Paul B. Gardent

Adjunct Professor of Business Administration
Senior Associate, Center for Leadership and Improvement, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

E-Mail: paul.b.gardent@dartmouth.edu Phone: 603-653-3238

BA and BS, University of New Hampshire, 1970; MBA, Tuck School of Business, 1976; Certified Public Accountant, Massachusetts License

Areas of expertise

Health care leadership and administration, health care quality and performance improvement, health strategy, finance and public policy, public health

Current research topics

Ethics in health care improvement and leadership, role of transparency in improving quality and value in health care

Selected Publications

With B. Gewertz et al., "Integrating Education and Patient Care: GME Task Force Report,” Association of American Medical Colleges, 2003; with E. Nelson et al., "Publicly Reporting Comprehensive Quality and Cost Data: A Health Care System’s Transparency Initiative,” Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2005; with P. Batalden, E. Nelson, E. Godfrey, "Leading the Macrosystem and Mesosystem for Microsystem Peak Performance,” in From Front Office to Front Line: Essential Issues for Health Care Leaders, Joint Commission Resources, 2005; with P. Batalden, E. Nelson, E. Godfrey, "Leading the Macrosystem and Mesosystem for Microsystem Peak Performance,” chapter in Quality By Design: A Clinical Microsystems Approach, Jossey Bass, 2007; with W. Nelson, "The Linkage Between Ethics and Quality,” Healthcare Executive, 2008; with S. Reeves, "Allocation of Scarce Resources: Ethics Conflicts in Rural Communities” chapter in The Handbook for Rural Health Ethics, forthcoming

Working Papers

With M. Shields and A. Epstein, “New Synergy Available to the Hospital Chief Executive Officer”; with W. Nelson, P Shulman, “Addressing Ethical Conflicts through a Microsystems Approach”

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Instructor, Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, 1980–present; Tuck School of Business, 2008–present

Nonacademic positions: Administrator, Maternal and Child Health Services, State of New Hampshire, 1971–74; Senior Consultant, Price Waterhouse, 1976–78; Senior Vice President, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 1978–79; Vice President, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1979–84; Executive Vice President, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1998–2006; Senior Associate, Center for Leadership and Improvement, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, 2006–present

Board memberships: Current: Director, Mascoma Financial Service Corporation; Trustee of Trust Funds for Hanover, N.H.; Previous: Trustee, New Hampshire Foundation for Healthy Communities; Director, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; Trustee and Chairman of the Board (2006), New Hampshire Hospital Association; Chair of the Executive Committee, Quality Management Network