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By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s largest private employer, has implemented performance improvement plans and a “position review process” at some of its member organizations as it seeks to close a $120 million budget gap by the end of...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital is launching a new diabetes clinic with the help of a $550,000 federal grant.The clinic, which will be embeded in APD’s primary care department, will be staffed with a nurse practitioner who is certified in...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has been operating at 110% of its capacity for several weeks amid a surge of respiratory viruses and short staffing, and as it continues to be difficult to discharge patients to lower levels of care, such...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEWPORT — Three days a week, one of the two operators of Newport’s wastewater treatment system pull samples from the effluent that’s treated there.The samples, which are composites collected over a 24-hour period, then go to either to the New...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Healthcare has hired Steve Gordon as the Claremont hospital’s new interim CEO.Gordon, who retired last year after 11 years as Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital’s CEO, began work in Claremont on Jan. 3. He replaces Dr....

WEST LEBANON — The University of New Hampshire is offering virtual courses aimed at helping New Hampshire residents living with chronic disease and chronic pain to cope starting this month.The six-session “Living Well with Chronic Pain” takes place on...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WEST LEBANON — Advocates are cheering a federal change that allows those with mild to moderate hearing loss to purchase hearing aids over the counter.The Food and Drug Administration approved hearing aids for over the counter sale to people age 18 or...

By RAY COUTURE

THETFORD — In some ways, Owen Dybvig is just like any other 21-year-old still living at home: He’s ready to move out from under his parents’ wings and pursue his own interests, make new friends, and see more of the world.But moving is a lot more...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

SOUTH ROYALTON — HealthHub now has funds and equipment sufficient to double the dental care it was providing to school children in the White River Valley last year, but instead it has reduced the amount of care it is providing to just 20% of what it...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Driven largely by staffing expenses, costs are outstripping revenues at Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s largest private employer, according to filings with bondholders last week.The Lebanon-based Dartmouth Health saw a $22.1 million loss,...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEWPORT — Mark Murphy recalls once asking his supervisor at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan what was burning when he noticed a nearby cloud of smoke.Murphy, 38, who did two deployments with the Air Force between 2006 and 2010, said the supervisor...

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LEBANON — About 50 employees of Dartmouth Health in Lebanon are slated to become employees of Conifer Health Solutions, a Texas-based company that oversees DH’s billing and collections, starting late next month.The move, scheduled to take effect Oct....

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Nine new rooms in Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s emergency department in Lebanon are expected to open to patients on Thursday, according to a news release.The project, built over 16 months and expected to cost a total of $9.9 million,...

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CLAREMONT — Valley Regional Hospital is one of just five hospitals in New Hampshire that are not yet a part of larger health systems, but that may be about to change.Late last month, Claremont’s Valley Regional announced it had signed a letter of...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — In an ideal world, everyone would have a primary care provider they know and trust and see regularly.But an ongoing workforce shortage in primary care means that many people in the Upper Valley are struggling to find that trusted provider,...

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LEBANON — An Instagram page run by a registered nurse at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon offers an unusual glimpse into the hospital’s culture and climate.The nurse started the page, called dhmc_memes, almost a year ago as a creative...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CANAAN — Mascoma Community Health Center will suspend its dental services beginning July 30, following the departure of the center’s current dentist, according to a news release from the nonprofit’s board.The suspension of services leaves about 1,500...

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LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock clinics in the Upper Valley are not currently accepting new primary care patients. Though some other affiliates of the Dartmouth Health system continue to have openings.“Right now, we are taking a pause on scheduling new...

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RANDOLPH — Following the retirement of a dentist early this year, there is no longer a dental practice in Randolph that accepts new patients covered by Medicaid, further exacerbating problems with access to oral care for some of the state’s least...

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HANOVER — Police and school investigations are ongoing after three Hanover High School students were hospitalized after taking pills that school officials believe they acquired from another student.All three students who were hospitalized reported...