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By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WINDSOR — Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center’s CEO is leaving his post in August to take over the leadership of Cheshire Medical Center, another Dartmouth Health member, in Keene, N.H., according to a DH news release.Dr. Joseph Perras has held...

LEBANON — Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center has a new chief nursing officer, according to a Dartmouth Health news release.Tracy Galvin, who started May 30, comes to DHMC in Lebanon from the 345-bed Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington,...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — The financial picture for Dartmouth Health appears to be improving a bit, according to a recent filing with bondholders.While the Lebanon-based health system continued to lose money in the third quarter of its fiscal year, which ended March...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

CLAREMONT — Attendees at a recent public hearing on a proposed union between Dartmouth Health and Valley Regional Hospital had a fundamental question: Should an affiliation occur, who would make decisions about the Claremont hospital’s future?“After...

LEBANON — The Lebanon City Council last week unanimously granted its support to two grant applications that could yield as much as $1 million for a nonprofit aiming to establish a residential addiction treatment facility for mothers and their children...

LYME — CommunityCare of Lyme is scheduled to host a community discussion of mental health and suicide on Sunday in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month.The event speakers include: Angie Raymond Leduc, manager of the Injury Prevention Center...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The White River Junction VA Medical Center is scheduled to hold an open house, town hall and toxic exposure screening clinic next month, according to a news release.The event will include assistance with filing claims under the...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Even as the COVID-19 emergency has ended, Dartmouth Health continues to see as many as 700 outpatients a day via telehealth, which became vital for maintaining access to care during the pandemic, according to the medical director of...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — The City Council on Wednesday is holding a public hearing on a request for the council’s support of two grant applications from an organization seeking to establish a residential addiction treatment facility for mothers and their children in...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — On a recent afternoon in late April, “Felix” lay in a new hospital room in the recently completed patient pavilion at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.Short of breath, but in stable condition, Felix was in a bed in the heart and vascular...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

RANDOLPH — Primary care physicians are hard to find. That shortage is among the factors that make it difficult to get an appointment in the Twin States and beyond.“It is truly supply and demand,” said Stuart May, CEO of the Morrisville, Vt.-based...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEW LONDON — Amid a health care work force shortage, Colby-Sawyer College broke ground last week on the planned 20,500-square-foot home for its School of Nursing & Health Sciences.The project is moving forward in spite of a steep escalation in costs...

WEST LEBANON — The Aspen Group, which has a dental clinic on Route 12A in West Lebanon, continues to have problems with its systems following a late April cyberattack, according to a spokeswoman.Most Aspen Dental locations are open and seeing existing...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Good Neighbor Health Clinics, a White River Junction-based nonprofit providing free medical and dental care to people without insurance or other ability to pay, has named a new executive director.Elizabeth R. Austin, an Enfield...

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — The White River Junction VA Medical Center is scheduled to hold its 13th annual VA2K Walk & Roll event on Wednesday, May 17, beginning at 10 a.m.The community is invited to participate in the VA2K event which includes a...

SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — Springfield Hospital is partnering with Dartmouth Health Connected Care to use three forms of telehealth, according to a news release.The partnership includes the services of TeleNeurology and TelePsychiatry in Springfield...

LEBANON — For the first time since 2018, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon is scheduled to hold an in-person Career Expo on Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m., according to a news release.The event — which is set to take place in auditoriums A-D —...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — School-based dental clinics in the Upper Valley are ramping up again after hiatuses related to the COVID-19 pandemic and staffing challenges.Upper Valley Smiles, a program operated by Lebanon’s Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, is poised to...

CLAREMONT — The New Hampshire Charitable Trusts Unit is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the proposed affiliation between Dartmouth Health and Valley Regional at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 in Claremont.The Lebanon-based health system, the...

RANDOLPH — An LGBTQIA+ Health Summit, organized by Pride Center of Vermont, Out in the Open and Outright Vermont, is scheduled to take place at virtually and at Vermont Technical College on Saturday.The event, which is scheduled to run from 8 a.m....