During such a vulnerable time for healthcare providers across the nation, UVM Health Network never falls short and continues to improve quality access to specialty care. Telehealth options, such as eConsults, provide patients and their physicians wi…

Christina Saunders, RN, and Brody Hooper could see their patient struggling as they waited for a computed tomography (CT) scan to begin. Her breathing, already labored, would worsen when she lay flat for the procedure. Anxious and frightened, she n…

Since the beginning of COVID-19, the use of drugs and alcohol has spiked in the region, leading to more Emergency Department visits from those struggling with addiction. Known in clinical settings as “substance-use disorder,” the diagnosis comes wit…

In 2020, even before COVID-19 increased many people’s anxiety and depression, nearly one third of University of Vermont Medical Center primary care patients reported mental health or substance use concerns. “We knew a mental health crisis was coming…

Sandra Belton spent nearly 20 years working as a nurse in her native South Carolina. Then, after working for a couple of years as a travel nurse, first in Southeast and then in Vermont, she decided to join the neurology team full time at the Univers…