Q&A: Deciphering the data on vaccination status and hospitalizations
Dr. Carol Barsky, chief quality and value officer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, discusses vaccination status among COVID-19 positive patients.
COVID-19 in NH: Latest news and updates
‘Miracles happen’: After 2 months hospitalized with COVID-19, Manchester mom finally meets baby born in November
After more than two months hospitalized with COVID-19, new mom Macenzee Keller, 20, from Manchester was able to finally meet her 2-month-old son, Zack, for the first time at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, where she has been hospitalized since shortly after Zack’s birth in November at CMC.
‘The word is heartbreaking’: As COVID patients fill hospitals, others are turned away
Doctors and nurses caring for an overwhelming number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients during a pandemic describe two kinds of emotional distress: The pain of watching someone die who – had they been vaccinated – would have lived; and turning away other patients suffering their own serious illnesses because COVID-19 patients are filling their hospitals.
FEMA sending 3 monoclonal antibody teams to NH; 650 more nurses licensed
The state has received confirmation from FEMA that it will receive three monoclonal antibody teams at the beginning of the new year.
Religious exemption requests related to COVID vaccine a growing challenge for employers
Prior to the pandemic, nearly all the religious exemption requests clients brought attorney James Reidy sought a work schedule accommodation for religious holidays and practices.
‘The picture is getting pretty dark’: Hospitals buckle under weight of COVID surge, staff shortages
When there are no beds left, hospitals are transferring patients who need acute care, including stroke and heart attack victims, to other hospitals – in and out of state. And some hospitals are limiting or postponing elective but still-serious procedures that require an in-patient stay, such as hip and knee replacements.
With COVID-19 cases surging, some hospitals pause elective surgeries
Concerns about surging COVID-19 hospitalizations have prompted Cheshire Medical Center in Keene to join the list of hospitals postponing some elective surgeries, pleading with patients to avoid the emergency room if possible, or begging people to get vaccines and boosters.
Marketing firm talks clicks and impressions, but is it finding success getting people vaccinated?
In other words, there is nothing in that mid-October report, which the Bulletin obtained through a right-to-know request to the state, to indicate whether the nearly $27,000 it’s spending this month on Facebook and Instagram ads alone is on track to achieve the goal: getting more people vaccinated. And nothing GYK Antler provided in that performance summary shows whether the firm has assessed the campaign’s effectiveness or the possibility that a different approach with different messaging would be more effective.
Temporary nurse wages skyrocket, leaving nursing homes and hospitals scrambling to staff facilities
Steve Ahnen, president and CEO of the New Hampshire Hospital Association, said hiring temporary nurses is quickly becoming a major expense for hospitals.
Vaccine policies jointly announced at CMC, SolutionHealth, St. Joseph’s and Manchester Mental Health Center
With the welfare of our staff, patients, and community in mind, Southern New Hampshire’s major healthcare systems—Catholic Medical Center, SolutionHealth (Elliot Health System & Southern New Hampshire Health) and St. Joseph Hospital—as well as the Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester have announced mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policies for their organizations.
New Hampshire housing market shows signs of cooling, but it’s all relative
Total sales fell for the fourth straight month, but the inventory shortage worsened in September.
Employees ride the resignation wave
Remember all that optimism at the start of our Hot Vax Summer? That was back when vaccinations were on the rise, masks were coming off and getting back to normal seemed possible? Businesses began planning for a return to the office though some were holding off until September to give employees flexibility and time to adjust.