North Country Hospital

North Country Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital in Newport City, Vermont.

North Country Hospital
North Country Health Systems
Geography
LocationNewport City, Orleans County, Vermont, Vermont, United States
Services
Beds25[1]
History
Opened1919
Links
Websitehttp://www.nchsi.org/
ListsHospitals in 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]

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 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. It opened January 5, 1974, as North Country Hospital, on 30 acres (12 ha) 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 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
  1. Alice Grant[4]
  2. Anna Terhune
  3. Tom Dowd 1971+
  4. James Cassidy
  5. Sid Toll
  6. Karen Weller ? - 2008
  7. Claudio Fort 2009-

Footnotes
  1. "North Country Hospital and Health Center". Healthgrades.com. March 27, 2010.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Gresser, Joseph (September 28, 2009). "State officials scrutinize hospital expenses". the Chronicle. Barton, Vermont: the Chronicle. p. 11.
  4. Wheeler, Scott (February 2009). "Yvette Deslandes-From the Family Farm to 50 Years in Healthcare". Derby, Vermont: Northland Journal. p. 18.
  5. North Country Hospital information Archived 2011-04-26 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Gresser, Joseph (November 18, 2009). "NC president found hospital a "pleasant surprise"". Barton, Vermont: the Chronicle. p. 22.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 8, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Hunt, Pat (February 2009). "North Country Hospital on Schedule". Derby, Vermont: Northland Journal. p. 20.

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