The UVM Health Network Board of Trustees voted yesterday to enter into a formal affiliation with Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone, NY, and expand its network to include a total of five hospitals in Northern New York and Vermont. Pending due diligence and regulatory approval, Alice Hyde Medical Center will become the fifth hospital in The University of Vermont Health Network joining:
• The University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington, VT)
• The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center (Berlin, VT)
• The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (Plattsburgh, NY)
• The University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown (NY) Community Hospital
In voting to pursue this affiliation, Alice Hyde Medical Center will become part of a coordinated, highly integrated health care system focused on improving quality, increasing access and lowering costs of health care in the communities served by the hospitals in Vermont and New York.
“Becoming a part of The University of Vermont Health Network is a wonderful opportunity for Alice Hyde Medical Center and the thousands of North Country residents we serve,” said Douglas F. DiVello, MPH, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alice Hyde Medical Center. “For the past 18 years, Alice Hyde has been an affiliate of Fletcher Allen - now The University of Vermont Medical Center - and has seen the tremendous benefits of this collaboration. Formalizing and extending this partnership will expand our communities’ access to high quality services closer to home.”
Source: Burlington, VT The UVM Health Network 4.2.2015