Our mission is to provide respectful, comprehensive primary health care for all residents in our region, regardless of their ability to pay. We offer quality health care services to everyone. In the spirit of community, we make efforts to reach out and welcome those who need health services, but may have insufficient means to access them. We commit ourselves to continually reduce the burden of illness, injury, and disability, and to improve the health and quality of life of those for whom we care.


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Covid-19 Update

May 5, 2020

May 5, 2020

Dr. Lessac-Chenen, our Chief Medical Officer, delivered three babies over the weekend! Little Rivers supports patients with family planning services, prenatal, labor and delivery, and postnatal care. Families who choose Little Rivers Health Care for their obstetrics and prenatal care experience the highest level of personal attention throughout the women’s pregnancy. Our family-focused environment provides a range of medical and emotional support for women during this exciting, life-changing time in their lives during pregnancy, delivery, and infanthood. 

The Little Rivers team of medical providers had a monthly meeting early this morning. The meeting was conducted by conference call and many topics were reviewed regarding the pandemic. Planning is under way to start up in-person care for well child visits and with special attention to pediatric vaccinations , especially for children under 2 years old. Well child visits may be provided with a well check by televisit or by phone and a follow up in-person 5 to 10-minute physical. Initial planning was discussed for time-sensitive adult annual exams. The team will continue to plan to open up more appointments in a cautious manner and in accordance with CDC and State based guidelines, and we will share more information just as soon as it is available. The provider team also discussed possible preliminary stages for resuming medical student preceptorships. Many of our providers work with students from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the Robert Larner College of Medicine at UVM. Students spend a portion of their time observing our primary care physicians in their offices. 

Governor Phil Scott announced last week that the state is working to significantly increase and strengthen its testing and contact tracing programs in order to quickly identify, contain and suppress cases and outbreaks of COVID-19. Vermont is now urging medical providers to refer patients with mild symptoms for testing and to test symptomatic children (those younger than 18 years). Patients should be referred to hospitals, associated test centers, and centralized testing sites such as local Federally Qualified Health Centers. Little Rivers conducts tests for Little Rivers patients in Wells River and Bradford, and we also serve as a centralized testing center in Wells River for patients referred from other medical providers (all patients regardless of referral source). 

Join us on tomorrow at noon at our Community Zoom meeting to a provide information about how to access health care, how to apply for health insurance, sliding fee scale, access to care regardless of your ability to pay, and access to food & transportation. The meeting is open to anyone, and access can be by phone, online with audio and video, or online chat. More meeting information is available on our website home page under ‘Upcoming Events’ at https://www.littlerivers.org/ or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/littlerivershealthcare/.

VT COVID-19 Cases (as of midday today): Total cases: 907, New Cases: 5, Deaths: 52 (no new deaths). Vermont has 8 patients currently hospitalized for COVID-19 and 25 hospitalized under investigation. Windsor County has 43 cases, Washington County has 35 cases, Caledonia County remains at 14 cases and Orange County at 8 cases (1 new case). Windsor has 2 deaths so far, Washington 1, and none in Caledonia and Orange Counties. Orange County Vermont remains at 2 cases per 10,000 people. In our region, there are confirmed cases in Lyndon, Kirby, St. Johnsbury, Waterford, Marshfield, Groton, Orange and Fairlee.
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Watch a video about Little River's newest project called "Everyone Eats Vermont" and learn about the project.
March 25, 2021
Little Rivers Health Care is proud to recognize the following staff: Nicole Keaty, RN; Wendy Munn, RN; Ashley Murray, LNA, MA; Kate Telofski, MA; Liz Henson, MA; and LRHC board member Karla Wilson, RN as AgriSafe nurse scholars. The staff listed above have recently completed the AgriSafe Network Nurse Scholar Program. They join other nurses across the nation who have invested in their professional training and their communities. Our clinics are located in 3 locations throughout the Upper Valley of Vermont: Bradford, East Corinth, and Wells River. AgriSafe Nurse Scholar is an 18-hour educational series which targets agricultural health and safety issued, risks, and prevention measures that can impact the short and long-term wellness of community families and businesses that depend on production agriculture. Topics include ergonomics, women’s health, youth in the workforce, mental health, hearing and respiratory protection, animal borne diseases, pesticide and chemical safety, and several emerging issues. AgriSafe is a non-profit national membership organization, that represents health professionals and educators who strive to reduce health disparities found among the agricultural community. Our vision is to prevent agricultural injuries, disease, and fatalities through the effective delivery of agricultural occupational health services. To find out more about AgriSafe Network and the AgriSafe Nurse Scholar Program, please contact 1-866-312-3002 or email us at info@agrisafe.org About some of our scholars: Ashley Murray serves at Little Rivers Health Care as an LNA and MA. She is a graduate of Southern Vermont College and is currently Enrolled at Community College of Vermont. She has worked for LRHC for 5 years. Her background has included being an LNA for St Johnsbury Health and Rehab and Rowen Court. When asked about the AgriSafe program Ashley said, “I spent 18+ hours studying and learning about conditions and struggles that farmers and their families face. This was a huge eye opener and only increased my appreciation for all farmers and families, but especially our locals! I look forward to being able to put this education to use!” Liz Henson serves at Little Rivers Health Care as an LNA. She is a Half time student at White Mountain Community College in Littleton working towards a nursing degree. She has been an LNA for over 20 years. She has worked for LRHC for just over a year. She received her LNA license at Glencliff in 1999. She has worked as a patient care technician at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth and in the pediatric ICU. Later she worked at Cottage Hospital as a tech in the Emergency Room. When asked about the AgriSafe program Liz said, “the AgriSafe nurse scholar program was packed with valuable information about rural healthcare and some of the challenges that may be faced when working with the agricultural population.”
May 28, 2020
Learn more about our No Barriers to Care program.
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