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N.H. leads nation in RNs per capita

New Hampshire has the most registered nurses per capita in the United States, according to a new report from the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany’s School of Public Health. According to the report, “The United…

Shop cuts out a niche in paper-art market

Once upon a time, American women gathered at quilting bees to create and socialize, and that’s something Christine Wheeler and Karen Boyd sought to recapture when they opened their Manchester paper-crafts studio. The studio, Talk, Paper, Scissors, which opened in…

Surgery sets N.H. precedent

Chester resident Patricia Tingos was thinking about her family when she recently convinced the New Hampshire Health Plan to cover her bariatric surgery, a surgery for the morbidly obese that the plan has not covered before. Health-care experts are thinking about…

N.H. No. 2 in health benefits costs

New Hampshire is second in the nation when it comes to the cost of health benefits, according to a survey of employer-sponsored heath plans. The survey, conducted by the human resources consulting company Mercer Health and Benefits, found that total…