English Language Learning Programs Grow Careers at UVM Medical Center
Xi Chen is one of the many people advancing her career in medicine supported by UVM Medical Center’s English language learning programs.
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Across the UVM Health Network, we are working hard amid the current healthcare challenges to meet the needs of our patients and communities. Here are just some of the stories highlighting the work we are doing to preserve and improve access, attract and retain a diverse workforce and build long-term financial sustainability.
Mentorship Program Helps Clinicians and Medical Students Find Community in Vermont
The new mentorship program is partnering medical and nursing students of color with staff and faculty at University of Vermont Medical Center and UVM’s medical and nursing schools to help them benefit from shared experience and strengthen their professional support network. Medical and nursing school are daunting endeavors under the best of circumstances, but for …
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No Other Technology Has Resulted in Such an Immediate Positive Impact
Abridge, a technology for clinicians powered by artificial intelligence, will soon be used across University of Vermont Health Network’s outpatient sites, starting with primary care. The average person can type about 50 words a minute. Abridge, a technology that uses artificial intelligence to record, with a patient’s consent, conversations between patients and their health care …
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New Dedicated Space Supports High-Quality Emergency Care for Children and Families
Newly created pediatric emergency department rooms at University of Vermont Medical Center, the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, are providing children in Vermont and northern New York the highest quality emergency care. Parents can feel helpless and afraid when their children need emergency health care. Having the appropriate facilities – a calming space that …
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UVM Health Network Programs Address Financial Barriers to Care
As new Vermont law takes effect, health system programs continue to make care and prescriptions more affordable for thousands of patients With a new law in effect that helps make financial assistance policies more consistent among Vermont hospitals, University of Vermont Health Network leaders reaffirmed their commitment to working to ensure all patients have access …
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Home Grown Program Trains Next Generation of Nurses
If you talk to almost any nurse manager around the country, chances are they’re looking for a nurse or two to hire. Probably more. But not Tracy Sprague, RN, a nurse manager in the emergency department at University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital. Her nursing roster is full thanks to a homegrown …
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Life-Saving Care Helps More Vermonters Ring the Bell on Cancer
When John Campbell, a former Vermont state senator and president pro tempore, learned about his prostate cancer diagnosis, he immediately began worrying about how his life would be upended. Will I have to travel to Boston, New York City or farther for treatment? If so, that’s six weeks of work I’m missing. And I’ll be …
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New Center Offers Expert Support to At-Home Dementia Caregivers
For nearly two decades, Lori McKenna, MSW, a licensed clinical social worker and the clinician lead and manager of University of Vermont Medical Center’s Dementia Family Caregiver Center (DFCC), has been working to tackle a persistent problem: at-home caregivers of dementia patients often struggle to find the support and resources needed to care and advocate …
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One Year Later, Innovative New Cancer Treatment is Saving Lives
University of Vermont Cancer Center’s CAR T-Cell Therapy delivers world-class care close to home When University of Vermont Cancer Center launched its CAR T-Cell therapy program in February 2023, it was the only healthcare institution in Vermont and northern New York to provide the treatment. Now, 12 patients have been treated under the care of …
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Patients Get Faster Answers, Access to Specialty Care Improves With Growing Clinical Collaboration
As a primary care physician of more than 25 years, Marie Sandoval, MD, has seen many routine patient visits unearth a serious health concern requiring follow-up care and specialist expertise. Such was the case in late November 2023, when Jack Galt, a long-time patient walked in for his annual visit. I mentioned, as an aside, …
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How One Family Came Together to Respond a Stroke
As Derek “Big D” Sprague sat down in his recliner to watch the Super Bowl half time show, fresh brownie in hand, everything froze. He couldn’t hear. He couldn’t speak. He couldn’t move. “I remember seeing my family members appear in front of me, looking concerned,” says Sprague, from his home in Moriah, New York. …
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Embracing the Power of AI in Health Care
A disoriented patient arrives at Porter Medical Center’s 10-bed emergency department in Middlebury – part of the University of Vermont Health Network. After an initial assessment, a physician’s assistant orders a “Computed Tomography Angiogram” (CTA) – a special CT scan that assesses for blockage in an artery carrying blood to the brain. Seconds after the …
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