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 the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.