News Release — UVM Medical Center Oct. 12, 2017 Contact: Michael Carrese The University of Vermont Medical Center Media Relations desk: (802) 847-0368 cell: (802) 324-8166 [email protected] UVMHealth.org/MedCenter Innovative “population health” program also improved services for housing-insecure patients Highlights § More than $1 million saved in cost of care § Model combines temporary housing with […]
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AFT nurses, health professionals volunteer in Puerto Rico for hurricane relief efforts
News Release — AFT Oct. 5, 2017 Contact: Deb Snell, AFT Vermont President 802-498-5273 / [email protected] Laurie Aunchman, VT Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals President 802-825-5533/ [email protected] Marcus Mrowka – AFT National 202-531-0689 (cell) / [email protected] WASHINGTON-More than 24 American Federation of Teachers nurses, health professionals and public employees from across the country boarded […]
UVM Medical Center to expand use of helicopters
The University of Vermont Medical Center will pay for a clinical team to work on a helicopter that serves patients across Vermont and New York.
UVM Medical Center works to ‘raise the bar’ on caring for diverse patient population
News Release — UVM October 3, 2017 Contact: Annie Mackin 802-847-2886 Physicians, nurses, students experience health care through new lens at language expo On Friday, 361 members of the community streamed into the 2nd annual Language Access and Communication Expo. Small bouquets of carnations sat on the registration table, color-coded to match flowers pinned to […]
‘Blue Wrap’ and new app earn UVM Medical Center national awards
News Release — UVM September 24, 2017 Contact: Michael Carrese (802) 847-2886 Innovations in Recycling and Physician Involvement in Purchasing Are Highlighted (BURLINGTON, VT) The University of Vermont Medical Center is being recognized for creative initiatives to reduce operating room waste and lower the cost of medical devices by Vizient, Inc. – the largest member-driven […]
Shelburne official questions hospital preparedness in filing in suit with Vermont Railway
The town is trying to block a preliminary injunction requested by the railroad involving the Selectboard’s enactment of a hazardous materials ordinance in August.
Regulators approve hospital budgets
State regulators made changes to budgets for Copley, Brattleboro Memorial and Northeastern Vermont Regional hospitals and Northwestern Medical Center.
UVM Medical Center team to train prescribers of Medication Assisted Treatment
News Release — UVM Medical Center Sept. 20, 2017 Contact: Annie Mackin (802) 847-2886 UVM Medical Center Contact: Beth Tanzman (802) 522-7206 Vermont Blueprint for Health State contract aims to expand access to treatment for opioid use disorder The State of Vermont and University of Vermont Medical Center are pleased to announce that Dr. Sanchit […]
Ticonderoga hospital to join UVM Health Network
The UVM Health Network began integrating operations with Moses-Ludington a few years ago when the Ticonderoga hospital started to have financial problems.
Northfield Savings Bank Donates $100,000 to Miller Inpatient Building
News Release — UVM Medical Center August 24, 2017 Contact: Annie Mackin (802) 847-2886 The UVM Medical Center names two team rooms to recognize support BURLINGTON (VT) – Northfield Savings Bank is donating $100,000 to support construction of the Robert E. and Holly D. Miller Building at the University of Vermont Medical Center, which will […]
Seven years of disability discrimination complaints target UVM Medical Center
Deaf patients have said since 2010 that the state’s largest hospital does not provide American Sign Language interpreters when patients need them.
Lawmaker raises concerns about proposed surgical center
At a meeting OneCare Vermont held for lawmakers, Rep. Jessica Brumsted, D-Shelburne, said an independent outpatient surgery center could lead to higher health care costs or nurse layoffs.
UVM Health Network recruiting, training more psychiatrists
Vermont’s largest hospital system is expanding the number of psychiatrists on staff and doubling the number of child psychiatrists its academic medical center trains in a given year. The University of Vermont Health Network, which controls three hospitals in Vermont and three in upstate New York, is actively recruiting until it has eight psychiatrists at […]
Doctor: Hospital using federal program to undercut our price
In 2016, the University of Vermont Medical Center dropped its price for in-vitro fertilization well below what a nearby independent practice charges.