Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (MAHHC) recently welcomed Kimberly Bean, PA-C to the Hospital’s Primary Care staff. Bean is a graduate of the Physician Assistant Studies program at Franklin Pierce University and brings to Mt Ascutney Hospital a strong interest in community and family medicine. She previously worked for over nine years as a medical assistant at Concord Hospital, focusing on family medicine. She also worked on quality improvement initiatives at Concord Hospital, and served as a Medical Assistant group leader and trainer. A dedicated volunteer, Bean traveled to Honduras in 2006 with a team of healthcare workers, and has also volunteered at the Concord Winter Homeless Shelter. Bean enjoys working with families and has a special interest in women’s and adolescent health.
About Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center
Founded in 1933, Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is a not-for-profit community hospital network including the critical access-designated Mt Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont, and Ottauquechee Health Center in Woodstock, Vermont. Affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the Hospital provides people in communities across the Connecticut River Valley with primary care and a comprehensive suite of specialty services, along with 25 inpatient beds, a therapeutic pool and an acclaimed, 10-bed inpatient rehabilitation department. Mt Ascutney Hospital is a recipient of the national Foster G McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service, one of the most prestigious awards in health care. Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has awarded MAHHC with Level 3 status, the highest level of medical home designation.