Alice Peck Day Hospital

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (APDMH) is a hospital located in Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States. While it started in 1932^[1] as a small cottage hospital, it has since become a larger community hospital that provides standard hospital services such as primary care, women's care, independent living, and assisted living, and more specialized services such as orthopaedics, rehabilitative care, and neurosurgery. It serves roughly 20 communities in Vermont and New Hampshire, and is affiliated with Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, which is also located in Lebanon.

History

Mrs. Alice Peck Day was a fifth generation resident of Lebanon, NH. Upon her death in 1927, she bequeathed her family home to found a cottage hospital in 1927. Dr. Arthur Burnham, one of the area's leading physicians at the time, helped lead the drive for incorporation, and APD opened its doors for the first time on February 1, 1932.

Early traditions at APD included “Donation Day,” when Lebanon residents contributed food, bathrobes, towels and other needed goods, and “Baby Day,” where babies born at the hospital gathered with their families for a social get-together. The early hospital specialized in births, minor medical procedures and tonsillectomies—the only surgery then performed at APD.

In 1964, APD undertook a fundraising capital campaign to build a modern hospital. APD continued to expand in the 1990s and 2000s, adding physicians' offices, the Immediate Care Center, Women's Care Center and Occupational Health Services, while expanding its surgical capacity and making strides in same day and minimally invasive surgery. In 2006, APD raised $4.3 million to fund the Robert A. Mesropian Center for Community Care, which today provides primary care, internal medicine, outpatient therapy, and geriatric care. In 2012, community support made possible a major renovation to the medical-surgical inpatient wing of APD.

In 1996, APD Health Systems opened a 72-bed assisted living facility (Harvest Hill) on its campus followed by the addition of a 66-unit independent living facility (The Woodlands) in June 2010. Both represent APD’s commitment to serving seniors.

Today, APD sees more than 95,000 patients and assists with approximately 300 births each year. The 500 staff members provide services in Dermatology, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Pain, Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, Neurosurgery, Occupational Health, Radiology, Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Sleep Health, Urology, and Women’s Care.

In 2013, the hospital's president and CEO, Harry G. Dorman, retired after having served for 11 years, during which he brought many changes to the hospital. Upon his retirement, he transferred his positions to the then-current vice president and chief medical officer, Dr. Susan E. Mooney.^[2]

In 2014, under the leadership of President and CEO Susan E. Mooney, APD completed a strategic planning process which will guide the organization for the ensuing 3–5 years. Core elements of the plan include four new initiatives which will further strengthen the lasting relationships we build with our patients:

• A Multi-Specialty Clinic that will serve as a new home for most outpatient clinics, and will be specifically built around the needs of patients;
• A Business Health and Therapies program that enables employers to reduce health care costs while improving care;
• A Specialty Surgery program in Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery that minimizes inpatient hospitalization and maximizes successful outcomes; and
• A Senior Care program that helps more seniors in the Upper Valley age with dignity in their homes, and without expensive institutional care.

Construction of the 44,000 square foot Multi-Specialty Clinic began in the fall of 2016. The majority of APD's outpatient services moved into the clinic in the fall of 2017. These services include: Family Practice Geriatrics Internal Medicine Pediatrics Sleep Health Women's Care Cardiopulmonary General Surgery Lab / Blood Draw Occupational Health Orthopaedics Pain Management Physiatry Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapies Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Podiatry, Foot and Ankle Surgery Urology X-Ray and Imaging

APD currently employs approximately 500 individuals throughout the Upper Valley of Vermont and New Hampshire.

References

External links

• Hospital website