CVMC News

March 22, 2021
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Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) today announced the hire of a new Woodridge Rehabilitation & Nursing Administrator and VP of Aging Services, William (Bill) Kowalewski following an extensive national search.

February 2, 2021
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Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) today announced the hire of a new Chief Financial Officer, Kimberly Patnaude, a 30-year veteran of health care financial administration.

January 28, 2021
Photo collage of CVMC staff and community healthcare providers receiving vaccine

Central Vermont Medical Center has made great progress in our Covid-19 vaccination efforts, administering vaccines to more than 3,500 people in the State’s 1A priority category. Vermonters aged 75 and older can now start get the vaccine through the state.

January 26, 2021
East Montpelier Twilight painting by Susan Bull Riley

A Celebration of Seasons, Watercolors & Oil Paintings by Susan Bull Riley, is on display at the CVMC Art Lobby Gallery until March 14, 2021.

November 24, 2020
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The Washington County Substance Abuse Regional Partnership (WCSARP) today announced that they have tapped Eva Zaret to run the partnership’s new $1M three-year “Building Safe Harbor in Central Vermont” project intended to increase access to affordable treatment for substance abuse in Central Vermont while learning about new challenges presented by Covid-19

November 11, 2020
COVID Prevalence Map of Vermont and Surrounding Area

Our community prevalence of Covid-19 is rapidly increasing in our area. In response, Central Vermont Medical Center is doubling the number of daily Covid-19 tests we are offering for the foreseeable future. Increased testing allows for better tracking of the disease’s prevalence and allows for informed action to protect family and friends.

October 29, 2020
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Get more information on the ongoing system-wide network issue affecting the University of Vermont Health Network.

August 3, 2020
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Last Friday, the Vermont-based hospitals of the University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center, Porter Hospital, and the University of Vermont Medical Center – submitted a collective fiscal year 2021 budget to the Green Mountain Care Board that charts a path to recovery, while meeting essential patient care needs and supporting employees with a slim, combined margin target of 2.2%.

June 26, 2020
Thermal imaging

The Central Vermont Medical Center announced today that patients, visitors, and staff entering its main hospital will now have their body temperature read by a thermal imaging camera

June 25, 2020
A CVMC emergency department RN tests the PAPR system

Central Vermont continues to have a low prevalence of COVID-19. I would like to thank everyone who continues to adhere to social distancing, masking and other infection prevention recommendations from the Vermont Department of Health – these efforts have a significant impact on reducing the transmission of this virus.