| Description
of Hospital Governance
Southern Vermont Health
Services Corporation (SVHSC), the parent company of
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, is organized for charitable,
benevolent, scientific, and educational purposes. In
particular its mission is to support and encourage the
development of comprehensive, integrated healthcare-related
services for the advancement of the health and well-being
of the community. This is done by providing financial,
management, and other assistance to its affiliates and
other organizations and through all other relevant means.
SVHSC has a body of
active members named corporators (all listed below).
The corporators consist of business people and community
leaders who serve as a link between the hospital and
the community. Corporators are invited to the annual
meeting, held in December, a major forum for carrying
out the corporation's public business, including the
election of corporators, directors, and secretary of
the Corporation. Corporators are provided the opportunity,
through programs, planning activities, and committee
work to provide input and feedback regarding the corporation’s
objectives, its plans, and its accomplishments. They
have an interest in the hospital’s development
as an institution and the achievement of its objectives
to meet the healthcare needs of residents of southeastern
Vermont and the local tri-state area.
The Board of Trustees
(Directors) of SVHSC, the sole member of the hospital,
elects officers of the corporation. Thus, officers and
directors of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and SVHSC
are the same individuals. In addition to the hospital
and the development office, and the physician practices
of cardiologist Michael Cohan, DO, Brattleboro General
Surgery Associates, Brattleboro OB/GYN, Just So Pediatrics,
and Cornerstone Pediatrics (Bellows Falls) are part
of SVHSC.
Brattleboro Memorial
Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital with a medical
staff and an auxiliary. The presidents of the hospital,
medical staff, and auxiliary collaborate with the board
of trustees. Executive staff of the hospital consists
of the vice-presidents of patient care services, finance,
human resources, professional services (including planning),
and quality management services.
Officers of the Corporation
James F. Baker II, Chairman
Kirsten Beske, Vice Chairman
John M. Meyer, Secretary
President, Barry G. Beeman
Treasurer, Michael O. Rogers
Board of Trustees (Directors)
James F. Baker, II; Kirsten Beske, J.D.; John M. Meyer;
Nancy Heydinger; Richard Carroll, J.D.; Carl Lynde;
Jeffrey Morse; Thea Lloyd; Benjamin Taggard;
Burton Tepfer, M.D.; Thomas Evans, M.D.
Ex-Officio, Paul Righi, M.D.; Barry G. Beeman, President
Executives of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
President/CEO, Barry G. Beeman
Vice President, Patient Care Services Mary Urquhart, RN
Vice President, Finance Michael O. Rogers
Vice President, Human Resources Michael Kelliher
Vice President, Professional Services/Planning Prudence MacKinney
Vice President, Quality Management & Patient Safety Mary Morgan
Medical Staff Officers
President, Paul Righi, M.D.
Vice President, George Idelkope, M.D.
Secretary/Treasurer, Remeline Damasco, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer David Albright, M.D.
Co-Presidents of the Auxiliary
Kathy Beeman & Betsy Neumeister
Active & Emeritus Members of the Corporation are listed here.
Summary of Process for Openness and Public Participation
Ongoing public comment was solicited through a public meeting held on September 23, 2008, on the health needs of the Brattleboro area community. BMH President Barry Beeman and Brattleboro Retreat President Rob Simpson presented their respective strategic plans. BMH and the Brattleboro Retreat discussed new programs at their hospitals and solicited input on hospital services and on community health needs.
The 2009 public meeting date on this Community Report will be announced early this summer.
You are welcome to
print out information from the BMH website report or
to request a printed copy. For more information about
this Report Card, you can contact Barbara Gentry, Director
of Community & )Public Relations at Brattleboro
Memorial Hospital.
Contact
Information
Call 802-257-8316,
FAX: 802-257-8822; e-mail bgentry@bmhvt.org;
or write
B. Gentry, BMH, 17 Belmont Avenue, Brattleboro, VT 05301.
|
