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New Hampshire News
SPECIAL SECTION:
PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSES SKYROCKETING IN NH
US Prescription Drug Tracking State Map. New Hampshire is one of only two states that don't track. Prescription drug overdoses were a leading cause of death in NH last year.
New Hampshire Prescription Drug Tracking System gets another chance
Will it pass in 2011 after 3 times before the NH Legislature? One of only two states without tracking system.
The Union Leader, byPaul Feely via Prevention Works NH
The Drug Enforcement Agency - Office of Diversion Control
45 States Have Either Monitoring Systems in Place or Have Passed Laws
Prescription Drug Overdoses a Leading Killer in New Hampshire
(One of only eleven states without a prescription monitoring system)
WMUR TV Channel 9, February 22, 2010
Is New Hampshire's Law That Keeps Physician Prescribing Practices Private Good for Patients?
Wellsphere Blog, October 28, 2008
Methadone Deaths Rising in New England
USA Today, April17, 2008
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Foundation for Healthy Communities receives government funding from the Partnership for
Patients program. Eighteen New Hampshire hospitals have signed on and committed to
reduce patient harm.
Foundation for Healty Communities Newsletter, January, 2012
NH House Bill 602 Aims to Wipe Out Hospital and Surgery Center Infection Reporting
Concord Monitor, October 30, 2011
Group Calls for Transparency in Hospital Accreditation Findings
Features letter written by NH Patient Voices asking for improvement in complaint investigations (pgs. 2-4)
Health Leaders, September 21, 2011
NH Attorney General's Office Asks Federal Court to Dismiss Hospital Lawsuit on Medicaid Cuts
Nashua Telegraph, September 26, 2011
Ten NH Hospitals File Lawsuit Against the State for Medicaid Cuts
Modern Healthcare, July 26, 2011
New Hampshire on Public Citizen's list of 10 lowest performing states for physician discipline
Public Citizen, May 2011
Dartmouth Hitchcock Settles Billing Fraud Allegations with $2 million dollar settlement.
Department of Justice press release, April, 2011.
Pharmaceutical Companies Post Payments to Doctors
104 NH healthcare providers made the list on ProPublica's 'Dollars for Docs' database.
NH Surgical Birth Rates by County from The March of Dimes. Why does Rockingham lead the state with the highest C-Section rates in New Hampshire?
Drug resistant infections in New Hampshire
by Elizabeth Daly, state epidemiologist
Does the lack of public health funding in New Hampshire put the public at risk for drug resisant infections?
New Hampshire Doesn't Track Cases of Hepatitis C
Outbreaks in healthcare facilities could be missed
Concord Monitor, January, 2011
Six-Part Series on Hepatitis C: A Victim's Perspective
Concord Monitor, December 12th, 2010
by Meg Heckman
Three NH Doctors Received Six Figures from Drug Companies
Psychologists among top paid. New reporting law coming in 2013.
Union Leader by Shawne Wickham, November 8, 2010
NH Receiving $5.1 Million from Government for Electronic Medical Records
Inter-hospital health information exchange will be created
Laconia Citizen by Victoria Guay, October 18th, 2010
NH Medical Board Keeps Doc's Manslaughter History Hush-Hush
California Endowment Health Journal Fellowships 'Reporting on Health'
By William Heisel, October 4, 2010
Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital Cutting 300 Jobs
Fierce Healthcare, September 15, 2010
NH Hospital Association Announces New 'Eliminate Harm Initiative'
Goal is to make NH Hospitals Safer by 2015
September 27, 2010 Press Release
Patient Advocacy Group Becoming A Non Profit
The Nashua Telegraph by Kathleen McCormack, The Associated Press, September 7th, 2010
NH Woman Left Blind & Scarred Sues Drug Company
WMUR TV, September 3, 2010
Analysis of NH Hospital Infection Report
Concord Monitor, September 3, 2010
by Lori Nerbonne
Hospital Infection Data Finally Available
The Nashua Telegraph
August 19, 2010
NH Atty. General Investigating CEO Salaries of Non Profit Hosptials
HealthLeaders Media, June 15, 2010
by Elyas Bakhtiari
Two CMC Excecutives Have Left Their Jobs
Union Leader, May 20, 2010
by Mark Hayward
CMC President’s Earnings Reach 1.36million
Union Leader, May 19, 2010
by Mark Hayward
NH Hospitals Found To Be Scraping By
Nashua Telegraph, May 19, 2010
by Cindy Kibbee, NH Business Review
CMC and Elliot Hospitals Feud Over Who Delivers Babies Best
Union Leader, May 19, 2010
by Mark Hayward
Southern NH Medical Center Nurse Guilty of Replacing Narcotics with Saline
Nashua Telegraph, March 18, 2010
by Andrew Wolfe and Joseph Cote
$35 Million for Dartmouth Healthcare Delivery Center
Nashua Telegraph, May 17, 2010
Wentworth Douglas Hospital Focus of Patient Injuries In New ‘da Vinci’ Robotic Surgery
The Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2010
Portsmouth Hospital Unveils New Maternity Unit
part of $65million renovation
Fosters Daily Democrat, May 2, 2010
Wentworth Douglas Hospital Laboratory Put On Probation
Fosters Daily Democrat, Feb. 19th, 2010
by Adam Krauss
Southern NH Medical Center Pays Federal Fine for Allowing a Banned Nursing Asst. to Deliver Patient Care
US Justice Dept. Report, February 4, 2010
Shopping for Healthcare in NH
The Nashua Telegraph, January 24, 2010
by Andrew Wolfe
NH Hospitals Required to Start Reporting Mistakes
WMUR Channel 9 TV, January 15, 2010
by Sean McDonald
DHHS: Website Will Allow Public To View Hospital Infection Rates
Fosters Daily Democrat, September 28, 2009
by Robert Cook
Infection Report Program Funded
Concord Monitor, September 15, 2009
by Margot Sanger-Katz
CMC, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Make it Official
Union Leader, July 22, 2009
by Denis Paiste
Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital to Pay $1 million in Woman's Death
MRSA infection and other complications
Concord Monitor, May 16, 2009
by Margot Sanger-Katz
Wrong Mom Breastfeeds Baby in Hospital Mix Up
Seacoast Online, April 5, 2009
by Richard Fabrizio
CMC & Dartmouth Hospitals Close To Deal
Union Leader, February 19, 2009
by Denis Paiste
Driving The Economy: Healthcare in NH (2008)
Over $1 Billion Spent On Hospital Expansions Since 2000
NH Center For Public Policy, September, 2008
Hospital Charges Vary Widely: Exeter Most Expensive
Fosters Daily Democrat, September 28, 2008
by Robert Cook
NH Hospital CEO Salaries
Concord Monitor, June 29, 2008
by Margot Sanger-Katz
Victims Of Medical Errors Testify
Concord Monitor, February 18, 2009
by Margot Sanger-Katz
Fundraiser for Field Hockey Player Recovering from MRSA After Knee Surgery
Keene State College News, February 12, 2009
by Stuart Kaufman
In NH, Mistakes Not Public
Union Leader, October 13, 2008
by Nancy West
In Hospital Errors Kill Thousands but Go Unreported in New Hampshire
NH Union Leader, October 12, 2008
by Nancy West
Government Accountability Report on Healthcare Associated Infection in Hospitals
September, 2008
Hospitals To Begin Reporting Infection Rates
Union Leader, September 14, 2008
by Nancy West
Infection Reporting: A Deadly Delay
Union Leader Op-Ed, August 25, 2008
Lots of Pressure, Not Enough Money To Blame
(Hospital Infection Reporting)
Union Leader, August 10, 2008
by Nancy West
Infections: Hospitals Stay Mum
NH Union Leader, August 10, 2008
by Nancy West
A Push For Hospital Compliance
Union Leader Article, August 2008
Prescription for Secrecy from The Board of Medicine
NH Union Leader, May 4, 2008
by Nancy West
NH Consumers Need More Information on Hospital Infection Rates
Union Leader Op-Ed by Michael Quinlan
April 14, 2007
Data on Local Hospital Performance Widely Available in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Union Leader Editorial by Rachel Rowe, NH Hospital Association
April 4, 2008
2008 Audit of the NH Board of Medicine (132 pages)
Accountabilty in Mind: Sisters Watched Their Mother Suffer From Infection In Hospital
Concord Monitor, March 2, 2008
by Margot Sanger-Katz
Hospital Dumps Billing Company After Personal Patient Information Posted Online
Concord Monitor, June 20, 2007
by Lisa Arsenault
Hospitals May Post Infection Rates
Concord Monitor, March 8, 2006
by Eric Moskowitz
Shelter Volunteer’s Response To Man’s Death
Concord Monitor, March 19, 2006
by Cecie Blakeslee Hartigan
‘I Would Have Gone With Him’
Family He Lived With Wonders Why Dying Man Was Taken To A Shelter
Concord Monitor, March 19, 2006
by Sarah Liebowitz
Hospital’s Response to Death of Patient Released To Homeless Shelter
Concord Monitor, March 16, 2006
by Michael Green
Man Released from Hospital Dies Hours After Being Discharged To Homeless Shelter
Concord Monitor, March 7, 2006
by Sarah Liebowitz
Concord Hospital CEO Comments on Infection Reporting
Concord Monitor, January 22, 2006
Hearing Takes Up Infection Disclosure: Patient with Knee Infection Testifies
Concord Monitor, January 20, 2006
by Anne Ruderman
New Hampshire Behind Other States in Hepatitis C Tracking & Outreach
NH Public Radio, November 8, 2005
Maimes Report on Hepatitis C in New Hampshire, 2002
“Incidence of hepatitis C in New Hampshire may be low, but prevalence is alarming.”
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