A CENTURY OF CARING
A CENTURY OF CARING
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT HEALTH CARE
ACCOLADES AND ACCREDITATIONS
100 percent of SVMC’ s Medical Staff is board-certified.
In 2017, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded SVMC and CLR its 5-Star Rating for quality, patient safety, and the patient experience. SVMC is the only 5-Star hospital in Vermont, and only 6 percent of hospitals nationwide earn the mark.
SVMC is one of only 43 hospitals worldwide to have achieved four consecutive designations as a Magnet ® Center for Nursing Excellence. In 2017 SVMC received the Magnet Prize, ™ an award for extraordinary innovation in nursing that is given to only one hospital in the world each year.
The Joint Commission named SVMC a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures ®.
Through partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, our patients have access to one of only three National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in New England.
Our Cancer Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
SVMC’ s emergency physicians are certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
SVMC was placed on Becker’ s Hospital Review’ s list of“ 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” in 2017 for the second consecutive year and was named one of Vermont Business Magazine’ s“ Best Places to Work in Vermont” in 2018 for the fourth straight year.
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