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NMC Welcomes Dawn Kregel, DNP as Chief Nurse Executive
Northwestern Medical Center is pleased to welcome Dawn Kregel, DNP as the organization’s new Chief Nurse Executive (CNE). Dawn started work at NMC in July as a consulting nurse executive, then as an Interim Chief Nursing Officer. Her engagement with NMC nursing staff and her focus on patient-centered, high-quality care made her a strong choice …
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Closing the Curtains on Cardiac Capers
Cardiac Capers, the musical variety show which entertained for so many years, has come to a formal closure. NMC and NMC’s Auxiliary would like to express deep appreciation for the community’s support of Capers which started in 1980. Event organizers decided that the last show would take place in October of 2020, but the pandemic …
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NMC Continuing Masking and COVID-19 Screening
Given the continued impact of COVID-19 on community health and on hospital staffing, Northwestern Medical Center will be maintaining the masking mandate in all patient care areas. This is an important preventative measure to preserve NMC’s ability to care for our community. NMC will also maintain the active screening of patients and visitors at our …
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Introducing NMC’s Patient and Family Advisory Council Members
NMC’s Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) met this week and got to see the hospital’s Learning Board methodology and experience a “Gemba walk” key components of NMC’s work focused on high reliability. The new six-member council first met in August 22 and will continue to meet monthly. The establishment of the group is a …
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NMC Kicks Off Emergency Department Renovations with Groundbreaking
Staff from Northwestern Medical Center gathered Tuesday, September 6 to officially break ground on a long-awaited project to overhaul the hospital’s Emergency Department. Interim Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Billings welcomed the crowd by noting the moment as a historic one for NMC as the project has been in planning for many years and the start …
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NMC’s New Patient and Family Advisory Council Meets for the First Time
NMC recently formed a Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) to assist the hospital in fostering an environment where patients, families, hospital staff and board work together to improve the quality and safety of care at NMC. The new six-member council held its first meeting on August 22 and introduced the group to one another …
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NMC Presents Budget to GMCB
NMC’s proposed FY’23 budget was presented to the Green Mountain Care Board (which regulates Vermont hospitals and insurance companies) on August 17. NMC’s budget request contains a 9.4% rate increase and results in a narrow (but positive) 1% operating margin. It is the result of significant work by department and unit and practice directors and managers across the …
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Spine Surgery Patient Receives Successful Results and High Quality Care at NMC
As a recent back surgery patient, Glenn Conant is happy with the success of his procedure, but also was impressed with the entire care team at NMC both in the Orthopaedics practice and all across the organization from registration to billing. For years, Glenn was experiencing extreme lower back pain that affected his ability to …
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Scarlet’s Mission Donates CuddleCot to NMC Family Birth Center
Northwestern Medical Center (NMC) recently accepted the generous gift of a CuddleCot in the Family Birth Center donated by Scarlet’s Mission. Scarlet’s Mission is a non-profit organization that helps families grieving from the trauma of a stillbirth. The organization was founded by Katie Irwin and Jim McGonigal of Woodbridge Connecticut and was named after their …
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NMC Thanks Garibays for Completing Capital Campaign Pledge
Interim CEO Jonathan Billings recently met with Bridget and Valdemar Garibay in thanks for the generous completion of their $100,000 pledge to NMC’s Capital Campaign from 2015. “Community support like this is so incredibly important to NMC,” he said. “Their pledge made the expansion of our Gift Gallery possible, and the shop has been a …
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Dartmouth Partnership Helps Keep Critical Care Local
Did you know NMC has a partnership with Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center that provides 24/7 ICU patient monitoring, helping NMC provide more critical care locally? The Tele-ICU program uses high-quality interactive audiovisual technology giving patients and the NMC care team access to board-certified intensivists and critical care nurses. The remote monitoring is provided by two-way …
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NMC Project Will Modernize Emergency Department
NMC will soon kick off a construction project to fully renovate the Emergency Department to increase privacy, safety and efficiency. NMC’s Emergency Department (ED) facility is more than three decades old and changes are needed to meet the needs of the community, including moving away from curtained bays to private patient spaces, additional space …
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