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LEBANON, N.H., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Prof. Robert A. Oden, Jr. PhD, former president of Carleton College and Kenyon College, has been named Chair of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Board of Trustees. Oden, a member of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock board since January 2011, succeeded Wayne Granquist as chair on December 31, 2012. "This is an extraordinary time in health care," noted Oden in a message to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock community. "Leading health care organizations have...

MedTouch, the leading provider of web strategy and online solutions for healthcare, has won three Interactive Media Awards for its client work: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (dhortho.org) and Wishard Health Services (wishard.edu) both won Outstanding Achievement in Website Development, while Drexel Medicine won the highest honor—Best in Class—for its new website, drexelmedicine.org. Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) December 28, 2012 MedTouch, the leading provider of web strategy and online...

KEENE, N.H. and AVENTURA, Fla., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene's Linear Accelerator has the highest utilization rate in the state of NH and provides treatment to many cancer patients close to home. Because of the critical importance of this technology and service in our region, a planned replacement to the new Varian TrueBeam(TM) linear accelerator will occur over the next few months. During the changeover, we will have a temporary...

ASHBURN, Va., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brainware, winner of the 2011 PayStream Advisors Technology Excellence Award for Healthcare Supply Chain, announced today that Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, a U.S. News & World Report Nationally Ranked Hospital, will implement Brainware Distiller for increased efficiency, visibility and productivity in accounts payable automation. This project will automate processing of both purchase order (PO) and non-PO based invoices into...

IRVINE, Calif., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that a follow-up analysis appearing in the Spring-Summer 2012 issue of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation newsletter demonstrated that implementing Masimo SET Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry and the Masimo Patient SafetyNet((TM)) remote monitoring and clinician notification system in all post-surgical, general floor units at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center resulted...

IRVINE, Calif., June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that two of the industry's top patient safety collaborators--James Welch, VP of Patient Safety Initiatives at Masimo, and George Blike, Medical Director of Patient Safety Training at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center--are the recipients of the AAMI Foundation's Institute for Technology and Healthcare Clinical Application Award. Awarded each year to an individual or group who has applied...

-- 3T system to be installed at NIH-funded clinical and research facility -- WINNIPEG, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - (NASDAQ: IMRS; TSX: IM) -- IMRIS Inc. ("IMRIS" or the "Company") today announced the sale of IMRISneuro to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center ("DHMC") in Lebanon, New Hampshire. IMRISneuro is a fully integrated multi-operating room system that features on-demand intraoperative MR imaging capabilities, designed to assist surgeons in improving outcomes for patients...

LEBANON, N.H., Oct. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire (Anthem) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), the state's largest healthcare provider, have launched a collaborative process focused on increasing value to patients through improved quality outcomes and slowing the rate of health care cost increases, which then will result in reduced premium increases. If successful, the process would lead to the formation of an Accountable Care Organization (ACO). An...

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI) announced today that over 20 new clinical studies showcasing Masimo noninvasive patient monitoring technologies were presented last week at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. The largest gathering of anesthesiologists in the world, the ASA Annual Meeting provides an important platform for previewing the latest in medical developments and clinical research to...

HANOVER, N.H., May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dartmouth College has received a $35 million commitment to establish The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, President Jim Yong Kim announced today. The anonymous gift will advance a new field of study, harnessing the knowledge and expertise of faculty across multiple disciplines from the arts and sciences as well as from the medical, business and engineering schools. (Photo:...