
Violent incidents aren’t new in emergency rooms, but they have grown more frequent during the pandemic.
Violent incidents aren’t new in emergency rooms, but they have grown more frequent during the pandemic.
“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.
A dispute between the two organizations affected insurance coverage for 5,000 Vermonters.
The 600-member union had been working without a contract since 2020.
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.
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.
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.
Both sides said they’re using the extension to work out the details of a one-year contract.
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?
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.
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.
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?’
Photos provided by staff at the Burlington hospital show extensive water damage to ceilings and walls.
The University of Vermont Health Network is asking for 10% increases in service charges for its Burlington and Berlin hospitals.