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Central Vermont Medical Center |
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130 Fisher Road |
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PO Box 547 |
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Barre |
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Vermont |
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USA |
| Post Code |
05641 |
| Phone |
802 371 4100 |
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About Central Vermont Medical Center
Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC), your community medical center, includes Woodridge Nursing Home and several medical group practices. Our medical staff numbers 121 physicians providing care from their private practices as well as from CVMC’s nine community-based medical group practices. Central Vermont Medical Center is the primary health care provider for 66,000 people who live and work in central Vermont. We provide 24-hour emergency care, with a full spectrum of inpatient (licensed for 122 beds) and outpatient services.
** Our Mission **
We work collaboratively to meet the needs and improve the health of the residents of central Vermont.
** Our Vision **
The care you need, from the people you trust.
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History Of Central Vermont Medical Center
** History of CVMC **
** Central Vermont Medical Center - a Brief History **
* In 1895, Homer W. Heaton founded Heaton Hospital in Montpelier, Vermont's
capital city.
* In the neighboring town of Barre, Frank E. Langley and a group of community
leaders organized in 1904 “to maintain a public hospital, not for profit, in
the City of Barre.” Barre City Hospital opened three years later.
* By 1960, there were only 37 physicians in Washington County, down from a
high of 58 in 1885. The physicians of Barre and Montpelier, along with other
community leaders, revived talks of merging the two hospitals as a way of
preserving and expanding community-based medical care for central Vermonters
* By March of 1961, the Medical Staffs from Heaton Hospital and Barre City
Hospital had voted to reciprocate staff privileges. This action was quickly
followed by the State Health Commission's recommendation that the two
hospitals merge to eliminate duplication and provide a broader range of
health care services to its citizens. Less than six months later, the
Medical Staff of Mayo Memorial Hospital, a small 29-bed hospital located 15
miles to the south voted to join in the merger discussions.
* In 1963, Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) was incorporated. Five years
and nearly $5.5 million later, construction was completed. The new 175-bed
hospital combined the Boards of Directors and the Medical Staffs of Barre
City Hospital and Heaton Hospital. Also integrated were Mayo Memorial
Hospital's physicians and the local Osteopathic physicians.
* In August 1968, CVH opened its doors on a beautiful 70-acre site in Berlin
under the direction of Joel Walker, the former administrator of Barre City
Hospital. Harold F. Shea, assumed the role of President, Board of Trustees
of the Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC), Parent Corporation to the
hospital. Governor Philip Hoff and Vermont's senior US Senator, George D.
Aiken, presided at the opening ceremonies, which were attended by hundreds
of well-wishers. The festivities ran as the lead story in the local Times-
Argus on August 12, 1968.
* The new hospital employed 395 local residents, making it one of the largest
employers in the area. In its first year in operation, the hospital
experienced an 83% occupancy rate and 949 births. CVH discharged 7,600
patients, saw over 9,000 people in the Emergency Room, provided over 288,000
hours of nursing care, conducted over 88,000 laboratory tests and extended
more than $120,000 in charity care. The cost for a semi-private room was $40
a day.
* In 1993, CVMC extended the commitment they had made in the 1970s to provide
long-term care locally by opening Woodridge. This Nursing Home was built on
the hospital's grounds to further ensure the availability of convenient,
quality long-term care in a home-like environment.
* In 1996, CVMC became part of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance, a regional
healthcare system now comprised of 12 organizations. This affiliation has
strengthened the local hospital's ability to provide high quality,
comprehensive care close to home while having the commitment and support of
a larger organization behind it.
* State approval to undergo a major modernization and expansion program at
CVMC was given approval in 2005. This project will result in new and much
needed Operating Room space and a New Birthing Center as well as reorganized
space for the efficient delivery of the growing array of outpatient
services. Construction is expected to be complete in 2007.
* Today, CVMC operates a hospital facility with 122 licensed beds, serves a
population of 66,000, and employs nearly 1,100 people. More than 25,000
patients are seen annually in CVMC's Emergency Department and more than
164,000 outpatient treatments including over 3,000 outpatient surgeries are
provided. The Medical Center boasts a medical staff of nearly 120 physicians
representing a wide range of primary and specialty services. Twenty-five of
these physicians are now employed by the hospital. Today, CVMC and its
Medical Staff work in close collaboration with other health care providers
in the region to maximize locally available health services.
To the credit of those who forged ahead with thoughts of merger in the face
of skepticism, Central Vermont Medical Center continues to grow as a health
care resource for the entire central Vermont community.
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