LEBANON — Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Connected Care will provide intensive care to newborns in northern New Hampshire, through a new partnership announced in a news release on Friday.
In partnership with D-H, Littleton (N.H.) Regional Healthcare will use telemedicine for intensive care neonatology, or TeleICN, which will allow a board-certified D-H neonatologist to join the bedside team in Littleton to provide care and support for a variety of diagnoses, 24/7.
“As the leading provider of obstetrics and gynecological services in Northern New Hampshire, Littleton Regional Healthcare will be able to enhance its premier birthing program and continue to bring the highest quality healthcare services to the region we serve, while ensuring babies are healthy, loved, and safe during those first critical moments in their lives,” Littleton Regional Healthcare President Robert Nutter said in the release.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire is slated to present “Tick Talk Vermont: Tips and Tricks for Avoiding Tick Borne Illnesses” in Randolph and Hartland this month.
The first event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Randolph Senior Center and the second is set for at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Hartland Public Library and will be hosted by Aging in Hartland.
Topics will include: types of ticks and the diseases they carry, how to identify symptoms that you may experience after a bite and how to be proactive in preventing tick bites, according to a news release from VNH. Vermont has the second highest rate of reported Lyme disease cases in the U.S., according to the Vermont Department of Health. Tick borne illnesses are treatable and most are preventable.
More information is available by calling 888-300-8853 ext. 3177 or emailing hdavis@vnhcare.org.
LEBANON — Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital has hired a new director of human resources.
Kim Carboneau, who will start on Monday, spent the past year at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph. Prior to Gifford, she worked at APD for two years, and spent 14 years in the Human Resources Division at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon.
“She will play an important role in preserving and strengthening our unique culture of caring as we continue to align our (Human Resource) services more closely with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health system,” APD President and CEO Sue Mooney said in a news release. “I’m confident she will be successful in this role.”
Carboneau holds a law degree from Western New England College School of Law and is a licensed attorney in the state of Vermont. She earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Vermont.
NEW LONDON — New London Hospital held its 14th annual Benefit at The Fells in Newbury, N.H., to help raise money to purchase four new chest compression devices for the hospital’s emergency medical services.
These automated CPR units, Lucas Chest Compression Devices, improve the quality of chest compressions during critical life-saving situations and allow first responders to attend to patients’ other needs during an emergency, according to a news release from the hospital.
“These Lucas CPR units save lives and knowing we are able to provide the best available technology for our service region is comforting,” outgoing CEO Bruce King said in the release.
The event, which took place on Sept. 13, drew nearly 200 attendees and also featured several tributes to King, who is retiring after 16 years in the role.
SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Southeastern Vermont’s community mental-health agency has hired 15 new professionals who will aid the organization’s efforts in the Hartford, Woodstock, Springfield and Brattleboro areas.
The new employees will support the nonprofit agency’s mental health, substance abuse and developmental disability programs, which serve more than 4,000 individuals annually across Windsor and Windham Counties, according to a news release.
In the Upper Valley, new HCRS employees include Jennifer Davis, a behavioral interventionist in Hartford; Meredith Tips-McLaine, an intern in Springfield, Vt.; Corilynn Butterfield, a behavioral interventionist in Hartford; Sally Avery, a behavioral interventionist in Hartford; Amy Smith, an office support generalist in Hartford; Jose Maldonado Jr., a residential specialist in Woodstock; Sean Stark, a management information systems specialist in Springfield; Norma Blanchard, an office support generalist in Springfield; Taylor Larson, a peer support advocate in Springfield.
— Compiled by
Nora Doyle-Burr