EEE Alert: Protect Yourself with DEET

Expert tips to prevent mosquito bites and illness.

Residents of Vermont and northern New York have been warned: Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) is in our area. The mosquito-borne illness has infected several people across New England. Local health experts recommend the following prevention measures to stay safe. EEE Prevention Tips  The Read More

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

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&[...]

Thanking Every Member of the Alice Hyde Team for a Fantastic Joint Commission Critical Access Hospital Survey

Earlier this afternoon, Alice Hyde’s Joint Commission Critical Access Hospital Survey came to a close following five days of intensive review by a team of three surveyors who arrived at our hospital on Monday morning and have spent this week reviewing all aspects of our operations, to include conversations with many of you, policies and pr[...]

Critical Access Hospital Status and What it Means for Alice Hyde

Alice Hyde has submitted a Certificate of Need (CON) to New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking approval to become a Critical Access Hospital (CAH). AHMC’s goal is to ‘go live’ as a CAH effective Oct. 1, 2023, coinciding with the start of the 2024 Fiscal Year[...]

Our Commitment to the Patients and Communities We Serve

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Recruiting Providers in an Age of Critical Shortages

By Lisa A. Mark, MD, VP of Medical Affairs/CMO, Thomas Saul, VP of Practice Operations, Emily Campbell, AVP People/Patient Experience UVM Health Network - Alice Hyde We are living in what feels like an age of never-ending critical shortages. Whether you are seeking to buy a[...]

Thank You for Using Your Voice

The idea of “Our Voice” is essential at Alice Hyde Medical Center. “Our Voice” is both a call to action for our providers and staff, and a commitment to them: We all need to use our voices to provide feedback and create positive change as we work to move our health system forward and preserve access to high-qual[...]

Thank You for Using Your Voice

The idea of “Our Voice” is essential at Alice Hyde Medical Center. “Our Voice” is both a call to action for our providers and staff, and a commitment to them: We all need to use our voices to provide feedback and create positive change as we work to move our health system forward and preserve access to high-qual[...]

Health Care Sustainability: That is why the UVM Health Network exists, and it is what we do

Rural health care is in peril: It simply is not sustainable in its current form due to financial, demographic and workforce pressures. So it’s a good time for the health care sustainability discussions happening across our region. We at the UVM Health Network have some important lessons to share – examples of how achieving sustainabi[...]