Dartmouth Health has joined the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Definitive Care Program. Originally established to support the repatriation of wounded troops in the event of a large-scale combat operation, the NDMS Definitive Care Program partners with over 1,600 healthcare facilities nationwide.
The program is a coordinated partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense at the federal, state and local government levels. It leverages private healthcare capacity to provide care for civilian and military patients who require additional or complex care unavailable within an area affected by disasters, public health emergencies, repatriation events, or military contingencies.
The Definitive Care Program manages the process of repatriation from impacted areas to reception and intake at facilities designated from the NDMS healthcare network. This partnership demonstrates Dartmouth Health’s commitment to the communities it serves and its support to our nation in times of extreme crisis.
Learn more about the NDMS Definitive Care Program at bit.ly/3TSgNqj.
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.