Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2023 Great Hospitals in America list

Exterior shot of the new Patient Pavilion at DHMC.

I am deeply proud of our teams here at DHMC that make our hospital one of the best of the best and give their all to our patients each and every day.

Susan A. Reeves, EdD, RN

Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), New Hampshire’s only academic medical center and Level 1 trauma center, has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s annual ranking of Great Hospitals in America. DHMC was one of only three hospitals in New England included on the list, and the only hospital in New Hampshire and northern New England.

Hospitals included on this list are renowned for clinical excellence, patient safety, innovation efforts, research and education, patient satisfaction and more. Top ranking and award agencies have recognized these hospitals for their leadership in the industry and their excellence in several specialties. The hospitals acknowledged on this list are leaders who contribute to breakthroughs and discoveries that impact the future of medicine, and their expertise benefits not only the communities they serve, but also the healthcare field as a whole.

“Being included on Becker’s list of the country’s best hospitals, in the company of many internationally-renowned medical centers, is not only a great honor, but a validation that we are succeeding in delivering the level of excellence our communities deserve” said Susan A. Reeves, EdD, RN, executive vice president of DHMC. “I am deeply proud of our teams here at DHMC that make our hospital one of the best of the best and give their all to our patients each and every day.”

The Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team selected hospitals for inclusion based on analysis of ranking and award agencies, including U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 rankings, Healthgrades, CMS star ratings and The Leapfrog Group safety grades.

The full list of Great Hospitals in America can be read
here.

About Dartmouth Health

Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.