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June 12, 2019
BETHEL, Vt.—A few miles from the village, Bethel Health Center doctors, nurses and physician assistants have provided health care since 1990 in this White River Valley community of about 2,000 residents. Newest among them is Rachel Coombs, MD, who started seeing patients in Bethel seven months ago and whose philosophy of care is driven by…
Read More »June 5, 2019
RANDOLPH, Vt.—Oil paintings by Randolph artist Nathon Bump are on display through June 26 in the Gifford Gallery at Gifford Medical Center. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Bump, whose work is dark and mysterious but also rich in color, has been painting since he was 5 years old. “Painting is my…
Read More »RANDOLPH, Vt.—In an effort to improve access to effective mental health treatment, a challenge across Vermont and nationally, Gifford Health Care has partnered with Alpine Telehealth to bring psychiatric services to Emergency Department patients via video conferencing. Per the partnership agreement, telepsychiatry services are available at the Gifford ED and hospital inpatient departments 24 hours…
Read More »May 21, 2019
RANDOLPH, Vt.—The Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) will hold its next traveling board meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, in the Conference Center at Gifford Medical Center. Open to the public, the meeting will feature presentations by community health partners. The GMCB regularly travels for board meetings in an effort to be…
Read More »May 14, 2019
Advance Physical Therapy moves to Twin River WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt.—Renovations are currently underway at Twin River Health Center in downtown White River Junction to accommodate expanded patient services. Effective June 3, Twin River, part of the Gifford Health Care network, will offer physical therapy and podiatry in addition to the urology services currently offered…
Read More »May 2, 2019
1 of 4 practices in VT to exceed vaccination targets for both children, teens RANDOLPH, Vt.—Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Gifford Health Care was among four practices in the state recognized by the Vermont Department of Health this week for achieving high immunization rates for both children and teens in 2018. State Public Health Nurse…
Read More »April 29, 2019
Bethany Silloway named program manager for Orange County RANDOLPH, Vt.—Continuing its longtime commitment to community outreach, Gifford Health Care has partnered with RiseVT, a statewide movement working within communities to help Vermonters embrace healthier lifestyles, improve quality of life, and lower health-care costs. As a RiseVT partner, Gifford will focus on Orange County, helping to…
Read More »RANDOLPH, Vt.—Bryan Smith, MD, has joined the team at Gifford Health Care, providing care to patients as a hospitalist at Gifford Medical Center. An internal medicine physician, Smith has practiced hospital medicine for the better part of his career. He brings to his role at Gifford more than 20 years of experience, including most recently…
Read More »April 22, 2019
RANDOLPH, Vt.—Beginning May 9, area community members in need of food assistance are invited to pick up free vegetables and fruits from VeggieVanGo on the second Thursday of every month at the Gifford Medical Center Visitors Entrance. A program of the Vermont Foodbank, VeggieVanGo will be at Gifford from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on…
Read More »April 17, 2019
Series of free community events slated for May RANDOLPH, Vt.—Bethel resident John Young was working full-time as a blacksmith when someone close to him said he would make a good nurse. He agreed, earned his nursing credentials at age 38, and for 27 years and counting has made a career in health care, first in…
Read More »April 9, 2019
RANDOLPH, Vt.—Gifford Health Care President and CEO Dan Bennett is one of six new members recently appointed to the OneCare Vermont Board of Managers, which serves to provide oversight and strategic direction for the statewide accountable care organization (ACO). The ACO’s mission is to “enhance the effectiveness of patient- and family-centered care for all Vermonters.”…
Read More »March 25, 2019
RANDOLPH, Vt.—The Nuclear Medicine team at Gifford Medical Center recently announced a new test, DaTscan, is available to assist in the diagnosis of tremor in patients when symptoms don’t tell the whole story. Specifically, DaTscan helps a physician confirm diagnosis by distinguishing Parkinson’s disease or other parkinsonian syndromes (PS) from essential tremor (ET), a nervous…
Read More »March 12, 2019
RANDOLPH, Vt.—The strength and dedication of its employees will ensure Gifford Health Care’s future success, President and CEO Dan Bennett told several dozen community members gathered for the organization’s 113th Annual Meeting on Saturday, March 9, at Gifford Medical Center. “We have an incredibly compassionate, knowledgeable and skilled team of providers and staff who care…
Read More »February 28, 2019
Gorgeous nature inspired linoleum and wood block prints by Janet Cathey are on display through March 20th in the Gifford Gallery at Gifford Medical Center. “My inspiration comes from patterns and shapes in the natural world, from tree shadows to reflections in a lake’s surface.” Cathey shares, “I aim to simplify images in nature in…
Read More »February 7, 2019
Community orgs encouraged to apply by Feb. 22 Gifford Health Care seeks applicants for the 2019 Philip D. Levesque Memorial Community Award, a $1,000 grant given annually to a local organization involved in the arts, health, community development, education, or the environment. The Gifford Board of Trustees established the award in 1994 in memory of Levesque,…
Read More »January 22, 2019
Pen-and-ink drawings by Sandra Brockmeyer Button, whose work captures the character of historic barns and other farm buildings throughout central Vermont, are on display through Feb. 13 in the Gifford Gallery at Gifford Medical Center. Titled “Our Vanishing Vermont Landmarks,” the exhibit is free and open to the public. “Watching one after another of the…
Read More »The year was 1976. Americans celebrated our nation’s bicentennial and saw the election of a new president, Jimmy Carter. Our pants were bell-bottoms, our sideburns long, and our music disco—or Peter Frampton—depending on whom you ask. We watched “Happy Days,” “Laverne & Shirley,” and “M*A*S*H.” And we paid on average 59 cents for a gallon…
Read More »January 16, 2019
The Volunteer Chaplaincy Program at Gifford Medical Center invites community members to attend “Four Fridays in February: Living Through Loss,” from noon to 1:30 p.m. beginning Feb. 1 in the Red Clover Conference Room at Gifford. The free, weekly bereavement series is open to anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one, whether…
Read More »January 8, 2019
The Radiology Department at Gifford Health Care has a new and improved mobile unit to provide magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for patients in central Vermont. The MRI unit, leased from the Center for Diagnostic Imaging, brings advanced technology to Gifford and provides a more comfortable patient experience than that offered by the hospital’s previous unit.…
Read More »December 26, 2018
The Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine team at Gifford Health Care has been named Vermont’s 2018 “HPV Vaccine Is Cancer Prevention Champion” for outstanding efforts to protect adolescents from cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). The award, announced last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Cancer Society, and Association of American…
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