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All Vermont Hospitals Participate in this Historic Effort Overcoming Challenges with Fewer Doses, Delayed Shipments and Scheduling
Vermont Business Magazine As Vermont enters the fourth week of administering COVID-19 vaccinations, the University of Vermont Medical Center continues to follow the federal government and State of Vermont plan to vaccinate health care workers identified for the first phase. The plan first called for Vermont hospitals to prioritize their providers and staff, EMS and Home Health & Hospice.
According to the plan, this week marks an even greater shift to community-based providers, those not employed by hospitals. UVM Medical Center is not distributing the vaccine to employees who are fully remote or who work in buildings that patients do not enter.
BleepingComputer s most popular tech stories of 2020
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Thankfully, 2020 is over, and we can look forward to a healthier, safer, and more normal 2021.
However, it was a big year for technology and cybersecurity with massive cyberattacks, worldwide outages, privacy concerns, and new features added to Windows.
Some stories, though, piqued the interest of our readers more than others.
Below we list the ten most popular stories at BleepingComputer during 2020 with a summary of each.
10. eBay and other sites port scanned visitors computers
These portscans check for compromised computers making fraudulent purchases or financial transactions.
eBay portscanning a computer
9. U.S. government warned that Ryuk Ransomware was actively targeting hospitals
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Divers from the New York State Police Troop B Underwater Recovery Team pulled a woman s body from a submerged car Wednesday morning in Crown Point. She drove off the end of Old Ferry Road and onto the ice for about 150 feet Tuesday evening before crashing through.PRESS-REPUBLICAN PHOTO/LOHR McKINSTRY
New York State Police were at the end of Old Ferry Road in Crown Point all day Wednesday to recover a victim after a car went through the ice into Lake Champlain Tuesday evening just after 7. Mueller & Sons Heavy Duty Towing of Pottersville winched the vehicle from the lake bottom after the Troop B Underwater Recovery Team (in boats) attached a cable to it.PRESS-REPUBLICAN PHOTO/LOHR McKINSTRY
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Gagne has served as Interim CNO since September 2019
Vermont Business Magazine University of Vermont Medical Center President and Chief Operating Officer Steve Leffler, MD, announced today that after a competitive national search and multiple town hall-style employee interviews with the final candidates, Peg Gagne, MSN, RN, has been selected as Chief Nursing Officer for the hospital starting January 11, 2021. Gagne has been serving as Interim CNO since September 2019.
Gagne has been at the UVM Medical Center for more than 19 years, serving at different times as a staff nurse, nurse educator, and director. Over the past 14 months, Gagne has worked in partnership with the executive and operational teams at the UVM Medical Center to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as several crises, including an unprecedented cyberattack and challenges at the Fanny Allen campus. Earlier in 2019, she served as the Clinical Lead for the successful transition into the Miller B