Dartmouth Health is the recipient of $3,092,000 from over $103 million awarded across New Hampshire from congressionally directed funding. The funding was secured by U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) as part of the final government funding package for fiscal year 2024.
The breakdown of the funding Dartmouth Health received is as follows:
- $1,292,000 to the department of psychiatry to fund a licensed independent clinical social worker training program
- $750,000 to Cheshire Medical Center to purchase robotic technology for the physical therapy program
- $650,000 to Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Nashua to expand the clinic’s diabetes care program
- $400,000 to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to fund a childcare workforce program through the Early Care & Education Association of the Upper Valley
“This funding our health system received will benefit our staff and patients in varied and vital ways: growing the critically needed mental health workforce in New Hampshire; bringing improved services to rural corners of the state; improving our capacity to care for endocrinology patients, as diabetes and other endocrinologic diseases are on the rise; and supporting affordable, high-quality childcare in a region where many of our employees live,” said Joanne M. Conroy, MD, Dartmouth Health’s CEO and president. “I want to thank Sen. Shaheen on behalf of Dartmouth Health for securing this funding, which will help us in our mission to continually improve the world-class care we provide our communities and be an employer of choice in the Granite State.”
A full breakdown of the funding New Hampshire received can be viewed here: https://bit.ly/4aBIdXL
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.