SVMC Community Health Needs Assessment 2021 - Catalog - Page 9
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IRS Form 990, Schedule H Compliance
Requirement
Page(s)
Definition of community served by SVMC, including geography
and population served
Principal functions of hospital
Description of process and methods used to conduct CHNA and
analyze data
Listing of data used in assessment
Listing of contracted parties
Solicitation and input from persons representing community
Prioritization of health needs
Implementation plan
Evaluation of previous actions taken as a result of past CHNA
Existing health care facilities and resources within the community
to respond to health needs
Documentation in a report to be authorized by body of hospital
Pages 9-12
Page 8
Pages 9-19
Pages 18-19; throughout
document in footnotes
Page 15
Pages 12-18
Pages 4-6; Pages 20-21
Pages 73-78
Pages 97-100
Pages 101-133
Entire document
Principal Functions of SVMC
SVMC is part of the corporate family of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), an integrated health
system. The SVHC corporate family includes:
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Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, an acute care hospital;
The Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Hoosick Falls, NY;
A medical office building with twenty specialty care practices
Primary care practices in Manchester, Wilmington, and Pownal, VT, as well as Hoosick Falls, NY;
A clinic, Mountain Medical, at the base of Mount Snow in West Dover, VT; and
A regional cancer center in affiliation with the Norris Cotton Cancer center at Dartmouth
Hitchcock.
Through visionary partnerships with Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Castleton University, and others, nearly
1,400 employees emulate the values of quality, empathy, safety, teamwork, and stewardship to fulfill
SVMC’s mission of exceptional care and comfort for the 75,000 people they serve. SVMC’s commitment
to quality care has been recognized by the nation’s most stringent regulators and the industry’s leading
professional organizations. SVMC has additionally committed to a variety of projects and initiatives that
will improve health and wellbeing at the community-level. A framework for understanding how SVMC’s
clinical initiatives align with community initiatives can be found within the Community Health Needs
section below.
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
Community Health Needs Assessment 2021