Monadnock Community Hospital Receives Prestigious Health Impact Award

Close-up of a clear glass award presented by The Keene Sentinel to Monadnock Community Hospital's Mobile Integrated Healthcare department for the 2024 Health Impact Award

Joshua Patrick and Karen Bednarski of Monadnock Community Hospital smiling while holding the Monadnock Community Health Impact Award at the Keene Family YMCA during the "For the Health of It!" community health fair

Sean Burke, Joshua Patrick, and Karen Bednarski posing together while holding the Monadnock Community Health Impact Award at the Keene Family YMCA during the "For the Health of It!" community health fair

Monadnock Community Hospital’s Mobile Integrated Healthcare program received the Monadnock Community Health Impact Award during the recent community health fair. The program stands out for its comprehensive approach to healthcare delivery, particularly in rural areas.

Key highlights of the award-winning program include:

Providing primary care patient services
Sending community paramedics directly to patients’ homes
Offering services like wound care and vaccinations

According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, this program is remarkably effective. In 2022, it represented 49 percent of total visits across the state’s 12 Mobile Integrated Healthcare programs, making it one of the busiest in New Hampshire.

Sean Burke, The Sentinel’s president and COO, praised the program for “meeting a dire need in our community” by reaching patients where they are and improving both health and social factors.

The award was accepted by Joshua Patrick, lead community paramedic clinician, and Karen Bednarski, dispatcher, highlighting the team’s crucial role in addressing healthcare gaps in the Monadnock Region.

Read more in the Keene Sentinel

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Monadnock Community Hospital's Mobile Integrated Healthcare program received the Monadnock Community Health Impact Award during the recent community health fair. The program stands out for its comprehensive approach to healthcare delivery, particularly in rural areas.

Key highlights of the award-winning program include:

Providing primary care patient services
Sending community paramedics directly to patients' homes
Offering services like wound care and vaccinations

According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, this program is remarkably effective. In 2022, it represented 49 percent of total visits across the state's 12 Mobile Integrated Healthcare programs, making it one of the busiest in New Hampshire.

Sean Burke, The Sentinel's president and COO, praised the program for "meeting a dire need in our community" by reaching patients where they are and improving both health and social factors.

The award was accepted by Joshua Patrick, lead community paramedic clinician, and Karen Bednarski, dispatcher, highlighting the team's crucial role in addressing healthcare gaps in the Monadnock Region.

Read more in the Keene Sentinel

Key highlights of the award-winning program include:

Providing primary care patient services
Sending community paramedics directly to patients' homes
Offering services like wound care and vaccinations

According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, this program is remarkably effective. In 2022, it represented 49 percent of total visits across the state's 12 Mobile Integrated Healthcare programs, making it one of the busiest in New Hampshire.

Sean Burke, The Sentinel's president and COO, praised the program for "meeting a dire need in our community" by reaching patients where they are and improving both health and social factors.

Read more in the Keene Sentinel

Key highlights of the award-winning program include:

Providing primary care patient services
Sending community paramedics directly to patients' homes
Offering services like wound care and vaccinations

According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, this program is remarkably effective. In 2022, it represented 49 percent of total visits across the state's 12 Mobile Integrated Healthcare programs, making it one of the busiest in New Hampshire.

Sean Burke, The Sentinel's president and COO, praised the program for "meeting a dire need in our community" by reaching patients where they are and improving both health and social factors.

Read more in the Keene Sentinel

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Key highlights of the award-winning program include:

Providing primary care patient services
Sending community paramedics directly to patients' homes
Offering services like wound care and vaccinations

According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, this program is remarkably effective. In 2022, it represented 49 percent of total visits across the state's 12 Mobile Integrated Healthcare programs, making it one of the busiest in New Hampshire.

Sean Burke, The Sentinel's president and COO, praised the program for "meeting a dire need in our community" by reaching patients where they are and improving both health and social factors.

Read more in the Keene Sentinel

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