The Regional Program for Women's and Children's Health is a liaison and support service between the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) perinatal, neonatal, and pediatric intensive care units and referral hospitals in New Hampshire and eastern Vermont.
Our program's goal is to enhance the quality and continuity of care for high-risk mothers, newborns, and the pediatric population.
Regional Program for Women's and Children's Health team
Julie S. Bosak, DrPH, CNM, MSN, Director
- New Hampshire Perinatal Quality Collaborative at Dartmouth Health (NHPQC)
- Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network at Dartmouth Health (NNEPQIN)
Phone: 603-653-1236
Fax: 603-653-6809
Email: julie.s.bosak@hitchcock.org
Emily Brayton, RN, BSN, Outreach Nurse - Perinatal
Phone: 603-653-6896
Fax: 603-653-6809
Email: emily.c.brayton@hitchcock.org
Madalynne (Maddie) Bridge, Senior Coordinator
Phone: 603-653-6898
Fax: 603-653-6809
Email: madalynne.m.bridge@hitchcock.org
Participating hospitals
Community hospitals throughout New Hampshire and eastern Vermont participate in the Regional Program for Women's and Children's Health.
New Hampshire participating hospitals
- Androscoggin Valley Hospital (Berlin)
- Catholic Medical Center (Manchester)
- Cheshire Medical Center (Keene)
- Concord Hospital (Concord)
- Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon)
- Elliot Hospital (Manchester)
- Littleton Regional Healthcare (Littleton)
- Memorial Hospital, Maine Health (North Conway)
- Monadnock Community Hospital (Peterborough)
- Portsmouth Regional Hospital (Portsmouth)
- Southern New Hampshire Medical Center St. Joseph Hospital (Nashua)
- Speare Memorial Hospital (Plymouth)
- Wentworth Douglass Hospital (Dover)
Vermont participating hospitals
- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (Brattleboro)
- Central Vermont Medical Center, University of Vermont Health Network (Montpelier)
- Gifford Health Care (Randolph)
- Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (St. Johnsbury)
- Rutland Regional Medical Center (Rutland)
- University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington)
Events and conferences
The Regional Program for Women's and Children's Health supports events and conferences throughout the year in collaboration with Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics departments. A list of regional programs is available through Dartmouth Hitchcock Continuing Education for Professionals. Archived conferences recordings are also available on demand.
Transport conferences
The foundation of the Regional Program for Women's and Children's Health is the transport conference, which is held at the referring hospital to review the maternal, infant, and pediatric transports to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for tertiary care. The goal is to optimize coordinated care and review the latest treatment strategies to improve patient outcomes through enhanced provider and nursing involvement across the continuum of care.
Perinatal transport conferences
Perinatal transport conferences review cases of maternal-fetal and neonatal patients. Faculty include a maternal-fetal specialist, a neonatologist, and an outreach nurse. Participants include obstetricians, pediatricians, family practice physicians, and perinatal nurses.
Pediatric intensive care transport conferences
Conferences review cases of pediatric patients shared between community hospitals and Dartmouth Health's Golisano Children's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Faculty include a pediatric intensivist and an outreach nurse. The participants are pediatricians, family practice physicians, emergency room physicians, and pediatric nurses.
For more information about conferences, please contact Emily Brayton via email at emily.c.brayton@hitchcock.org or by phone at 603-653-6896
Recommended resources
DHMC and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics clinical policies library
DHMC and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics clinical policies library is available to individuals who are logged into the organization's network. The library includes many guidelines on birth and newborn care.
New Hampshire Perinatal Quality Collaborative - NH Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NHPQC)
The NHPQC represents a statewide network working collaboratively towards improving maternal and infant health care and outcomes in our state. The New Hampshire Perinatal Quality Collaborative aims to build a patient-centered, data-driven, evidence-based, sustainable infrastructure to ensure that every woman, birthing person, and infant receives high-quality, safe care. We support New Hampshire birthing communities with an integrated and collaborative approach to equitably improve health outcomes before, during, and after birth. We honor each person’s unique and transformative experience of childbirth.
Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Program (NNEPQIN)
NNEPQIN sponsors multidisciplinary teams to create and adapt evidence-based guidelines for clinically important topics such as management of postpartum hemorrhage, therapeutic hypothermia for the neonate, and new guidelines for Prenatal Care of Women with Substance Use Disorders.