Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

11/28/2025

Want to support your community, and get six chances to win an awesome local prize?!

The Southwestern Vermont Health Foundation’s Jingle Bell raffle is back.

Enter to win one of six fabulous prizes, all supporting SVMC's work.

Prize packages include:
Von Bargen’s Diamond Earrings, $3,640 value
Local Wine & Dine Restaurant Package, $1,000 value
Cash Prize of $1,000
The Equinox Resort: Two-Night Stay & Land Rover Adventure, $900 value
The Equinox Resort: Golf for Two and $200 Gift Card, $400 value
Manchester, VT Shopping and Dining gift card, $250 value

Get your Tickets at this link: https://bit.ly/3JpxTKy

Sales close next Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 11:59 p.m.

Winners will be selected on Friday, December 5 at the Jingle Bell event. Need not be present to win!

11/27/2025

The best! Wishing all a healthy and happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to alll! Here’s a shoutout to the decoration crew (Engineering Dept!) at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, spreading cheer for fhe holidays.
Thanks to our staff, vendors and all of our customers for al you do. Enjoy the time with loved ones!

11/26/2025

Parenting isn’t always easy, and knowing where to turn for reliable information can be challenging. That’s why we created the Kids’ Health and Wellness Hub, your go-to platform for trusted guidance from our pediatric experts.

With information from our doctors right at your fingertips, we answer your top questions with the knowledge and care of our pediatric team, helping you through every scraped knee and sleepless night.

Explore all content now here https://childrens.dartmouth-health.org/kids-health?utm_campaign=SS&utm_content=1764166861&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

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11/25/2025

Save the date! One week to go until (Dec 2).

Gifts to Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) help us as we continue to provide exceptional care and comfort to the patients we serve. What's raised here, stays here.

By making a gift on or before GivingTuesday, you can double the impact of your generosity thanks to a systemwide dollar-for-dollar match.

Make your gift today to set the pace for a great day of giving: https://dartgo.org/svmc-givingtuesday.

Thank you!

11/24/2025

🎉 SVMC has achieved its sixth designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program®. 🎉

We are now one of only three hospitals in New England, and 32 worldwide, to earn the accreditation for a sixth time.

“Obtaining a sixth Magnet designation represents SVMC’s consistent commitment to quality, safety, clinical communication and strong patient outcomes,” said Dr. Pamela Duchene, PhD, APRN, SVMC’s chief nursing officer and vice president of patient and quality services. “I’m immeasurably proud of our nursing leaders and teams who, with their clinical and non-clinical colleagues alike, put SVMC on the map for excellence.

SVMC received 12 “exemplars” during the review process. Exemplars are concepts, practices or programs worthy of imitation, highlighting excellence in nursing practice. SVMC’s exemplars included its Nursing Pipeline Program, workplace safety initiatives, care coordination and outperforming several benchmarks related to clinical quality and patient experience, at both the inpatient and outpatient level.

Obtaining Magnet recognition challenges hospitals to integrate the program’s concepts—transformational leadership, structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, innovation, and the measurement of outcomes—into the fabric of their nursing operations.

Congratulations to our nurses and our entire SVMC community!
Here are some photos, captured by Greg Nesbit, during the special announcement last Wednesday.

11/24/2025

There's still time to get your flu and COVID vaccines!

SVMC's ExpressCare is offering walk-in flu and COVID shots, seven days a week from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. ExpressCare is closed Thanksgiving Day.

Visit ExpressCare on our main campus, at 120 Hospital Drive in Bennington.

11/20/2025

If you have experience with hospital billing and great leadership skills, SVMC is looking for you!

The hospital billing manager provides operational leadership and support to the entire Revenue Cycle team and, specifically, manages daily operations for billing and collection of hospital based accounts. Associate in Business Administration or related field required. Ten years of hospital billing experience, with progressive leadership, is required.

Excellent compensation and benefit package being offered! Apply today at https://bit.ly/491wh46

11/14/2025

Happy National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week to all the talented and compassionate Nurse Practitioners, especially the 35 NPs who support our patients at SVMC and our practice sites.

SVMC Nurse Practitioners Melissa Rowe, Janine Risser, Becca Filson and Stefanie McGowan-Poling (pictured) represented us this week at the Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association VNPA conference. Stefanie is also a board member of VNPA.

Thank you for all you do!

11/14/2025

11/13/2025

Enjoy this free community event at Bennington Museum on Thursday, Nov. 20. This is the culmination of the Bennington Rising program, a collaboration between students of MAU and Bennington College.

Join Bennington College and Mount Anthony Union (MAU) High School students to learn “What’s in your food?” at the Bennington Museum on Thursday, November 20, from 5:30 p.m. to 7

11/11/2025

Thank you for your service, Dr. Furman!

11/10/2025

Dr. Matthew McDonald of SVHC's Capital Bariatrics recently shared how his military service shaped his life.

As we mark Veterans Day this Tuesday, we express our deepest gratitude to Dr. McDonald and all the vets and active military members for their sacrifices and service. Thank you.