UVMHN head Sunny Eappen to step down

The news came less than a week after the state health care regulator slammed the network, which includes Porter Hospital.

Faraway issues may consume us, but without strong, local support for health care, a lot more of us will also be out of business.

Porter Medical Center in Middlebury will see four jobs cut as the result of 77 layoffs announced last week by the University of Vermont Health Network

Porter Medical Center officials have been busy ramping up safety protocols at the county’s health care hub off South Street in Middlebury.

The Patricia Hannaford Career Center (PHCC) this fall will launch a new curriculum for aspiring emergency responders, some of whom could go on to fill the ranks of local rescue squads that are in almost constant need of trained, reliable health care profe … (read more)

There was no giant cake bearing 100 candles (there were cupcakes), but one really wasn’t needed for Saturday’s centennial birthday party for Middlebury’s Porter Medical Center.

Porter Medical Center has accumulated more than its fair share of compelling stories during its first century as Addison County’s cradle-to-grave health care hub. Thousands of births spanning multiple generations, and patients vanquishing life- threatenin … (read more)

While Vermont’s health care system is facing huge financial and logistical headwinds, Addison County’s Porter Medical Center is holding its own with a balanced budget and new patient capacity.

The cuts — which drew a swift and furious outcry — included closing an inpatient psychiatric unit at Central Vermont Medical Center, ending kidney transplants at the University of Vermont Medical Center, and shuttering a primary care clinic in Waitsfield. … (read more)

Having better access to healthcare, housing, mental health counseling and substance use disorder services are Addison County residents’ top community health priorities, according to an exhaustive new report that will guide Porter Medical Center (PMC) prog … (read more)

Megan’s Meadow, a garden space on the Porter Medical Center campus in Middlebury, will be formally dedicated on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m.

Porter Medical Center has had plenty to celebrate this week. State regulators confirmed approval of PMC’s 2025 budget request on Monday, the same day on which the county’s healthcare hub confirmed a first-ever labor agreement with its newly unionized supp … (read more)

At Porter Medical Center and Helen Porter Center, there is a significant event taking place, and not many of us are aware of this situation.

On Aug. 30, Porter Medical Center, along with our two University of Vermont Health Network partner hospitals in Vermont, will present its 2025 budget to Vermont’s health care regulator, the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) for approval.

State healthcare regulators on Aug. 28 will begin their review of Porter Medical Center’s (PMC) proposed fiscal year 2025 budget, a spending plan that calls for base revenues of around $234.5 million, which would require an increase of 4.2% in net patient … (read more)