In the News
What's New 2012
- Docs, Nurses Disagree Over Expanded Nurse Roles (5/16/13)
- Franklin elementary students plant school garden with help from HEAL (5/15/13)
- Keeping Keene walkable may benefit more than just pedestrians (5/15/13)
- Bike/Walk to Work Week takes aim at NH traffic congestion (5/14/13)
- Wentworth-Douglass RN wins Clint Jones NH Nursing Award From Foundation for Healthy Communities (5/13/13)
- In Recognition of National Nurses Week, Eight Types of Nurses You Never Knew Existed (5/10/13)
- Medicare Lags In Project to Expand Hospice (5/9/13)
- FDA to slap warning labels on tanning beds (5/8/13)
- Celebrate the history of National Nurses Week! (5/7/13)
- How A ‘Million-Dollar Patient’ Got Off A Medical Merry-Go-Round (5/6/13)
- Nursing: The most trusted profession in America (5/3/13)
- The benefits of exercise go beyond weight loss (5/2/13)
- Report: Hospitals in CMS 'Partnership for Patients' Program Cut Readmissions 14%, Save $100M (5/1/13)
- Henniker students will be walking and learning to improve health (4/30/13)
- NY Times: Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer (4/29/13)
- Doctors Denounce Cancer Drug Prices Of $100,000 A Year (4/26/13)
- A soda a day can increase diabetes risk (4/25/13)
- Patient-centered care linked to better outcomes (4/24/13)
- Anticancer Lifestyle program focuses on impact of stress (4/23/13)
- Fitness Playgrounds Grow as Machines Go (4/22/13)
- Hospital Acquired Infection Rate in NH is 40% Below National Average (4/17/13)
- Why Should We Care About Healthcare Decisions? (4/16/13)
- Top 10 ways to improve patient safety now (4/15/13)
- YMCA aims to help kids exercise minds and bodies (4/12/13)
- Boomers Push Doctor-Assisted Dying in End-of-Life Revolt (4/11/13)
- Advance Directives Said to Be Key; Includes Foundation for Healthy Communities (4/10/13)
- Practical tips may help parents address kids' obesity (4/8/13)
- NH ranks #1 in newly released breastfeeding survey results (4/5/13)
- Workplace wellness programs abound in Cheshire County due to Vision 2020 (4/4/13)
- Fruit, Not Fries: Lunchroom Makeovers Nudge Kids Toward Better Choices (4/3/13)
- Palms West Hospital monitors staff hand washing with technology (4/2/13)
- Partnership for Patients brings Affordable Care Act to bedside (4/1/13)
- CDC Rolling Out Second Round of Anti-Smoking Ads (3/29/13)
- N.H. Farm to School receives funding for state gleaning work (3/28/13)
- Hypercleanliness may be making us sick (3/27/13)
- NY Times: Companies Get Strict On Health Of Workers (3/26/13)
- New Hampshire trailing all states in spending on tobacco prevention and cessation programs (3/25/13)
- Patients Should Decide What The End Of Life Is Like, Study Says (3/21/13)
- Cash Back On Broccoli: Health Insurers Nudge Shoppers To Be Well (3/20/13)
- That’s not the kind of state we are: why N.H. needs to fix mental health care now (3/18/13)
- Medicare Revises Readmissions Penalties – Again (3/15/13)
- Breast cancer radiation raises risk of heart disease in some women (3/14/13)
- State Hospitals Making Gains In Fight Against Infection (3/13/13)
- New Hampshire Hospitals Making Gains In Fight Against Infection (3/13/13)
- Mentally ill patients face spartan conditions, long delays in New Hampshire (3/11/13)
- Foundation's Shawn LaFrance discusses mental health access issues on WBIN-TV (3/8/13)
- Public Health Advocates at HEAL-NH Legislative Gathering Say State Can't Grow Complacent (3/7/13)
- Mental Health Report subject of WTPL Interview with Shawn LaFrance from Foundation for Healthy Communities (3/6/13)
- New York Times: For a Hospice Pioneer, Still a Tough Call (3/5/13)
- Hard time understanding health reform law? Try figuring it out in Hmong or Vietnamese (3/4/13)
- Hospitals Make the Link between Hand Hygiene Compliance and Decreased Infections (3/1/13)
- New Attention to First Lady as She Presses Ahead With Healthy Eating Drive (2/28/13)
- Foundation's study of N.H. hospitals shows patients sometimes wait for days for psychiatric care (2/26/13)
- Helping kids make healthier food choices (2/25/13)
- NHPR: Mental Health Math Doesn't Add Up For NH Hospitals, includes comments from Shawn LaFrance (2/22/13)
- NY Times: The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food (2/21/13)
- CBS This Morning: Breakthrough in battle against melanoma (2/20/13)
- Encouraging patients to discuss end-of-life wishes (2/19/13)
- New Futures Report: Excessive Alcohol Consumption Costs NH $1.5 Billion Per Year (2/15/13)
- Study Points to Shorter Treatments for Prostate Cancer (2/14/13)
- Consumer group wants limits on added sugars in beverages (2/13/13)
- Higher Hospital Readmissions Aren’t Linked To Fewer Deaths, Study Finds (2/13/13)
- Editorial: Unconscionable wait for mental health care (2/12/13)
- N.H. ahead of curve for school snack nutrition (2/11/13)
- Scorecard with no winners: On Monday, 44 waited for mental health care in NH (2/7/13)
- NY Times: Getting Into Your Exercise Groove (2/6/13)
- Baby Boomers: Not the ‘Healthiest Generation’ (2/5/13)
- Exeter Hospital expands its cancer care (2/4/13)
- Coca-Cola Blinks (1/25/13)
- American Lung Association gives failing grade to New Hampshire on tobacco (1/24/13)
- Medicare Eyes Hospital Readmissions (1/23/13)
- Insurers Prod Doctors, Hospitals To Stop Elective Early Deliveries (1/22/13)
- Checklists in the OR can help caregivers avert crises, study finds (1/18/13)
- State receives low grades on smoking report card (1/16/13)
- Critics attack Coke's new anti-obesity ad campaign (1/15/13)
- Health Care Costs Spur Push For Wellness Programs (1/14/13)
- Modern Medicine: Racial and ethnic disparities revealed in recession-era healthcare usage (1/11/13)
- NY Times: Help for Planning End-of-Life Care (1/10/13)
- Do You Know 5210? Check Out This Video! (1/9/13)
- Drinking soda linked to depression (1/9/13)
- Five so-called health foods you should avoid (1/8/13)
- Mental health care providers seek more support from the state as wait list for help grows (1/8/13)
- Editorial: N.H. must invest to curb smoking (1/7/13)
- Keene Vision 2020 project aims to make community healthier (1/7/13)
- Mental health advocates: NH facing access crisis (1/7/13)
- Federal government releases patient safety plan for electronic health records (1/4/13)
- Healthcare Disparities at the Crossroads With Healthcare Reform (1/3/13)
- Making a Case for the Medical Checkup (1/3/13)
- How we can change end-of-life medicine (1/2/13)
- Evidence of Energy Drinks’ Claims Is Scant, Experts Say (1/2/13)
- Practical tips for a healthier 2013 (12/31/12)
- Hospital bids bye-bye to Big Mac; others may follow suit (12/28/12)
- NH part of settlement with tobacco companies (12/20/12)
- November 2012
- August 2012
- Manchester seeks to make schools health hubs (12/18/12)
- Despite gains, efforts to help children in America lose weight must press on (12/17/12)
- New high-tech imaging screens for breast cancer at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (12/14/12)
- Why Afternoon May Be the Best Time to Exercise (12/13/12)
- NHPR: Nursing Diversity Program Thriving (12/12/12)
- NY Times: Obesity in Young Is Seen as Falling in Several Cities (12/11/12)
- Partnership for Patients in Focus as Medicare Targets Readmission Costs (12/10/12)
- Preventing Drug Diversion-Ensuring Patient Safety in New Hampshire held on October 25, 2012
- National Report: New Hampshire Ranks Last in Protecting Kids from Tobacco
- NY Times: Forced to Choose - Nursing Home vs. Hospice (12/6/12)
- FHC to Join National "Partnership for Patients" (01/12/12)
- HEAL Excellence in Education Award for Schools in New Hampshire (01/18/12)
- NHCCC to Support Cancer Prevention Programs (01/26/12)
- NHCCC Seeks Local High Schools, Colleges for Tanning Safety Contest Called “Your Skin Is In” (01/30/12)
- Foundation for Healthy Communities Names Three New Trustees (02/01/12)
- NHCCC Invites High School Students to Free "Teens on Tanning" Forum (02/13/12)
- NHHA/FHC Hiring Healthcare Data Analyst (02/22/12)
- Foundation for Healthy Communities Offers Free Video on Advance Care Directives (02/27/12)
- NHCCC Conference Addresses Cancer Survivorship; Shift in focus goes from 'end of life' to 'quality of life' (03/23/12)
- NH Health & Equity Partnership Applauds Affordable Care Act Initiatives (03/23/12)
- NH Health & Equity Partnership receives Harvard Pilgram Health Care Foundation Award (04/09/12)
- FHC Observes National Healthcare Decisions Day (04/12/12)
- Foundation Partners with Governor’s Council on Physical Activity & Health for “Walk New Hampshire Week” June 1-7 (05/29/12)
- New Franklin students to walk out for Walk N.H. Week (06/01/12)
- 2012 Walk NH Week Celebrated at State House Ceremony (06/01/12)
- FHC and NHHA staff participate in 1.5 mile walk for WALK NH Week (06/07/12)
- HEAL Announces Grants to Ashland, Berlin, Laconia and Nashua (04/16/2012)
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock R.N. receives Clint Jones New Hampshire Nursing Award (05/10/2012)
- Foundation for Healthy Communities Announces Five CATCH Kids Club Summer Pilot Sites (06/04/2012)
- Hospitals in NH to Observe “National Time Out Day” on June 15 (06/12/2012)
- Foundation for Healthy Communities Newsletter July 2012 (07/18/2012)
What's New 2011
- FHC receives national grant for end-of-life care (12/16/11)
- NHCCC Decries lack of Tobacco Education Funding (12/06/11)
- NHCCC Tanning Ban (10/21/11)
- FHC October newsletter now available (10/14/11)
- Foundation names new vice president (9/28/11)
- Foundation names new director (9/27/11)
- Health care leader honored for innovation (9/21/11)
- NH Comprehensive Cancer Collaboration Board and Chair Announcements (8/22/11)
- FHC May newsletter now available (6/30/11)
- Foundation for Healthy Communities creates new resource to Primary Care Providers and Oral Health Providers (6/29/11)
- New Hampshire ranked #1 as Best Performing State in Overall Health Care by AHRQ (6/8/11)
- Recent NHCCC Conference Highlights Successes and Challenges in the Fight Against Cancer in NH (4/20/11)
- OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE: NH Hospital Association building in Concord (3/21/11)
- FHC March newsletter now available (3/17/11)
- Nominations being accepted for 2011 Clint Jones NH Nursing Award (3/14/11)
- Register now for the Teens on Tanning Forum on March 26 (2/4/11)
- January FHC newsletter now available (1/27/11)
