Fletcher Allen Health Care

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Fletcher Allen Health Care is a tertiary referral hospital for Vermont and northern New York State, a Level I Trauma Center, and a teaching hospital in alliance with University of Vermont College of Medicine.

1 History
2 Renaissance Project
3 Facts
4 External links

[edit] History

Fletcher Allen Health Care was formed in 1995 from the merger of three organizations:

Medical Center Hospital of Vermont

Founded in Burlington, 1879, Mary Fletcher Hospital was the first hospital in Vermont. It was renamed Medical Center Hospital of Vermont in 1967.

Fanny Allen Hospital

In 1894, the Sisters of St Joseph founded the Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester, Vermont. They named their hospital after Fanny Allen (daughter of Ethan Allen), a nun who nursed wounded American soldiers in the War of 1812. This site, now referred to as the Fanny Allen Campus, has an ambulatory surgery center and rehabilitation unit.

University Health Care

In 1971, ten medical specialty practice groups joined to form the University Health Center in the site of the former Bishop DeGoesbriand Hospital (1924). Most of the ambulatory clinics moved from the UHC campus to the Ambulatory Care Center in 2005.

[edit] Renaissance Project

Fletcher Allen Health Care constructed a new Ambulatory Care Center that opened in 2005. There was a scandal associated with this construction, as FAHC management concealed a portion of the cost of the project from Vermont State Regulatory Agencies [1]. Former FAHC president and chief executive officer William Boettcher was sentenced to two years in a minimum security prison for his role [2]. Current CEO Melinda Estes has acknowledged the damage done to the reputation of FAHC from this scandal [3].