UVM Health Network - Alice Hyde Medical Center amplifies patient voices to improve care quality

Empowering patients to take an active role in their care and provide feedback on their experience ensures providers address what matters to their patients and improves clinical outcomes. The University of Vermont Health Network Alice Hyde Medical Center, a rural Critical Access Hospit[...]

Tanner Martin Wins AHMC BEE Award

Diagnostic lab work is a crucial piece of many patients’ plan of care, enabling providers to accurately diagnose and track medical issues while helping people manage chronic conditions with accurate, up-to-date information on their health and wellness. But for many individuals – especially young children and their parents &[...]

Deanna "Dee" Foster Puts Residents First

While vacancies for bedside care positions – CNAs, LPNs, etc. – at long-term care facilities have been in the spotlight for a long time now, the job of creating and maintaining a homelike atmosphere for our residents goes beyond clinical services. And staffing challenges are part of the landscape. Everything from the food s[...]

Sarah Mulverhill, Patient Access Rep, Puts Patients' State-of-Mind First

Whether it’s treatment for joint conditions, recovering from major surgery like a total knee replacement, or therapy focused on building or regaining strength and functionality for daily tasks, patients in need of orthopedic care or rehabilitation often have one thing in common: dealing with pain. At Alice Hyde’s Orthopedic[...]

Pharmacist Haley Stark Puts Patients First

Pharmacist Haley Stark has always been a people person – and with a background in retail pharmacy, her focus on patients has brought a new dimension to the team’s work supporting both acute-care inpatient treatment and those who enter the hospital’s Swing Bed program for inpatient rehabilitation. Haley joined Alice Hy[...]

Alice Center LPN Puts Residents, Colleagues First

Creating and nurturing an environment that makes residents feel at-home isn’t straightforward or easy, but that’s the task in front of Landon Gosselin and his colleagues at The Alice Center’s Skilled Nursing Facility every day. With Landon, a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), as part of the SNF’s care team, that a[...]

What You Need to Know About This Year’s Vaccines

Questions for our infectious disease expert about flu, COVID-19 and RSV.

COVID-19 cases are already on the rise in many places across our area, with masking advised in some hospitals and now mandatory at others. As for flu, “It seems like it'll probably be a pretty ‘normal’ flu season this year — not too early and not too severe,” says  Read More

Alice Pride Profile: Mary Tashjian

The hallway near Alice Hyde’s employee entrance on the hospital’s Ground Floor has a new look, complete with new décor – and if you’re wondering where the hospital found the collection of vibrant wildlife photography, look no further than Mary Tashjian. Mary has served as a technician in our Operating Roo[...]

PT Gives Patient Hope with Treatment

James Farrell was in serious pain every day. Battling a rare condition in his pelvic area, Farrell desperately searched for months to find a therapist to treat him. And then he called The University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center (AHMC) and spoke to Colleen Law, a physical therapist. Farrell went from painful days fi[...]

ED Nurse's Quick Response and Information-Sharing Reassures Parents

Experiencing an unexpected allergic reaction can be stressful, painful and generally unpleasant for most people. But for one Franklin County family and their 10-year-old child, the situation quickly turned life-threatening. The evening in early April started out like any other for Ashley LaBare and her son, Jaxson. Shortly after Jaxon&[...]