Pharmacy Services Overview at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
As the Dartmouth Health system has grown and developed, so has our pharmacy. We have locations throughout the state of NH and VT. The pharmacy enterprise has expanded to include inpatient pharmacy services, retail pharmacy services, specialty pharmacy services, home delivery, and pharmacy supply chain. Our academic medical center leads the way regionally and nationally in patient care, supported by a progressive clinical pharmacy program and operating the only 24-hour retail pharmacy in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire. The organization is also a teaching institution with the pharmacy offering nationally accredited resident programs and actively participates with area colleges of pharmacy for student development. These trainees are incorporated into the various facets of the pharmacy enterprise. The pharmacy has a growing and robust ambulatory program with the largest outpatient/retail pharmacy in New Hampshire, specialty pharmacy services, and a regional clinical ambulatory pharmacy program placing pharmacy practitioners at our largest community group practice sites across the state. Our division is supported by the latest in technology, from our Epic EMR system to the latest in robotic, carousel, and dispensing technology through an integrated platform across the sites of our health system.
Dartmouth Health continually strives to advance the practice of Pharmacy and to grow our programs and profession. The Pharmacy Division espouses to the following pillars to support our organization and advance the practice of Pharmacy.
- People: We want to be the pharmacy employer of choice. We want a committed, competent, motivated and productive pharmacy team.
- Service/Clinical Practice: We want to provide best in class care for our patients and a high level of service to our organization.
- Quality: We want to provide quality pharmaceutical care that can be defined, measured and published. We want a culture of safety and chase zero errors.
- Financial: We need to be financially successful to support a sustainable health system for years to come. We need to drive efficiencies while excelling in our practice.
- Growth: To help our organization be a sustainable healthcare provider of choice, we need to enhance opportunities for business growth in direct support of Dartmouth Health initiatives.
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Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system, serves a population of 1.9 million across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 1,000 primary care doctors and specialists in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. DHMC was named in 2021-2022 as the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by US News & World Report, nationally ranked in gynecology, and recognized for high performance in 14 clinical specialties. Dartmouth Health also includes the Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 51 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation; the Dartmouth Health Children’s; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and 30 Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. The D-H system trains nearly 400 residents and fellows annually, and performs world-class research, in partnership with the Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT.