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Vermont Business Magazine The Green Mountain Care Board, Vermont’s regulatory healthcare board, granted Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), a Certificate of Need (CON) for a $26 million project to modernize and expand its Emergency Department and renovate its main entrance and public areas on the ground floor. Traffic and parking improvements are also included. The regulatory approval was necessary to proceed with the project.
“Our current emergency department was designed to serve 12,000 – 13,000 patients per year, but it currently accommodates about twice that number,” said Thomas A. Dee, FACHE, SVHC’s president and CEO. “Modernizing the Emergency Department will create a space equal to the highly skilled and compassionate care provided by our board-certified emergency physicians, Magnet® nurses, and members of our support team.”
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Thomas McAndrews, a resident of the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation (CLR), and Jennifer George, LNA, a staff member there, received the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 Tuesday.
Vermont Business Magazine The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which has received emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration, arrived at the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation (CLR), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), Tuesday. The vaccine was administered by Walgreens Pharmacy. This is the first of three clinics that will be held to ensure that the entire staff and resident population receives two shots, as is recommended to achieve immunity.
Nurses at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Candler Hospital have earned The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet recognition for the fifth time, the health system announced this week. Only 22 other hospitals in the world have earned a fifth designation.
Established in 1994, the Magnet designation is the highest level of recognition that can be accomplished by organized nursing services in the national and international healthcare communities.
“This is an incredible accomplishment by our nursing staff. The Magnet designation proves that the skills of our nurses provide our patients better outcomes,” said Paul P. Hinchey, President & CEO of St. Joseph’s/Candler.
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SECAUCUS, N.J. and NUTLEY, N.J., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Hackensack Meridian
Health (HMH), the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world s leading provider of diagnostic information services, are teaming up to enhance the quality and value of diagnostic services to patients and their doctors.
Quest Diagnostics will manage laboratory operations and perform reference testing for 11 Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals under the long-term full laboratory management agreement. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. Our partnership with Quest helps Hackensack Meridian Health continue to live our mission which is to transform health care in New Jersey and beyond, said Robert C. Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian
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An online event in cooperation with the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce and CAT-TV
Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), will conduct a digital information session regarding the COVID-19 vaccine in cooperation with CAT-TV and the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce at 1 pm on Tuesday, December 22.
The session will feature SVMC’s Chief Medical Officer Trey Dobson, MD; Marie George, MD; Ann Marie Swann, MD; and Patricia Johnson, RN. All four received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, December 16. The Chamber’s Executive Director Matthew Harrington will moderate.
The guests will answer questions about their experience throughout the pandemic; how it felt, both physically and emotionally, to be the first of SVMC’s staff to receive the shot; and if they experienced any side effects. They will detail when individuals in region should expect to receive the vacc