The University of Vermont Medical Center

Hosted by UVM Medical Center Driver Rehabilitation Program and the Trauma Survivors Network, the first adaptive technology car show explores adaptive technology in the form of a car show. This Saturday at the Fanny Allen Campus from 10am-1pm From side-by-sides to automobiles, local auto enthusiasts will be presenting their vehicles alongside community vendors showcasing adaptive technology. This is a free, fun, family friendly event that honors people of all abilities enjoying Vermont roads, safely.

Join us on October 8 for "Building Solidarity: Sustainable Pathways towards Health Equity," a transformative event dedicated to advancing equity in health care. This FREE event is open to everyone committed to improving the health of our communities – employees, community leaders, advocates, learners and patients. In-person at the DoubleTree Hotel, South Burlington, VT, and online. Learn more and register at: https://lnkd.in/eNZvkBst Presented by The University of Vermont Health Network, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, and University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

To reduce barriers to employment and create more opportunities for career advancement, we invest in multiple English language programs for some 175 employees and counting. Xi Chen is one beneficiary. She settled in Vermont after fleeing Burundi, a nation in crisis. Despite arriving without knowing English, Xi eventually landed a job as a cleaner at a UVM Medical Center. She then signed up for the hospital's English language training programs, earning a licensed nurse assistant certification. Xi is currently enrolled in UVMMC’s RN pathway program which provides her support needed to work towards obtaining her RN degree.

Join us on October 8 for "Building Solidarity: Sustainable Pathways towards Health Equity," a transformative event dedicated to advancing equity in health care. This FREE event is open to everyone - employees, community leaders, advocates, learners, patients and anyone interested in improving the health of our communities. In-person at the DoubleTree Hotel, South Burlington, VT, and online. Learn more and register at https://lnkd.in/eCuhhKiW. Presented by The University of Vermont Health Network, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont and the UVM College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

Clinical documentation is an important but time-consuming part of medical care. It’s how patients’ histories are recorded and what allows clinicians at different sites to collaborate on care. The average person can type about 50 words a minute. Abridge, a technology that uses artificial intelligence to record, with a patient’s consent, conversations between patients and their health care providers, can do that much in the blink of an eye, and it can turn what it’s hearing into an organized set of notes almost instantaneously. That leaves a lot more time for your provider to focus on you and get deeper into the details of what you need.

The Culinary Medicine Program and its innovative offerings were in the spotlight today, as Adm. Rachel Levine, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, met with the team, toured UVM Medical Center’s rooftop garden and spent much of the day huddling with the dietitians, chefs and educators who have spent more than a decade pioneering food- and nutrition-based programs. As health care organizations across the country struggle to integrate nutrition-based practices into clinical services, or choose to forego the effort entirely, a small group of clinical dietitians at UVM Medical Center, led by a chef with a passion for sustainable and nutritious cuisine alongside dedicated chef and garden educators the team has cultured a unique, evidence-based program that provides hands-on education and health-improvement resources to patients and clinicians. Adm. Levine’s visit highlights a growing catalogue of resources and partnerships, and a program that has become a nationally-recognized leader for evidence-based integrations of culinary and clinical practices – but is often overlooked despite a sustained national effort to make preventative care and reducing hospital admissions the foundation of the country’s health care strategy.

Newly created pediatric emergency department rooms at University of Vermont Medical Center, the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, are providing children in Vermont and northern New York the highest quality emergency care.

Our Graduate Medical Education program is helping train the next generation of doctors, right here in Vermont.

When University of Vermont Cancer Center launched its CAR T-Cell therapy program in February 2023, it was the only healthcare institution in Vermont and northern New York to provide the treatment. Now, 12 patients have been treated under the care of James Gerson, MD, assistant professor of medicine at University of Vermont Medical Center. Many of those patients are still free of cancer today.

More mental health care is coming online in Burlington this fall. University of Vermont Medical Center and the Vermont Department of Health, Howard Center, Community Health Centers and Pathways Vermont have come together to offer a therapeutic alternative to emergency department care – a welcoming mental health urgent care where individuals are assessed in a timely manner and have access to supportive follow-up services, immediate peer support, and medical care in a trauma-informed, suicide-safe setting. Care will be available for adults 18 and over seeking immediate support or in self-defined crisis. An initial tour of the new space happened today, and the new space is planned to open at the end of October.