North Country Hospital
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It was founded in 1919.[1] 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]
Operations
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 Brian Nall.[4]
The hospital had 605 employees in 2011.[5]
The hospital directly employs about 75% of its professional medical staff.[6]
History
The hospital was founded in 1919. After fundraising, construction began on Longview Street in May 1922. On July 1, 1924, the 24-bed hospital opened as Orleans County Memorial Hospital, with five full-time employees and a nursing school.[7] It ultimately grew to 72 beds in a Script error: No such module "convert". building.[8]
In the early 1970s, Orleans and Essex County worked to raise funds for a new hospital. It opened January 5, 1974, as North Country Hospital, on Script error: No such module "convert". on Prouty Drive. It had 80 beds, an OB/GYN department, pediatrics ward, intensive care/coronary unit, quarters for radiology, laboratory, physical therapy, a fully staffed 24-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. It was completed in 2003. The Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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
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- ↑ HEALTH CARE IN VERMONT DATABASE AND TIMELINE
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