Carrying on the family tradition of caring for the community

For Registered Nurse Jessica Patterson, caring for others isn’t just a passion, it’s a calling that has been passed down through generations. So when Patterson joined Alice Hyde’s dialysis clinic care team at the age of 19, the reason was simple: it was her way into health care. Working in health care is a passion som[...]

Scholarships smooth path to career advancement

Kimberly Webb, Phlebotomist

By the end of the then-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, Kimberly Webb was questioning her decision to pursue a career in health care. Despite the many challenges posed by the pandemic, Kimberly had stuck to her original plan and enrolled in North Country Community College’s Licensed Practical Nursing program — offered despite lockd[...]

Going Above and Beyond to Ensure Safe Patient Discharges

From the outside looking in, it might seem like patient care stops once an individual leaves the hospital. But members of Alice Hyde’s inpatient care team – nurses, aides, therapists and more – know that patient care never stops, the focus of that care simply changes. Regardless of whether a patient is preparing to re[...]

Nurse Manager's Leadership and Compassion sets the tone in Emergency Department

Debbie Beach, RN, Honored with Alice Hyde's First DAISY Leadership Award

Delivering care and compassion amid crisis is what the Alice Hyde Emergency Department’s nursing team does 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year – and ED Nurse Manager Debbie Beach, RN, is no exception. In fact, it’s Debbie’s penchant for leading by example — jumping in as a floor RN when an extra pair of hands is needed;[...]

Cancer Care Nurse's Advocacy for Patient Inspires Colleagues

Caring for cancer patients and survivors is a responsibility members of Alice Hyde’s Reddy Cancer Center are proud to shoulder each day, and being a tireless advocate for patients — especially when the RCC team are the only resources and support a patient has — is something in which registered nurse Kimberly Bouvier-Barnes take[...]

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[...]

Cancer Care Nurse's Compassion Inspires Patient's Gratitude

Mary Myford knows something about living with pain, fear and anger – even, perhaps, at her lowest point, despair. Myford, who moved to Franklin County from Boston, Mass., about 15 years ago, has for years been dealing with a rare condition that required her thyroid — a gland in the neck that produces two hormones critical t[...]

Our Commitment to the Patients and Communities We Serve

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ED Nurse Inspires Gratitude from Infant's Family

Alice Hyde’s Emergency Department is one of the hospital’s busiest places – particularly during cold-and-flu season. But for one Malone family and their infant daughter, who ended up there twice in a period of several weeks, the stress of managing a congenital condition that had turned life-threatening wasmade more bearable by [...]

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[...]