SVMC: COVID-19 Update Sept. 21

A combination of drive-up, walk-up, and in-office flu clinics, available through SVMC and its primary care offices, aim to get every healthy person over the age of 6 months a flu shot this year.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center Announces Flu Vaccination Opportunities

Public health and infectious disease experts, including Vermont's Commissioner of Health Dr. Mark Levine, are urging members of the public to get the influenza vaccine in September or October this year.

SVMC Welcomes Julie A. DiSano To General Surgery

DiSano received her medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences in Buffalo, N.Y. She completed her residency in General Surgery at Pennsylvania State College of Medicine and Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She completed a research fellowship in Surgical Oncology Melanoma Laboratory, Department of Surgery, at the Pennsylva

SVMC Breast Health And Imaging Center Announces Saturday Hours for Screening Mammography

For patient convenience, the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) Breast Health and Imaging Center will offer screening mammograms from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on eight Saturdays this fall. The special Saturday dates include Sept. 12 and 19; Oct. 3, 10, and 24; and Nov. 7, 14, and 21.

SVMC: Covid-19 Briefs Aug. 31

Important numbers, frequently asked questions, articles, testing information and more are available on our website.

Getting the Most Out of a Telemed Visit

Before you agree to a telehealth appointment, be sure that you know how your insurance will cover it.

SVMC: COVID-19 Update Aug. 7

SVHC Nurse Named Impact Award Honoree

Hewson-Steller works as a nurse navigator in the Cancer Center and the Breast Health and Imaging Center. In addition to helping recently diagnosed patients cope with their illness and determine their course of action, Hewson-Steller conducts outreach aimed to promote awareness, prevention and screenings.

SVMC: COVID-19 Update August 3

Southwestern Vermont Health Care Expands Advanced Breast Imaging Technology

The funds purchased two Hologic Selenia Dimensions 3-D Mammography units. Both provide proven superior clinical performance compared with less recent technology.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care Launches Virtual Urgent Care

In medical terminology, "qd" is shorthand for "every day." Through CAREqd the community can receive urgent care at any time of day, every day. CAREqd can be accessed through a live, secure video connection on its website, careqd.com, or a mobile app for smartphones.

SVHC Podiatry Residency Program Graduates Two

SVMC: COVID-19 Update June 5

Southwestern Vermont Health Care is open, ready, safe. President and CEO Tom Dee shares his thanks for the invaluable community support we have received over the past few months and how it has helped us return to delivering care at a quality as high as ever.

SVMC Creates Virtual Waiting Room to Encourage Distancing

In order to use the virtual waiting room, patients must be able to wait in their vehicle and have a charged cell phone with them. They will receive the virtual waiting room telephone number during their appointment-reminder telephone call. Signs outside the building and at the respiratory check-in stations inside the main hospital and medical office building entrances will also include the number to call.

Regulators Give Centers for Living and Rehabilitation High Marks for Infection Prevention

CLR has cared for COVID patients and non-COVID patients throughout the pandemic. Leaders are proud to report that not a single known transmission of the virus has occurred at the facility.

New Physician Assistant Joins SVMC Orthopedics Practice

O'Shea holds a bachelor's in kinesiology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He earned a master's in physician assistant studies from MCPHS University in Massachusetts.

SVMC Earns Top Marks in Special Infection-Prevention Survey

"SVMC is always focused on safety and infection prevention," said Dr. Trey Dobson, SVMC's chief medical officer. “That has given us a good head start in making our facilities safe for patients returning to seek care."

SVMC: COVID-19 Update May 18

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has earned the status of deficiency-free on a survey meant to determine ability to prevent transmission of COVID-19 and other infections to those visiting its hospital and clinics.

SVMC ExpressCare Welcomes New Physician Assistant

With this appointment, Ciancola also joins the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Medical Group.

SVMC: COVID-19 Update May 8

SVMC's President and CEO Tom Dee and Chief Medical Officer Trey Dobson answered COVID-19 questions from the community at Wednesday's Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce/CAT-TV Lunch & Learn.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care Resumes Elective Procedures

In early March, the governor directed health systems to put on hold non-urgent appointments and procedures as Vermont prepared for, and responded to, COVID-19.

SVMC: COVID-19 Update April 23

SVMC's President and CEO Tom Dee and Chief Medical Officer Trey Dobson answered COVID-19 questions from the community at Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce/CAT-TV Lunch & Learn earlier today.

Mack Molding, SVHC Partner to Develop Protective Masks for Hospital Workers

After only two weeks of design, testing and manufacturing, Mack's team at Synectic fabricated an attachment to a snorkeling scuba mask. The mask covers the entire face and thus does not require the use of disposable masks and shields.

SVMC: COVID-19 Update April 16

Our community has shown tremendous support for our local healthcare heroes, and we'd like to take a moment to say thank you! We love the notes of encouragement, the financial donations, protective equipment, and tasty meals that are coming our way. We truly are all in this together.

Bennington Hospital Adds Beds, Infrastructure to Prepare for Surge

That census normally is between 35 and 40 patients, Dobson said. Right now, SVMC has plans in place to treat about 100 patients inside the hospital.