Fletcher Allen is committed to becoming a national model for the delivery of high-quality academic health care for a rural region. We are a nationally recognized medical center – where academic health care comes together with the warm, genuine values of Vermont to create one-of-a-kind care.
Mission
Our mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve by integrating patient care, education, and research in a caring environment.
Fletcher Allen Facts
Fletcher Allen in alliance with the University of Vermont College of Medicine serves as Vermont’s academic medical center, one of approximately 130 centers in the country. Academic medical centers are medical schools, nursing and allied health schools, and teaching hospitals that link together research, medical education training and patient care.
Fletcher Allen was founded in 1995, through the integration of Fanny Allen Hospital, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, and University Health Center. The organization provides care at more than 30 patient care sites and 100 outreach clinics and programs in Vermont and upstate New York.
During fiscal year 2009, Fletcher Allen served a population of one million:
- 562 licensed beds (excluding nursery)(419 staffed)
- 2,166 births
- 48,791 inpatient and outpatient admissions
- 58,805 emergency department visits
- 1,117,689 physician encounters
- 2.4 million lab tests
- 1.35 million meals served
Other Fletcher Allen Facts:
- 6,700 employees (including per diem & part-time)
- 538 Faculty Practice (771 total medical staff)
- 147 advanced practice RNs/physician assistants
- 280 house staff (physicians in specialty training); 15 residency programs
- 1,650+ nurses
- 432 medical students
- 754 nursing & health sciences students
- 650 volunteers; 83,500 volunteer hours
- 220 Auxilians
- $8.7 million in charity care
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