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North Country Hospital North Country Health Systems Geography Location Newport City, Orleans County, Vermont, Vermont, United States Services Beds 25[1] History Founded 1919 Links Website http://www.nchsi.org/ Lists Hospitals in Vermont North Country Hospital is in Newport City, Vermont.
It was founded in 1919. It is run by a board of trustees. Claudio Fort is president and CEO. The hospital was the only one in Vermont in 2007 to achieve 100% on all Medicaid and Medicare quality measures.[2]
Medicare has rated it a "critical access hospital."
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The hospital billed patients $141 million in 2010, and collected $76.5 million. Their operating expense was $75 million.[3]
The chief executive officer is Claudio Fort.[4]
The hospital had 605 employees in 2011.[5]
The hospital directly employs about 75% of its professional medical staff.[6]
History
The hospital began in 1919.
After fundraising, they began hospital construction in May, 1922 on Longview Street. On July 1, 1924 the 24-bed hospital opened as the Orleans County Memorial Hospital. There were five full time employees and a nursing school.[7] This ultimately grew to 72 beds in a 26,000 square feet (2,400 m2) building.[8]
In the early 1970s, Orleans and Essex County worked to raise funds for a new hospital. This opened January 5, 1974 as the North Country Hospital on a 30 acres (12 ha) site on Prouty Drive. It had 80 beds, an OB/GYN department, pediatrics ward, intensive care/coronary unit, quarters for radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, a hospital with a fully staffed twenty-four hour emergency service department, and a then-modern surgical suite.[7] It cost $5 million, raised mostly from government funding.[8]
Since 1974, additional facilities have included an imaging services, physical therapy, library, information systems, ambulatory surgery suites, birthing rooms, a mobile MRI site, and three new buildings for physician practices in a medical village adjacent to the hospital.[7]
Medical practice changed over the years. There was no longer a need for a high inpatient, long-length of stay facility.[7]
In September, 2001 the hospital broke ground for the largest building project since the hospital was built. This was completed in 2003. The 28,614 square feet (2,658.3 m2) addition included a surgical suite, new emergency department with indoor ambulance bays, outpatient services, and central sterilization and distribution department.[7]
In 2006, a dialysis center opened in the 4,000 square feet (370 m2) ground floor space under the ED.[7]
The hospital had a $55 million budget in 2007. Salaries were $24 million. Supplies cost $14 million.[2]
CEOs/Hospital Administrators
- Alice Grant[4]
- Anna Terhune
- Tom Dowd 1971+
- James Cassidy
- Sid Toll
- Karen Weller ? - 2008
- Claudio Fort 2009-
Footnotes
- ^ "North Country Hospital and Health Center". Healthgrades.com. 2010-03-27. http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/vermont-vt/north-country-hospital-health-center-hgstdef36e5b471304.
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ Gresser, Joseph (September 28, 2009). "State officials scrutinize hospital expenses". the Chronicle (Barton, Vermont: the Chronicle): p. 11.
- ^ a b Wheeler, Scott (February 2009). "Yvette Deslandes-From the Family Farm to 50 Years in Healthcare". Derby, Vermont: Northland Journal. pp. 18.
- ^ North Country Hospital information
- ^ Gresser, Joseph (18 November 2009). "NC president found hospital a "pleasant surprise"". Barton, Vermont: the Chronicle. pp. 22.
- ^ a b c d e f [2]
- ^ a b Hunt, Pat (February 2009). "North Country Hospital on Schedule". Derby, Vermont: Northland Journal. pp. 20.
Categories:- Hospitals in Vermont
- Newport (city), Vermont
- Hospitals established in 1919
- Non-profit organizations based in Vermont
- Healthcare in the United States
- 1969 establishments
- Buildings and structures in Orleans County, Vermont
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