This is a meaningful milestone not only for our dedicated hospice and home health teams, but also for families looking for peace of mind from a reliable, high-quality care provider during an often scary and challenging time in their lives.
Tammy L. Tarsa, MBA, BSN, RNVisiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH), a member of Dartmouth Health, cemented its position as a leading provider of home health and hospice services in the region when it became nationally accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), a nonprofit accrediting body recognized for its rigorous standards of quality and safety.
“This is a meaningful milestone not only for our dedicated hospice and home health teams, but also for families looking for peace of mind from a reliable, high-quality care provider during an often scary and challenging time in their lives,” said VNH CEO and president Tammy L. Tarsa, MBA, BSN, RN. “It’s also a testament to VNH’s commitment to delivering compassionate, patient-centered home health and end-of-life care to individuals and families.”
The accreditation affirms VNH’s hospice and home health programs adhere to comprehensive standards following a period of careful review of patient records and VNH clinicians in the field by ACHC this past spring. The hospice and the home health programs were evaluated separately.
Recently, VNH’s hospice program was awarded a four-star ranking by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and its home care program achieved a three-star CMS ranking.
To learn more about VNH, visit dartmouth-health.org/vnh.
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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.