Tag Archives: Iora Health

2016 JQS Award Winner

Transforming Healthcare: Iora Health’s Innovative Model Focuses on Building Deep Relationships with Patients

by Joel Lazar, MD, MPH • June 7, 2016 • One Comment

Editor’s Note: Iora Health was named 2016 John Q. Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement winner for Dartmouth Health Connect, an innovative project that is transforming the way healthcare is delivered. The model has eliminated fee-for-service and is transforming traditional care: Instead, the practice focuses on building partnerships and deep relationships with patients. Their […]

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Joel Lazar, MD, MPH Dr. Joel Lazar serves as Medical Director of Dartmouth Health Connect, a primary care practice in Hanover, NH, and is also a member of the Clinical Leadership Council of Iora Health, the practice's parent company. Dr. Lazar received his BA and his MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his residency in Family Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia. He has also earned an MPH from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Prior to his work with Iora Health, Dr. Lazar served in clinical and leadership roles first with the Indian Health Service in Shiprock, NM, and then in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.

Joel Lazar, MD, MPH has 1 post(s) at EngagingPatients.org

Redesigning Patient Care

Reimagining Primary Care: A Radical Path to Better Patient Outcomes

by Rushika Fernandopolle, MD, MPP, CEO and Co-Founder of Iora Health • August 21, 2014 • One Comment

Her name was Joyce, and I had the pleasure of meeting her when she first came to my practice many years ago. Her hair was disheveled, she arrived late, and her health was a mess. Her diabetes and hypertension were way out of control, she was intermittently taking her medications, her diet was awful, she […]