Lebanon
“The addition of these talented executives and physicians will assist policy-making, decision-making, and oversight at our hospital,” Dr. Sue Mooney, APD’s president and CEO, said in a hospital news release. “We are delighted to have them join our organization and work with us to increase patient access, lower health care costs and improve quality.”
Dr. George Blike is the chief quality and value officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, a practicing anesthesiologist, and a professor of anesthesiology and community family medicine at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his residency in anesthesiology at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.
Greg Lang is the president and CEO of M2S, a West Lebanon-based software company that provides technology and services to the health care industry. He holds a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and a master’s degree in biomechanics from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He graduated from the Tuck Executive Program at Dartmouth College in 2007.
Dr. Ed Merrens is Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s chief medical officer and executive medical director, systems integration. Merrens is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Geisel, and received a master’s degree in health care delivery science at Dartmouth and the Tuck School of Business.
Mary Oseid is vice president of system integration and shared services at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Oseid has been a member of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock management team since 1993.
Brenan Riehl is the president and CEO of GW Plastics, which has locations in Bethel and Royalton, and in Texas, Arizona, Mexico and China. He is a graduate of St. Lawrence University.
Roderic Young is the executive vice president and chief communications and marketing officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland.
The board of trustees’ newly elected officers include Michael Long, chairman; the Rev. Dr. Guy Collins, vice-chairman; Bruce Johnstone, treasurer; and Martha Candon, secretary.
Long has been a member of the Alice Peck Day Board of Trustees and the Alice Peck Day Health Systems Board since 2013.
Collins is the Rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hanover.
A former banking executive, Johnstone was the president and principal owner of Central Supply in Lebanon until his retirement.
Candon is a vice president and sales and service training director at Mascoma Savings Bank.
Windsor
The new service will enable staff to connect quickly with specialists and an on-call pharmacist, according to a news release from the hospital. “By simply pushing a button on the wall at the time of need, (the hospital’s) staff are connected to board certified ED providers and experienced nurses through a two-way, high-definition video/audio link.”
The link is coordinated by Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Center for Telehealth and its partner, South Dakota-based Avera Health.
The new service will augment current staffing, providing support during the night shift and in times of “high patient volumes” and additional real-time expertise for specialized cases, a hospital spokeswoman said in an email. It also will streamline the process of arranging urgent medical tranports.
Dr. Richard Marasa, medical director of the Windsor hospital’s emergency department, called the telehealth technology “life-saving.”
“It means that in any emergency where specialized care is needed, our staff can immediately activate a live connection with ED specialists,” including emergency physicians, critical care specialists and nurses with specialized emergency training, Marasa said in the release. “It also lets our staff consult with experts to get an immediate second opinion on critical cases, which can be extremely valuable.”
With improved emergency care available at the hospital, “lower-acuity patients” may be able to stay there, closer to their homes and families, for treatment, Dr. Joseph Perras, the hospital’s chief medical officer and director of hospitalist services, said in the release.
New London
The total cost of the project is estimated at $9 million, with $2.2 million to be raised in charitable contributions through a capital campaign, according to a news release from the hospital.
“Every gift counts as we move closer to the building’s completion,” said Karen Zurheide, vice president of community relations and development.
The new 28,600-square foot building is 75 percent bigger than the existing health center, the hospital said.
The project is on track to be completed in October. In the meantime, patients are being seen at the current facility.
Lebanon
The 15th annual Upper Valley School Nurse Workshop was held March 25 at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital. The daylong professional development event was co-hosted by APD and Lebanon School District. It included an update on the 2015 Upper Valley Community Health Needs Assessment and talks by local and regional health professionals.
Amy Schmid, a postdoctoral fellow in neuropsychology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, discussed traumatic brain injury and implications for students returning to school after an injury.
Laurie Warnock, of Northern New England Poison Center, demonstrated the use of Narcan, which can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
During the course of the workshop, organizers discovered that one of the nurses’ top concerns is food security, how children receive nutritional food when they are away from school, Nancy DuMont, APD’s director of community health, said in a news release from the hospital. “Many nurses shared programs they are working on independently to address this need now.”
— Compiled by Aimee Caruso