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By Rick Jurgens

White River Junction — A discussion of Vermont’s response to a surge in misuse of prescription painkillers and heroin nearly filled the seats of the new Barrette Center for the Arts Wednesday evening.“Vermont’s response has been great,” said Mark...

By Rick Jurgens

Manchester — About 900 caregivers, police officers and others gathered on Tuesday to respond to the recent rapid growth in illicit use of prescription pain medicines and heroin at a Summit on Substance Misuse called by New Hampshire Gov. Maggie...

By Rick Jurgens

Lebanon — Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack came to New Hampshire on Monday to highlight the Obama administration’s support for efforts to reduce opioid abuse and drug overdose deaths and added a visit to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, where...

By Rick Jurgens

Windsor — Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center Chief Executive Kevin Donovan will leave in June to take the helm at a larger organization anchored by two New Hampshire hospitals, the Windsor hospital announced on Thursday.“It was a really hard...

Staff ReportMt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center President and CEO Kevin Donovan is stepping down next month to take a job in New Hampshire.Donovan will become CEO and president of LRGHealthcare, which includes hospitals in Laconia and...

By Rick Jurgens

Bradford, Vt. — Two nonprofit Upper Valley health clinics will each receive $1 million in new federal support as part of a $260-million, nationwide effort to expand capacity in affordable health care facilities, the U.S. Department of Health and Human...

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Forms Joint Management Committee- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Forms Joint Management Committee Lebanon — Dartmouth-Hitchcock on Tuesday announced formation of a joint management committee to “oversee a portfolio of collaboration initiatives” with two other nonprofit Twin State hospitals in...

By Rick Jurgens

Working to Rebuild the Community Nursing Model in the Upper Valley- Lyme — When Ellen Thompson decided, in 2011, to retire after nearly four decades of work in various nursing and management positions at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, she began “looking for something to kind of fill my time.” Thompson found it in...

- Psychiatry ResidencyWill Begin This YearWhite River Junction — White River Junction Veteran Affairs Medical Center and University of Vermont Medical Center’s new psychiatry residency partnership will begin this year.The program aims to optimize mental...

By Jordan Rau

Hospital Ratings Delayed; DHMC Chief Says He Supports Decision- Washington — Bowing to pressure from the hospital industry and Congress, the Obama administration on Wednesday delayed releasing its new hospital quality rating measure just a day before its planned launch.In an email, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Chief...

By Rick Jurgens

Geisel Cuts 30 Jobs, Moves 285- Lebanon — The bad news Tuesday was that a restructuring at Dartmouth College’s Geisel School of Medicine would eliminate about 30 jobs.The good news that preceded it was that more than nine times as many former Geisel employees would be hired on...

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D-H to Employ 285 From Geisel in Transition- Dartmouth-Hitchcock today said it plans to employ 285 faculty and staff from the Geisel School of Medicine, effective July 1, as part of a long-planned transition with Dartmouth College’s financially troubled medical school.The jobs that will be...

By Rick Jurgens

D-H Credit Rating Gets Downgraded- Lebanon — A company that acts as a watchdog in financial markets has downgraded the credit of Dartmouth-Hitchcock but said that a further drop is unlikely unless the medical provider dips into reserves or significantly adds to the half-billion dollars...

By Rick Jurgens

Hundreds of Geisel Employees to Learn Fate Next Week- Hanover — Employees of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College will learn next week whether the school’s deficit-driven restructuring measures will leave them unemployed, require them to start over as employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock or...

By Rick Jurgens

Mental Health Software Treats Patients as Partners in Care- Lebanon — A new program at West Central Behavioral Health that seeks to give a voice to patients in determining their treatment during short, routine appointments was created by an expert with ties to Dartmouth College and first-hand knowledge of...

At the Hospitals- APD Board Appoints Members, Elects Officers Lebanon — Six new members were recently appointed to Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees. The board also elected officers.“The addition of these talented executives and physicians will...

By Rick Jurgens

VA Official Details Care Improvements- Cleveland — A top federal official defended the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ record of providing access to veterans in need of health care but promised improvements and greater transparency in the future.Speaking at a health care reporters’...

At The Hospitals- Clara Martin Center Receives RedesignationRandolph — Clara Martin Center has been redesignated by the Vermont Department of Mental Health to provide mental health care in Orange County and several surrounding towns.The center is one of 10 nonprofits...

By Rick Jurgens

VNA Plans to Move Its Offices to Vermont  - White River Junction — Vermont state regulators recently approved the Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire’s plan for a new $2.6 million, 10,000-square-foot headquarters on the banks of the Connecticut River.The agency,...