At the Hospitals: Good Neighbor Health Clinic Celebrates 25 Years

Good Neighbor Celebrates 25 Years

White River Junction — Good Neighbor Health Clinics, which provide free medical and dental care to uninsured and underinsured adults living within 30 miles of its White River Junction clinic, will host a 25th anniversary celebration on May 21, from 4-6 p.m., at the Newberry Market, 19 S. Main St.

Established in 1992, Good Neighbor “is the health care safety net for people who struggle financially and frequently put their own health and dental needs last,” according to a news release from the organization. Longtime volunteers and others will be honored, including Medical Director Dr. Paul Manganiello; Dr. Peter Mason; Dr. Vijay Thadani; Wendy Manganiello, registered nurse; Brenda Moore; Carol Bean; Dr. Robert “Bob” Keene; Dr. Robert Alvarenga; and Dr. John Holbach.

The free event will include food and live music. To RSVP, go to gnhcturns25.eventbrite.com. For more information, contact Eula Lee Kozma at eula@goodnhc.org or 802-295-1868.

Veteran Town Hall Set At White River Junction VA

White River Junction — White River Junction VA Medical Center will host a town hall meeting on June 30, from noon to 1 p.m. The free event will be on the VA campus, 163 Veterans Drive, in Research Building 44, Room 103. Part of a nationwide VA effort improve communication with veterans, the event is designed to allow feedback from veterans, family members and other beneficiaries, according to a news release from the medical center. The medical center also welcomes input from congressional stakeholders, veteran service organizations, non-governmental organizations, community partners and the general public.

Tours will be available after the meeting.

DHMC Selected For HealthyCities Challenge

Lebanon — Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was among nine organizations across the country selected as winners of General Electric’s HealthyCities Leadership Challenge.

The program challenges communities and private business to work together to accelerate the pace of change in health care and improve overall health, according to the HealthyCities Leadership Challenge website. Initiatives might be related to kindergarten readiness, personal health improvement, access to care, childhood obesity, smoking cessation or “any of the other social determinants of health.”

During the coming year, Dartmouth-Hitchcock will focus on “taking care of our own” by offering free advance care planning resources to employees and their families, according to a news release from the health care system. “When our staff experience the benefit of advance care planning, they will have new insight and be better prepared to discuss the importance of this to our patients,” said Susan Fitzgibbons, program manager for Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Honoring Care Decisions program.

APD Names Directors Of Quality, Plant Operations

Lebanon — Two employees in leadership positions at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital have been promoted.

Falguni Mehta, of Lebanon, has been named director of quality, and Shawn Courtemanche, of Plainfield, has been named director of plant operations.

Mehta joined APD’s quality department in 2012 as a quality analyst. Over the past five years, she has been “continuously engaged on the front lines of our quality improvement efforts, creating quality dashboards and working with department level quality improvement teams,” Dr. Sue Mooney, APD’s president and CEO, said in a hospital news release. Prior to APD, Mehta worked for five years in the performance improvement department at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. She holds a master’s degree in engineering from Michigan University and an MBA from Franklin Pierce University.

Courtemanche joined the APD in July as manager of facilities and environmental services. In his short tenure, he has shown leadership abilities and managed multiple priorities and projects, according to a separate news release from the hospital.

Before joining the hospital, Courtemanche worked for 25 years at Kendal at Hanover, serving as facilities operations supervisor since 2002. A graduate of the National Safety Council, Courtemanche has completed training for multiple federal safety certifications as well as with the National Fire Protection Association, the release said. He has a bachelor’s degree from Keene State College and a master certificate in applied project management from Villanova University. He also is a certified aging-in-place specialist.

Lebanon Woman is Manager of the Quarter

Hanover — Em Carrier, of Lebanon, has been named manager of the quarter at Hanover Terrace Health and Rehabilitation Center, a 100-skilled bed nursing facility on Lyme Road. She is the unit manager on the facility’s transitional unit. Carrier “is committed to the patients entrusted to her care,” Martha Chesley, administrator at Hanover Terrace, said in a news release. Carrier has worked in area nursing facilities for more than two decades. She started her nursing career as a licensed nursing assistant and became a licensed practical nurse in 2001.

— Compiled by Aimee Caruso