The University of Vermont Connection
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Elizabethtown Community Hospital (ECH) is part of The University of Vermont Health Network, a six-hospital network serving patients and their families in northern New York and Vermont.
Our hospitals and physicians are bringing the best of community and academic medicine together, sharing their knowledge and resources to give patients access to leading-edge technology, advanced treatment options and the highest level of compassionate care.
The University of Vermont Health Network cares for communities on both sides of Lake Champlain, from the Adirondacks to the Green Mountains and beyond. Members include:
- University of Vermont Medical Center
- UVM Health Network - Medical Group
- Central Vermont Medical Center
- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
- Elizabethtown Community Hospital
- Alice Hyde Medical Center
- Porter Medical Center
- Home Health & Hospice
Elizabethtown Community Hospital
Elizabethtown Community Hospital (ECH) is a not-for-profit critical access hospital which includes two campuses and six community-based primary care health centers.
Services include:
- Two, 24-hour emergency departments
- 25-bed inpatient unit (Elizabethtown)
- Inpatient Rehabilitation (Elizabethtown)
- Outpatient Rehabilitation
- Radiology
- Laboratory
- Chemotherapy (Elizabethtown)
- Infusion
- Cardiology, gynecology, gastroenterology, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics and pulmonary specialty care
Critical Access Hospital
ECH is the only federally designated critical access hospital (CAH) north of Albany and east of Lake Ontario. In that capacity, ECH serves as a rural acute care manager, performing lifesaving services and coordinating the transfer of patients in need of additional and immediate care to other hospitals with which it has agreements in place.
High-quality Care Close to Home
Due to the remote nature of the region, the hospital and its specialty clinics allow residents to obtain high-quality care close to home. ECH employees work together to achieve the highest standard of care to patients when and where it is needed. We are not just caregivers and staff; we are your friends and neighbors.
ECH Administration
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ECH Board of Trustees
Read about the ECH board of trustees.
Membership
- American Hospital Association
- Healthcare Association of New York State
- Northern New York Healthcare Association
- Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA)
- Iroquois Healthcare Consortium
- Eastern Adirondack Health Care Network
- Adirondack Rural Health Network
Expanding Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine in Essex County, NY
The increasing need for space to accommodate a growing patient base and additional providers, therapists and staff was recognized by New York State with a $5.4 million grant from the State’s Health Care Facility Transformation Program. This funding will help upgrade the space for our Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine in Elizabethtown.
As part of this process, ECH has completed a Health Equity Impact Assessment as part of Certificate of Need (CON).