NH Health Commissioner discusses staffing shortages, youth services
New Hampshire’s Executive Council confirmed Lori Weaver as the new commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services last month.
Author: Michelle Liu and Julia Furukawa- NH Public Radio
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Concord Hospital nurses in Franklin, Laconia vote to unionize
The vote is a culmination of months of organizing by nurses, fueled by concerns about chronic staffing shortages, burnout and corresponding worries about nurse and patient safety as a result.
Littleton Regional Healthcare selects Dartmouth Health as preferred future partner
After two years of extensive evaluation of various affiliation models, the Littleton Regional Healthcare (LRH) Board of Trustees has chosen Dartmouth Health (DH) as its preferred partner. LRH and DH have signed a letter of intent, which serves as the next step toward LRH joining the Dartmouth Health system.
Luring medical residents to train, and stay, in New Hampshire
Educational institutions and hospitals are taking steps to help alleviate New Hampshire’s primary care doctor shortage by trying to expand the pipeline of doctors to help replace those who are leaving.
Critical Condition: Are primary care doctors becoming a vanishing breed in New Hampshire?
It’s getting harder for patients to find a doctor as wait times and barriers to access grow
Saint Anselm College dedicates $35 million nursing school building
Meet Samii, the mannequin who is bedridden in the AI Simulation Lab, one of the drawing cards to the new $32 million home of the Jean School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Saint Anselm College.
Derry, Salem methadone clinics under investigation
Two for-profit methadone clinics in Derry and Salem are under investigation as part of a statewide initiative looking into unnecessary barriers patients might face when seeking treatment for opioid addiction.
BASC maintains position as leader in outpatient surgeries
Bedford Ambulatory Surgical Center (BASC) has added a powerful new tool to its orthopedic suite: endoscopic spine surgery.
Cairn Surgical receives ISO certification for tumor detection technology
Lebanon company’s breast cancer locator won the nh tech alliance’s product of the year in 2021
Novo Nordisk cuts 2025 sales and profit forecast amid obesity drug challenges
Novo Nordisk has lowered its full-year 2025 sales and operating profit forecasts due to weaker-than-expected growth in its key obesity and diabetes drugs, the Danish drugmaker announced Tuesday. Novo Nordisk employs more than 400 people at its West Lebanon, NH, location.
