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Three new trustees elected to Dartmouth Health and Dartmouth Hitchcock boards
New trustees began terms January 1

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center ranked among America’s top 100 hospitals for 2025 by Becker’s Hospital Review
Other honorees include Boston Children’s Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Mayo Clinic.

Dartmouth Health selects Randa Perkins, MD, MBA, FAMIA, to serve as health system’s next chief health information officer
Perkins will assume her role on January 19

SVMC’s CEO named a “Champion” of nursing excellence
Tom Dee is the first hospital CEO named a DAISY Champion.

Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center, Valley Regional Hospital recognized for long-time American Hospital Association membership
The award acknowledges the hospitals’ longstanding dedication to improving health in their communities.

New food pantry opens at Dartmouth Cancer Center Bennington
The launch of Healing Harvest in Bennington was supported by donations to the SVRCC Patient Resource Fund, through the Southwestern Vermont Health Care Foundation.

Two Dartmouth Health hospitals named to U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 ranking of best hospitals for maternity care
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center was ranked as high-performing in maternity care at the national level, and Cheshire Medical Center was recognized for achievement in maternity care access.

Dartmouth Health designated by the state of New Hampshire as a Veteran-Friendly Business
The program recognizes businesses that have prioritize how service members, veterans and their families in New Hampshire are honored, fortified, empowered, and impacted.

Statement from Dartmouth Health on revised recommendation for hepatitis B vaccination of newborns
Dartmouth Health, Dartmouth Health Children’s will continue to counsel patients to vaccinate babies at birth

Dartmouth Health physicians: AI can transform rural healthcare, but not without significant technology, access improvements
“From Bandwidth to Bedside — Bringing AI-Enabled Care to Rural America” published in New England Journal of Medicine