Healthcare is best when coproduced in partnership between patients and their care teams
The Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Research Program leverages and expands Dartmouth’s Learning Health System (LHS) so that every clinical encounter both improves patient outcomes and provides data that will advance biomedical and translational science. A key tactic for SYNERGY’s Research Program is partnering with clinical and administrative health system leaders who are well-placed to overcome the challenges of implementing evidence-based practices and sustaining them. Toward that end Dartmouth’s LHS Embedded Scientist Training and Research Center is partnering with SYNERGY in training the next generation of learning health system scientists. The research projects address roadblocks associated with effectively using patient-generated data, electronic health record data, and other data sources to catalyze transformative advances in translational science and healthcare delivery for rural populations.Â
Program Leadership
Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD
SYNERGY Principal Investigator
Director, SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Research Program
Co-Leader, SYNERGY Translational & Learning Health System Science Collaborative
Brant Oliver, PhD, MS, MPH, APRN-BC, CPXP
Co-Director, SYNERGY Clinical and Translational Research Program
Leader, SYNERGY Translational & Learning Health System Science Collaborative
Research Projects
Our initial projects address a top priority identified in the rural Northern New England community needs assessments: the high prevalence of behavioral health conditions and limited access to quality behavioral health care. This problem is especially relevant to rural populations, for whom access to specialty care is limited.
We are redefining what’s possible in health care by uniting Dartmouth Health and Dartmouth College, building a local LHS—one where data, evidence, and lived experience fuel discovery and drive action. Our rural LHS transforms research into practice, accelerates innovation, and engages patients and communities as partners to deliver better care, greater value, and healthier lives.
The Dartmouth Learning Health System E-STaR Center is training the next generation of learning health system scientists to address the disparities and unmet healthcare needs faced by the communities we serve.