Fletcher Allen Health Care Facts

Fletcher Allen Health Care in alliance with the University of Vermont College of Medicine is Vermont's academic medical center and one of 125 in the country.  Academic medical centers are medical schools, nursing and allied health schools, and teaching hospitals that link together research, medical education training and patient care.

Fletcher Allen Health Care was founded in 1995, through the integration of Fanny Allen Hospital, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, and University Health Center.  The organization provides care at more than 35 patient care sites and 100 outreach clinics in Vermont and upstate New York.

During fiscal year 2006, Fletcher Allen served a population of one million:

• 46,024 admissions (inpatients and outpatients)
• 22,249 inpatient admissions
• 2,218 births
• 386.9 patients average daily census (excluding nursery)
• 468,639 hospital outpatient visits
• 54,672 Emergency Department visits
• 15,695 Walk-In Care Center visits
• 5.5 average length of stay (days)
• 14,650 outpatient surgical procedures
• 7,049 inpatient surgical procedures
• 4,595 cardiac catheterization procedures
• 475 heart and valve surgeries
• 235,780 radiology/diagnostic imaging exams
• 235,780 radiation therapy procedures
• 2,420,215 laboratory tests
• 776,943 professional visits (excludes anesthesia/pathology/radiology/FACT)

Other Fletcher Allen Facts:

• 6,700 employees (including per diem & part-time)
• 538 Faculty Practice (771 total medical staff)
• 147 advanced practice RNs/physician assistants
• 280 house staff (physicians in specialty training); 15 residency programs
• 1,650+ nurses
• 562 licensed beds (excluding nursery)
• 432 medical students
• 754 nursing & health sciences students
• 650 volunteers; 83,500 volunteer hours
• 220 Auxilians
• $8.7 million in charity care