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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