Dartmouth Health Home Care will continue VNH’s stellar record of in-home care with greater integration of our academic health system’s resources, aligning with our system’s goal to provide world-class care in our rural region.
Joanne M. Conroy, MDDartmouth Health has rebranded its home healthcare and hospice service to better align its mission as part of the overall health system’s vision to set the standard for rural healthcare. Dartmouth Health Home Care, formerly known as Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH), will continue the organization’s long history of serving patients in the Upper Valley region.
First established in 1907 in Windsor, VT, VNH provided personalized, value-based care to thousands of patients in their homes for nearly 120 years. Now, as Dartmouth Health Home Care, patients have full access to the resources of the Dartmouth Health system. Operating in more than 140 cities and towns, Dartmouth Health Home Care delivers excellence in nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and personal care services with proven effectiveness, integrity and compassion.
“This announcement is the culmination of VNH’s strategic plan, launched in fall of 2024, to recreate who we are, what we offer, and how we do it,” said Tammy L. Tarsa, MBA, BSN, DHA, CEO and president of Dartmouth Health Home Care. “We’ve changed the composition of our core team, improved quality ratings and taken a collaborative approach as a member of Dartmouth Health to meet the unique healthcare challenges of our rural populations. The result makes us more supportive of our system colleagues and, most importantly, our patients.”
Dartmouth Health Home Care collaborates across Dartmouth Health to keep healthcare costs manageable, avoid lengthy hospitalizations, and increase the wellbeing of patients by bringing medical services directly to their homes. Staff work directly with system members Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Valley Regional Hospital and Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, with plans to expand to other Dartmouth Health system members in the future.
“We are one of the largest home care and hospice providers in New Hampshire and Vermont, proudly providing excellent, personalized and value-based care to thousands of patients in their homes, from birth through the end of life,” said Tarsa. “Our longstanding commitment to the region is illustrated by an extensive network of partnerships, our strong presence in dozens of local communities and the positive outcomes we help patients and families achieve.”
“Access and proximity to medical care is consistently one of the greatest barriers to care for patients living in rural communities,” said Joanne M. Conroy, MD, CEO and president of Dartmouth Health. “Bringing care to the patient in their home is one of the most effective ways break down that barrier, especially when the patient has problems with transportation. Dartmouth Health Home Care will continue VNH’s stellar record of in-home care with greater integration of our academic health system’s resources, aligning with our system’s goal to provide world-class care in our rural region.”
To learn more about Dartmouth Health Home Care, visit dartmouth-health.org/homecare.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.