This ECHO enables participants to both hear from subject matter leaders and identify opportunities to engage with the NH legislature and relevant state agencies.
Courtney Tanner, Dartmouth Health's senior director of government relationsEach year, the New Hampshire legislature debates proposed bills that can advance or jeopardize the health of the people of the Granite State. The executive branch—the governor, executive council and agencies—also decides on funding and programming that impacts health.
An upcoming Dartmouth Health Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) free virtual series on political drivers of health will examine legislation and executive action on key current issues, and educate participants on how they can best advocate to assure that New Hampshire policies advance the health of Granite Staters. People with a vested interest in New Hampshire’s health and prosperity are encouraged to attend, including community leaders, legislators, policy shapers, healthcare workers, employers, and healthcare consumers. Register and join for one or participate in all sessions.
“Policy shapes the infrastructure that allows people and communities to access or build resources that are essential to thriving communities," said Courtney Tanner, Dartmouth Health's senior director of government relations. "This ECHO enables participants to both hear from subject matter leaders and identify opportunities to engage with the NH legislature and relevant state agencies.”
Dartmouth Health will partner with New Hampshire Hospital Association, New Hampshire Medical Society, New Hampshire Nurses Association, University of New Hampshire Institute of Health Policy and Practice, New Futures, and the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute on this ECHO.
“Political Drivers of Health ECHO: Policies to Advance the Health & Economic Prosperity of New Hampshire Communities” will span eight sessions, held every other Thursday from 8-9 am, starting February 12. Sessions include:
- February 12: Food insecurity
- February 26: Vaccine access
- March 12: Childcare
- March 26: Rural Health Transformation Program
- April 9: Changing access to health coverage
- April 23: Right care, right time: New Hampshire Long-Term Care Advisory Council
- May 7: State fiscal review
- May 21: Session recap
To register for this free series, visit go.d-h.org/8jxy7x.
Project ECHO is a program of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
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.