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The state is funneling millions of dollars into expanding licensed practical nurse training programs as the shortage of healthcare workers intensifies. The Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee voted last week to double the community college LPN training...

A year after Concord Hospital bought Lakes Region General Healthcare, the head of the Franklin and Laconia hospitals has announced his departure, effective at the end of the month. Kevin Donovan was the president and CEO of Lakes Regional General...

In another attempt to bolster a thinning workforce of nurses, Concord Hospital announced a partnership with New England College that will allow nursing students to be hired during their training.Students enrolled in this program will spend about a...

Amid the smell of disinfectants and the glow of fluorescent hallways, hospitals rarely provide a natural escape for their patients. A resurgence in the therapeutic benefits of nature has made hospitals reconsider some of their unused space. Concord...

After a year of unprecedented turmoil, caused not just by the pandemic but also the region’s biggest health-care consolidation in decades, finances at Concord Hospital appear to be back on track.“Starting in very late February through where we sit...

Hospitals found a few silver linings during a global pandemic that cost them millions of dollars, inundated their emergency rooms, and stretched staff to their limits.Revolutionizing the way medical providers think about healthcare may be one of...

New technology that allowed doctors and patients to interact through video screens exploded at the start of the pandemic. Now that many facets of life return to normal, interest in telehealth is waning, and Concord Hospital officials are wrestling...

If sale to Concord Hospital is rejected, Franklin and Laconia hospitals could close by summer Lakes Region General Hospital finances chart UMass Medical School—Courtesy hospital service areas UMass Medical School—Courtesy Lakes Region General Hospital Published: 2/24/2021 3:40:18 PM The two financially troubled hospitals in the Lakes Region would be renamed Concord Hospital-Laconia and Concord Hospital-Franklin if their sale goes through – and if it doesn’t, they’ll probably shut do...

Gilford orthopedic clinic to shut; Concord Hospital says contract was ‘not viable’ Lakes Region General Hospital Published: 2/17/2021 3:23:31 PM A Gilford orthopedics clinic says it will close after 50 years because its contract with Lakes Region General Hospital isn’t being renewed as part of the likely takeover by Concord Hospital, one of the first visible changes spurred by the financial collapse of LRGHealthcare. Advanced Orthopaedic Specialists said last week it would close by March...

Judge signs off on Concord Hospitals acquisition of LRGHealthcare LRGHealthcare filed for bankruptcy in October after years of being in a "precarious financial state." , Associate Editor New Hampshire-based Concord Hospital has been given the green light on its $30 million acquisition of LRGHealthcare, a two-hospital health system that filed for bankruptcy in October 2020. Judge Michael Fagone submitted the approval to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of New Hampshires docket on...