Elliot Health System and Dartmouth Health Begin Collaboration in Maternal and Child Health Services

Elliot Health System and Dartmouth Health are pleased to announce a collaboration in maternal and child health services, effective July 1, 2025. This clinical collaboration with Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Bedford/Manchester offers patients in southern New Hampshire the expertise of Dartmouth Health’s obstetricians and midwives to deliver babies and provide the full scope of inpatient reproductive health services, expanding on the outstanding services offered by Elliot Hospital.

“Our commitment is always to provide essential healthcare services needed by mothers and children in our region. For many years, we have enjoyed the support of strong partners in obstetrics. These existing partnerships remain essential for our community. Now, we are pleased to add obstetric providers from Dartmouth Health, building on our longstanding relationship with them. We have expanded our capacity to support this new activity, adding to The Elliot’s service which was already the busiest in New Hampshire,” said Elliot Health System President and CEO Dr. Greg Baxter.

The Elliot delivers more than 2,200 babies each year and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Bedford/Manchester in southern New Hampshire averages 800 deliveries each year. This clinical collaboration is built on a common vision and deep commitment of both organizations to provide high-quality, compassionate care, and expand access to this essential care for all who need it.

The initiative also includes collaboration in neonatology, caring for the smallest, sickest, and youngest preterm infants. Supporting the two most advanced Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) in New Hampshire, Elliot Hospital and Dartmouth Health Children’s are creating a system to offer coordinated, comprehensive care across the region. The Elliot offers the only Level III NICU in southern New Hampshire, providing 32 specialized beds to patients in the state, while Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD) hosts Dartmouth Health Children’s Intensive Care Nursery (ICN), a highly specialized 30-bed level IV NICU serving all of New Hampshire and much of Vermont. Through this collaboration, CHaD’s ICN and the Elliot’s NICU will align approaches to care and pool outcomes data to enable families to receive the highest quality care as close to home as possible within New Hampshire. The Elliot will also have access to the full suite of pediatric subspecialty expertise at Dartmouth Health Children’s.

“We are excited about working collaboratively with the maternal & child health teams at Elliot Hospital. We know this is the right move for our patients, who deserve world-class care in their community. We have long partnered with The Elliot in many clinical areas, and this initiative builds upon our existing collaboration,” said Maria D. Padin, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Southern Region.