The goals of the Clinical Registry are to:
- Develop tools to personalize 护理路径 for different types of patients with obesity, in order to determine appropriate strategies for improving health with each type of patient.
- Determine ways to improve patient satisfaction for people receiving obesity treatments.
- Determine those health technologies that improve obesity-related care and increase patients' access to treatment.
The 体重与健康计划 accepts requests for data use. Each request will be reviewed for scientific merit. 联系 研究.wwc@hitchcock.org 欲知更多资料.
Participation in clinical 研究
Clinical 研究 is essential for the development of new medical knowledge and treatments, and can range from studies that use patient interviews and data to understand a particular condition, to 临床试验, which involve people (healthy subjects or patients) to test new ways to prevent, 诊断或治疗疾病.
All clinical 研究 and trials at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 盖泽尔医学院 at Dartmouth, and 十大博彩推荐排名学院 are conducted according to strict scientific and ethical principles. 每个临床试验都有一个计划, 称为协议, which is reviewed and approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB), 被称为 Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects at 十大博彩推荐排名学院.
The release and use of patient-specific information for medical 研究 also is approved by the IRB. 我们的 privacy and confidentiality policies (PDF) support the patient's right to privacy, accept responsibility to keep secure and confidential the information collected about patients, and direct the appropriate use of that information under certain circumstances, such as providing for continuity of care and participating in approved 研究 and educational activities.
研究项目合作
The Weight and Wellness 研究 Program is integrated and collaborates with related health 研究 centers and initiatives internally across Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, 盖泽尔医学院, 十大博彩推荐排名学院, 外部组织.
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