Porter Medical Center takes the local pulse

Having better access to healthcare, housing, mental health counseling and substance use disorder services are Addison County residents’ top community health priorities, according to an exhaustive new report that will guide Porter Medical Center (PMC) programming for the next three years and beyond.

Megan’s Meadow, a garden space on the Porter Medical Center campus in Middlebury, will be formally dedicated on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m.

Porter Medical Center has had plenty to celebrate this week. State regulators confirmed approval of PMC’s 2025 budget request on Monday, the same day on which the county’s healthcare hub confirmed a first-ever labor agreement with its newly unionized supp … (read more)

At Porter Medical Center and Helen Porter Center, there is a significant event taking place, and not many of us are aware of this situation.

On Aug. 30, Porter Medical Center, along with our two University of Vermont Health Network partner hospitals in Vermont, will present its 2025 budget to Vermont’s health care regulator, the Green Mountain Care Board (GMCB) for approval.

State healthcare regulators on Aug. 28 will begin their review of Porter Medical Center’s (PMC) proposed fiscal year 2025 budget, a spending plan that calls for base revenues of around $234.5 million, which would require an increase of 4.2% in net patient … (read more)

So what is at the heart of Porter? Part of Porter are the doctors and nurses. As wonderful as they are, the vast majority of Porter is an unacknowledged powerhouse behind the curtain, the 300+ recently unionized technical and support staff that keep Porte … (read more)

Bob Ortmyer has worked as interim president and COO at Middlebury’s Porter Medical Center since this past September. Now he will lead the southern region of UVM Health Network.

As we begin a new year, and as I embark on my second year as CEO of the University of Vermont Health Network, I feel a sense of both optimism and urgency.

Porter Medical Center is planning a major renovation of the 23 Pond Lane office complex in Middlebury so it can launch a new musculoskeletal clinic offering orthopedic, podiatry and rehab services under one roof.

I recently had full knee replacement surgery at Porter Medical Center in Middlebury. I have been putting it off for some time but the pain got the best of me. I

Porter Medical Center officials are busy planning the institution’s top construction priority: A doubling of the size, hopefully within the next two or three years, of the hospital’s Emergency Department.

Bob Ortmyer in September was named interim president of Porter Medical Center. He replaced Tom Thompson, who resigned this fall to help care for his ailing spouse.

When Dr. Anna Benvenuto leaves Porter Hospital’s employ later this month, her 13-year tenure will represent only a fraction of the institution’s 98-year history as Addison County’s healthcare hub.

Get into the Halloween spirit by celebrating the work that 16 teams at Porter Medical Center put into their second annual scarecrow contest.