
Community Health Improvement
Medical Center

Community Health Improvement
Improving the Health of our Patient Population for More Than 25 Years
The Community Health Improvement (CHI) program at The University of Vermont Medical Center enables us to impact and serve thousands of people in our community with a wide variety of health, wellness and safety programs, including:
- Adult Outreach program that provides foot care in the community
- Community Benefits program which uses the Community Health Needs Assessment to link strategy and partnerships between UVMMC and the community to address health priorities through a variety of ways, including pediatric initiatives
- Community Health Team - includes social workers, RN's and clinicians embedded in primary care offices to support patients with various resources including Medication Assisted Treatment for people with Opioid Use Disorder
- Health Ministries/Faith in Action
- Health Assistance Program assists underinsured or uninsured people with insurance and obtaining medications and other health care needs
- Healthier Living Workshops
- Poison Prevention
- RiseVt prevention program that works alongside communities to identify and amplify wellness efforts within designated communities
- Tobacco Cessation
- Vermont Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (VTEHDI)
Proven Programs Built on a Long Tradition
"Population health" is a buzzword used commonly in health care today that refers to proactive preventative care and wellness initiatives focus on reducing the need for intensive and costly health care later in life.
Our Community Health Improvement group has been a pioneer in this type of thinking, having been dedicated to exactly this for more than 25 years. This means that people in the state of Vermont and northern New York who are served by The UVM Medical Center have at their disposal tried and true programs focused on well-being that have only begun to be experimented with in other parts of the country.
Contact the Community Health Improvement Department
For more information about The UVM Medical Center classes, community activities and partnerships, contact us at:
Community Health Improvement
128 Lakeside Avenue, Suite 106
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: (802) 847-2278
Fax: (802) 847-6545