Vermont is once again the healthiest state in the nation, according to the United Health Foundation’s newly released America’s Heath Rankings annual report. The state moved up three steps to reclaim the top spot in the Foundation’s…
Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) recently received more than $73,000 from the Vermont Training Program (VTP). CVMC is experiencing recruiting challenges for Licensed Nursing Associate (LNA) and Clinical Care Associate (CCA) positions at both the main hospital…
The University of Vermont Medical Center is one of only twenty-five hospitals in the country being recognized for “Environmental Excellence” by Practice Greenhealth, a leading national advocate for sustainable practices in health care. UVM Medical Center and…
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count Index has once again ranked Vermont among the top 10 states in the nation for overall child well-being. This is the fifth year in a row that Vermont has…
UVM’s Center for Research on Vermont found that Vermont’s policy decisions enable the state’s high-performing healthcare system. The results of the recent study, published in The American Journal of Managed Care, show that Vermont’s healthcare system benefits from…
Choosing Vermont seemed like a good place to raise his family and grown his business, Matt Berg co-founder of Ona, a Kenya-based health-tech company that’s focused primarily on global health and humanitarian aid projects in the developing world. What…
A recent survey from WalletHub lists Vermont as first in the nation for Children’s Health Care. Using a scale of 1 out of 51, Vermont received a 1 in the category of Kids’ Health & Access to…
The 2017 annual report from the United Healthcare Foundation considers many measures, including improvements in hospitalization rates, obesity, and crime rates. Read the full story.
The Commonwealth Fund Scorecard on State Health Performance ranked Vermont 1st in its assessment of overall performance. The Scorecard ranks states on more than 40 measures of health system performance in five broad areas: health care access,…
According to the international nonprofit Save the Children, Vermont takes fourth place nationally for a healthy childhood. Five factors went into the calculation: graduation rates, food insecurity, child homicide and/or suicide, teen birth rates, and infant mortality…
