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18 licensed nursing assistants from Central Vermont Medical Center attend orientation for new LNA-to-LPN pilot program. Low Unemployment Rates Spur Innovation and Opportunity for Central Vermont Medical Center Nurses Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) – in partnership with the Community Colleges of Vermont (CCV) and the Vermont Technical College (VTC) - is launching a new workforce development program aimed at addressing the shortage of nurses in Vermont. The new program will make it easier for employeed Licensed Nursing Assistants (LNAs) to train to become Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) by reducing the two biggest barriers to higher education: time and money. “Right now, we have the lowest unemployment rate in Vermont’s history,” says Robert Patterson, Vice President of Human Resources and Clinical Operations. “That makes it challenging to find skilled nurses. We realized that we couldn’t just wait for qualified people to apply for jobs, and the alternative of hiring traveling nurses is expensive. We needed to look at how we could invest in our staff to move them into key positions.” Eighteen LNAs from the medical center will start down the path of becoming LPNs by taking prerequisite courses this fall through CCV. After, the pilot group will go through an 11-month LPN training program through VTC. Students in the program will continue to work part-time but receive full-time pay and benefits during their training hours. The staff at CVMC are deeply rooted in our community,” says Anna Tempesta Noonan, President and Chief Operations Officer. “They’re committed to our organization and the patients, residents, and families that we serve. Supporting their career development is one of the best investments we can make.” One of the newly enrolled students, Sydney Konopka, an LNA at Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, is optimistic about how this program will impact her life and allow her to keep serving her residents. “I want to expand the ways I can help our residents,” says Sydney. “This program is an opportunity to grow while gaining knowledge that I can use to help them more.” Like many hospitals, CVMC offers tuition reimbursement, but they found that many staff – including LNAs – still couldn’t balance the demands of a full-time job, family, and schooling all at the same time. “When we were creating this program, we sat down with our LNAs,” says Matt Choate, Chief Nursing Officer. “We asked them, ‘what are the barriers preventing you from growing your career?’ What we heard was that we need to pay people while they’re learning, and we need to make the school and the classroom content really easy to access.” The program will be held on weekends at Central Vermont Medical Center’s main campus. Funding for the LNA-to- LPN program comes from CVMC and a combination of Making Progress Against the Number One Cancer Killer • • • state and federal grants. About The University of Vermont Health Network - Central Vermont Medical Center Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) is the primary health care provider for 66,000 people who live and work in central Vermont. We provide 24-hour emergency care and offer a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient services at the main hospital and CVMC’s 20 community-based medical group practices. These include two ExpressCare clinics, open 7 days a week, and CVMC’s Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, a 153-bed long- and short-term care facility. Our professional staff includes more than 200 physicians and 70 advanced practice providers representing 25 medical specialties. We employ more than 1,700 full- and part-time employees and depend upon hundreds of volunteers and donors who help carry out our mission of working collaboratively to meet the needs and improve the health of our community. Central Vermont Medical Center is a member of OneCareVermont, the statewide accountable care organization. About The University of Vermont Health Network The University of Vermont Health Network is an academic health system that is comprised of six affiliate hospitals, a multi-specialty medical group, and a home health agency. We serve the residents of Vermont and northern New York with a shared mission: working together, we improve people’s lives. Our partners include: • The University of Vermont Medical Center • The University of Vermont Health Network Medical Group • The University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center • The University of Vermont Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center • The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital • The University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital • The University of Vermont Health Network – Porter Medical Center • The University of Vermont Health Network – Home Health and Hospice Our 4,000 health care professionals are driven to provide high quality, cost-efficient care as close to home as possible. Strengthened by our academic connection to the University of Vermont, each of our hospitals remains committed to its local community by providing compassionate, personal care shaped by the latest medical advances and delivered by highly skilled experts. Lung cancer death rates in the U.S. have decreased 11.5 percent since 2013, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For World Lung Cancer Day on August 1, the American Lung Association in Vermont is highlighting recent lung cancer advancements that save more lives. “Even with the decrease in deaths, lung cancer remains the number one cancer killer of both men and women in the U.S. Here in Vermont it is estimated that 510 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer and approximately 370 will succumb to the disease in 2019,” said Justin King, executive director for the American Lung Association in Vermont. “However, we are making huge strides in our fight against lung cancer and the decrease in lung cancer deaths motivates us to continue our efforts.” Awareness Through its LUNG FORCE initiative, the Lung Association raises awareness about lung cancer in both women and men. In the most recent Lung Health Barometer survey, the organization saw positive increases in their efforts to raise awareness about the disease. Since the inception of the Lung Health Barometer, women have become eight percentage points more likely to speak to their doctor about lung cancer (26 percent in 2017 vs. 18 percent in 2014). However, there is more work to do as only three percent of women cite lung cancer as a top-of-mind health concern. Early Detection Unfortunately, most lung cancer cases are still diagnosed in the later stages when treatment is less likely to be curative. People diagnosed at early stages of lung cancer are more than four times more likely to survive five years, but currently only 16 percent of lung cancer cases are diagnosed early. The Lung Association is working to change that. Through the Saved By the Scan campaign, the organization raises awareness of lifesaving low-dose CT scan lung cancer screening. The scan is the only lung cancer screening tool that reduces the mortality rate for lung cancer by detecting the disease before it spreads. Today, there are an estimated eight million Americans who are at high risk for lung cancer and qualify for screening. If everyone eligible were screened, an estimated 25,000 lives would be saved. To see if you qualify for a lung cancer screening, take a two-minute quiz at SavedBytheScan.org. Investments in Research In the last five years, LUNG FORCE has raised money and advocated for more lung cancer research funding to help develop new treatments and better methods of early detection. The Lung Association has funded over $14 million in lung cancer research since the launch of LUNG FORCE in 2014. Additionally, the organization advocated for a 69 percent increase in lung cancer research funding at the National Institutes of Health. “We are excited to see that lung cancer deaths have decreased, but there is still so much more that we need to do to end this terrible disease,” said King, “Anyone with lungs can get lung cancer, so we encourage everyone to educate themselves and their loved ones about risks, early detection and symptoms.” To learn more about lung cancer, volunteer or donate, please visit Lung.org. Yes! WE DOoo Diagnostic Work! Along with most all automotive maintenance services Senior Citizens 10% OFF All Parts MORE THAN JUST A MUFFLER SHOP COLE’S & MUFFLER REPAIR 71 MAIN ST, BARRE, VT•802-479-0230 Use RoundUp Weedkiller? Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, and Leukemia may result from RoundUp exposure. A recent $2 Billion Judgment was awarded in a RoundUp injury case. 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WCMHS Where Hope and Support Come Together WCMHS is a leader in providing compassionate, quality, trauma-informed services to our communities. Come learn about our programs and services and discover how you could join us in bringing hope and support to those in need in central Vermont. Program information, on-site interviews for open positions and refreshments will be available. · Tour our facility and learn fi rst-hand how we are improving lives · Learn about open positions across the agency · Gain details on how to connect with our services and programs Please stop by anytime between 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Open to the public For more information call: (802) 229-1399 wcmhs.org August 7, 2019 The WORLD page 11
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Justis 1765 Center Road Montpelier, VT 05602 Phone: (802) 461-5602 Email: LWJustis@gmail.com Name of Publication: The WORLD Publication Date: August 7, 2019 Vermont (Washington) Superior Court/ Probate Division 65 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 Contacting Congress U.S. Rep. Peter Welch Mailing address: 128 Lakeside Ave, Suite 235 Burlington, VT 05401 Web site: www.welch.house.gov Phone: (802) 652-2450 I wanted to go to college but I didn’t think I could afford it. “Central Vermont’s Newspaper” 403 Route 302-Berlin Barre, VT 05641 Tel.: (802)479-2582 1-800-639-9753 Fax: (802)479-7916 GOLD STANDARD PUBLICATION email: editor@vt-world.com or sales@vt-world.com web site: www.vt-world.com GOLD STANDARD PUBLICATION MEMBER CENTRAL VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOLD STANDARD PUBLICATION Publishers: Gary Hass and Deborah Phillips. Classified Manager: Ruth Madigan. Receptionist: Darlene GOLD STANDARD PUBLICATION Callahan. Bookkeeping: Lisa Companion. Production Manager: Christine Richardson. Copy Editor: Should your publication Christopher Myers. Sales Publishers with Representatives: Kay Roberts Please refer to the CVC Service Santamore, Mike Jacques. Circulation: Aeletha Kelly. Distribution: Jim Elliot, Paul Giacherio. The WORLD is published by WORLD Publications, Inc. in Berlin, Vermont. The WORLD is distributed free, and serves the residents of Washington and northcentral Orange counties. The WORLD is published every Wednesday. The WORLD assumes no financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertising but will reprint in the following issue that part of any advertisement in which the typographical error occurred. Notice by advertisers of any error must be given to this newspaper within five (5) business days of the date of publication. The WORLD reserves all rights to advertising copy produced by its own staff. No such advertisement may be used or reproduced without express permission. 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Patrick Leahy Burlington office: 199 Main St., Fourth Floor, Burlington, VT 05401 Web site: www.leahy.senate.gov Phone: (802) 863-2525 The WORLD welcomes Letters to the Editor concerning public issues. Letters should be 400 words or less and may be subject to editing due to space constraints. Submissions should also contain the name of the author and a contact telephone number for verification. For letters of thanks, contact our advertising department at 479- 2582; non-profit rates are available. Twelve Reasons We Need Sane Health Care for Everybody Health industry lobbyists keep claiming to wonder why we need Medicare for All when, they insist, we have such a wonderful system already. Well, here are 12 reasons: • 9/11 first responders wouldn’t have to beg for health care • People in horrible accidents wouldn’t have to resort to online begging • People with diabetes wouldn’t have to risk amputation to save money on insulin • People with huge medical bills wouldn’t have to file for bankruptcy • Poor people wouldn’t have to search for a doctor who takes Medicaid • Doctors, hospitals, etc., wouldn’t have to spend millions of hours dealing with insurance companies • Americans wouldn’t have to spend millions of hours trying to choose the right Medicare Part D prescription drug plan • Employers wouldn’t have to spend many thousands of hours deciding what insurance their employees will have to use for the next year • People wouldn’t have to weigh the need to see a doctor against the need to pay the utility bill, rent, grocery bill… • People wouldn’t have to wonder for months how much they will end up paying for a visit to the doctor or hospital • No one would ever again care about “in network” & “out of network” • No one would wonder how large a rate increase the health insurance companies were going to request each year. I’m sure most readers will have no trouble coming up with others. Lee Russ Bennington, VT President Trump is Providing Hope for Kidney Patients President Trump has promised to fight for the forgotten men and women of America—those whose needs and suffering have been too often unheeded by their government. One forgotten group in healthcare is the millions of Americans with some stage of kidney disease—especially the more than 700,000 Americans suffering from the final, deadly stage of the disease, kidney failure. That includes 826 patients here in Vermont, most of whom must go through the incredibly draining experience of receiving kidney dialysis several times a week, for several hours each time. But there is good news. President Trump recently signed an executive order launching a revolutionary initiative at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services called • • • “Advancing American Kidney Health.” The initiative aims to help prevent Americans from experiencing kidney failure in the first place, provide more options for treatment once that has occurred, and deliver more life-saving transplants. This is especially important because kidney disease particularly burdens our low income and minority citizens. Kidney failure is three times more common among African- Americans than among whites, and low-income Americans are 50 percent more likely to suffer from it than those with higher incomes. Black and Hispanic Americans are also less likely to receive the transplants that represent the best treatment for kidney failure. To prevent kidney disease and provide more treatment options, we’re launching new ways for Medicare to pay for kidney care. For example, nephrologists will soon be able to receive bonuses for preventing the progress of kidney disease in their patients. We’ll give providers a financial stake in getting their patients healthy, as opposed to just paying them for performing more procedures. We have also proposed a Medicare initiative to give about half of America’s dialysis providers new incentives to provide patients with dialysis at home or even in their beds at night, rather than having them travel to dialysis centers. Today, only 4.6 percent of kidney patients in Vermont receive dialysis at home, an option that’s much more common in other countries. Home treatment is especially important for individuals and communities struggling to provide for their families—patients who cannot afford to leave their jobs and families several times a week for dialysis. To provide more kidney transplants, we will be revising how kidneys are obtained from deceased organ donors, allowing better identification of kidneys for transplant. The executive order also calls for us to expand support for the generous living donors who choose to donate organs. Changing how we identify transplantable kidneys from deceased donors, by itself, could produce life-saving organs for an additional 17,000 Americans each year—including some of the 59 individuals currently waiting for a kidney in Vermont. The President’s kidney initiative also includes working with the private sector to develop artificial, implantable kidneys, and continuing support for research into precisionmedicine treatments designed to target kidney disease in the populations who are more likely to be genetically predisposed to the disease, including African Americans. We’ll also undertake a national awareness campaign about kidney disease, which is often undiagnosed in its early stages, like breast cancer and prostate cancer once were. Too often, Washington focuses on some of the same tired fights in healthcare, year after year—doing nothing for decades to improve how we cover and treat something like kidney disease. President Trump is shaking that up, and delivering American patients the affordability you need, the options and control you want, and the quality you deserve—especially to patients, like those with kidney disease, who have been forgotten for too long. Alex M. Azar II Secretary of Health and Human Services AT CCV, I CAN. ccv.edu/ican page 12 The WORLD August 7, 2019
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