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Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center awarded “A” Hospital Safety Grade
Leapfrog assigns grades to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.

Dartmouth Health, Geisel research team receive $3M federal grant to study intervention program focused on improving life expectancy for mentally ill
Study will investigate how well an evidence-based intervention in community health organizations across the U.S. can be sustained

Dartmouth Health Children’s hospitalists selected for membership in national pediatric medical societies
Samantha A. House, DO, MPH, was elected to the Society for Pediatric Research, and JoAnna K. Leyenaar, MD, MPH, MSc, was elected to the American Pediatric Society.

Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH to host remembrance event
“From Darkness to Light: Remembering Our Lost Loved Ones” to be held in partnership with Revels North

Becker’s Hospital Review honors New London Hospital CEO and president as one of America’s top critical access hospital executives
Lauren A. Geddes Wirth, MD, was named NLH’s CEO and president last month, after serving in the roles on an interim basis since March.

Coaches selected for 2025 NH East-West High School All-Star Football Game
Steven Abraham makes coaching debut for Team East, Kip Jackson returns to lead Team West

High-tech kids’ car donated to Dartmouth Health Children’s brings joy to hospital stays
Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is the first New England children’s hospital to receive a Honda Shogo vehicle

Dartmouth Health staff, trustees recognized at New Hampshire Hospital Association’s annual meeting
Dartmouth Health CEO and president Joanne M. Conroy, MD, presided as the meeting’s keynote speaker.

Dartmouth Health and Geisel receives more than $14 Million estate gift to transform the future of digestive health
This bequest from the late Walter and Carole Young is one of the largest gifts in the history of New Hampshire’s only academic medical center.

19th annual CHaD HERO raises more than $800,000 for critical child and family support services for New Hampshire’s only children’s hospital
The event provides funding for critical child and family support services at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD) and throughout the Dartmouth Health Children’s system.