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Vermont Business Magazine Gifford’s new GE SPECT/CT camera is installed and ready for patients. The Nuclear Medicine Department at Gifford performs exams that range from heart, gallbladder and bone, to gastrointestinal bleeds and pulmonary embolisms. Randolph-based Gifford also recently started performing a procedure that helps diagnose Parkinsonian Syndrome vs. Essential Tremor. These tests will benefit the most from Gifford’s upgrade to the new SPECT/CT as the combined scan provides precise information about how the body is working and more clearly identify problems. The camera provides better images for Gifford’s Radiologists, which leads to more accurate interpretations. Also with this new camera, Gifford can image patients weighing up to 500 pounds, reducing the number of patient transfers.

Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging (SVCOA) today announced that it has awarded more than $66,000 in supportive grants to 12 different aging services community organizations throughout Bennington and Rutland counties recently made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. To be eligible for ARPA funding, proposed projects and activities needed to meet Older American Act requirements that funds be used to support: low-income older individuals; low-income minority older individuals; older individuals with limited English proficiency; older individuals residing in rural areas; focused development of resources to help build greater service capacity and advance the development and implementation of comprehensive, coordinated systems of service to older adults; and initiatives that are able to provide quality, data-based outcomes in correlation with grant investment.

Vermont Business Magazine United Way of Northwest Vermont, an organization dedicated to improving lives in Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties, is grateful for support from Vermont National Guard’s Counterdrug Program to help reduce substance misuse among youth and young adults in Vermont. Technical Sergeant Mahat Abdullahi, an Airman of the Vermont Air National Guard, recently joined UWNWVT staff to support the Northwest Vermont Regional Prevention Network. The aim of the Prevention Network is to unify the region with a holistic and comprehensive approach to preventing substance misuse and promoting wellbeing among youth and young adults.

Vermont Business Magazine The 31st Annual University of Vermont Children’s Hospital Golf Tournament raised $186,947 to support the world-class care offered to pediatric patients in our region. The event, held at Burlington Country Club, was co-sponsored by 24 organizations, including the presenting sponsor, Farrington Construction.

Vermont Business Magazine The Emergency Department at Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC), a member of Dartmouth Health, has earned accreditation as a Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department from the American College of Emergency Physicians. The voluntary Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) Accreditation Program, was created to recognize emergency departments that uphold the highest standards of care for older adults. The accreditation process provides best practices for geriatric care, such as guaranteeing the best transition of care from the GED to other settings and prioritizing education surrounding geriatric care.

Vermont Business Magazine The Joe Andruzzi Foundation (JAF), providing help, hope, and a reason to smile for New England cancer patients and their families through financial support when it is needed most, is pleased to announce its “Food Security Assistance” program is entering its second year of helping cancer patients across New England access healthy and nutritious foods to sustain them during treatment. Since its inception in 2021, the program has raised $436,850 for 1,867 cancer patients across New England. A total of $23,800 has gone to 107 patients in Vermont.

Vermont Business Magazine Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging (SVCOA) today announced that it has reinstituted public walk-in hours at both its Rutland and Bennington offices on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm. “SVCOA is pleased to once again open our office doors to public walk-ins on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.,” said Rosemary Greene, interim Executive Director with SVCOA. “For over two years now, SVCOA has continually adjusted its agency operations to keep clients, staff, volunteers and community partners safe throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, while ensuring continuity of high-quality service delivery. While public access to our offices in both Rutland and Bennington had previously been limited and by appointment only, we’re thrilled to now offer greater public access and be open to public walk-ins two days a week.”

Vermont Business Magazine The next guest on Medical Matters Weekly is Kathleen Martin Ginis, PhD, a leading exercise behavioral scientist who has been the principal investigator on more than $11 million in exercise psychology research and a source for countless national publications, including The New York Times, “O” The Oprah Magazine, Men’s Health & Fitness, and Shape Magazine, among others. The show airs on Facebook Live at noon on Wednesday, August 24. The show is produced by Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) with cooperation from Catamount Access Television (CAT-TV).

Vermont Business Magazine The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) announced assistance for 25 small and rural communities from across the country to identify strategies to grow their outdoor recreation economies and revitalize Main Streets through the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities (RERC) program. Three communities in New England were among those selected: Bangor, Maine, Claremont, New Hampshire, and Marshfield, Vermont.