A market demand for nurses boosts NH supply
There is a critical need in the Granite State for nurses, and the market has responded with more supply, with more interest than ever in nursing.
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After the pandemic ends, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system will be allowing as many as 2,000 employees to continue to work remotely at least part of the time on a permanent basis.
D-H Vice President Brenda Blair told the Valley News that the Lebanon-based organization has found that allowing remote work “is increasing our ability to recruit and retain our staff.” including employing workers outside of New Hampshire and Vermont.
The positions eligible for remote work include those in human resources, information technology, finance and some clinical secretaries, she said.
Blair characterized the shift as one from “remote by necessity,” which the health system adopted in March 2020, to “remote by design.”
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the state’s largest private employer, has almost 14,000 employees statewide, according to the 2021 edition of New Hampshire Business Review’s Book of Lists.
There is a critical need in the Granite State for nurses, and the market has responded with more supply, with more interest than ever in nursing.
The New England Council recently hosted a forum in Boston exploring some of the incredible innovation in our region focused on the early detection of diseases. We heard about some of the remarkable advances in technology that are enabling earlier detection of everything from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease.
North Country Healthcare on Monday, April 13, released a report summarizing feedback from a series of community listening sessions held earlier this year across the region, highlighting widespread concern about access to care, staffing and communication, along with strong support for keeping local hospitals open.
Mental health wellness is an important element in the workplace, according to a panel of experts convened by the NH Business Review in an April 16 webinar. Making accommodations for mental health issues — including depression, posttraumatic stress, even grief — can go a long way toward employee retention and prevention of potential legal issues.
Congress recently passed meaningful reforms targeting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the middlemen who largely determine which medications patients receive and how much they pay.
ConvenientMD is trying to re-establish what it means to have a primary care physician — one that is accessible, that isn’t hurried by the stack of patients in the waiting room, that is focused on preventative care as much as continued care.
It is likely that individual health is one of the core drivers of our economy and productivity. Seeing the potential value of employers investing in wellness may even seem straightforward. Trickier however, might be finding affordable and appealing ways to do this amid the tight margins and self-reliant cultures of agriculture and natural resources sectors.
Executive leadership from some of New Hampshire’s top life sciences companies gathered March 25 for New Hampshire Life Sciences’ (NHLS) third annual C-Suite Forum.
Adventure Ready Brands makes health and safety products at North Country industrial park