Violent incidents aren’t new in emergency rooms, but they have grown more frequent during the pandemic.
‘Constantly weighing the risk’: Emergency room nurses contend with rising violence
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Emergency nurses protest increasing workplace violence, allege lack of support from UVM Medical Center
“We are here today because we’ve been using our voices and bodies to fight for a safer department for you and for us, and we don’t seem to be getting heard by the admin,” said emergency department nurse Amanda Young, 45.
UnitedHealthcare and UVM Health Network reach agreement on new contract
A dispute between the two organizations affected insurance coverage for 5,000 Vermonters.
Staff at UVM Health Network’s Plattsburgh hospital reach a contract
The 600-member union had been working without a contract since 2020.
UVM Health Network to accept UnitedHealthcare insurance at least through May 27
Coverage was due to expire May 13, but the state’s largest health care provider said it would continue to accept UnitedHealthcare insurance as the two sides negotiate a new contract.
Regulators sought greater control over hospital budgets. Instead, lawmakers gave them a report.
In S.285, members of the Green Mountain Care Board unveiled an ambitious plan to control Vermont’s health care spending. Legislators gave them $4 million, but no new powers.
New Yorkers with Vermont ties push for a new bridge across Lake Champlain
Supporters of building a bridge between Grand Isle and Plattsburgh say the project would simplify their commutes and give New Yorkers a more reliable, affordable link to health care services in the Green Mountain State.
UVM Health Network and UnitedHealthcare extend contract through May 13
Both sides said they’re using the extension to work out the details of a one-year contract.
Bill Schubart: Health care is a self-driving truck with no GPS
UVM Health Network’s role is in question; health care system is fragmented; state leadership is missing. Who’s looking out for Vermonters’ well-being?
Citing poor financial health, UVM Health Network delays psych bed unit
Leaders of the largest hospital system in Vermont said they don’t have enough money to pursue long-awaited construction of a psychiatric unit at Central Vermont Medical Center.
After major budget shortfall projection, UVM Health Network suspends adolescent mental health unit project
The state’s largest hospital system put on hold a project that would have opened 10 psychiatric beds for children and adolescents outside of the Brattleboro Retreat, the only hospital that offers this service.
Walter Carpenter: In hospital-insurance company fight, patients are helpless
Journalist T.R. Reid framed our dilemma as a moral question: ‘Should we guarantee medical treatment to everyone who needs it or should we let Americans die from a lack of access to health care?’
Burst pipe delays close to 50 surgeries at UVM Medical Center
Photos provided by staff at the Burlington hospital show extensive water damage to ceilings and walls.
Citing pandemic and inflation, largest hospital operator in Vermont pleads for higher charges
The University of Vermont Health Network is asking for 10% increases in service charges for its Burlington and Berlin hospitals.
