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The University of Vermont Health Network is undergoing a significant upgrade to its electronic health record system, which will impact the Network’s patients and providers across Vermont and northern New York.

To better understand these changes, we invited leaders from across the Network to sit down for one-on-one Q+A conversations. This is our conversation with Adam Buckley, MD, chief information officer at The University of Vermont Health Network.

The University of Vermont Health Network is undergoing a significant upgrade to its electronic health record system which will impact the Network’s patients and providers across Vermont and northern New York. To better understand these changes, Neal Goswami of the University of Vermont Medical Center invites leaders from across the Network to sit down for one-on-one Q+A conversations.

The University of Vermont Health Network is embarking on a major upgrade to its electronic health record system. Over the next several years, hospitals in the network will be transitioning to a system called Epic. We'll be chatting with several network leaders about the transition and what it means for patients and providers.

Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States. In Vermont, child neglect and abuse has increased by 60 percent since 2012.

James Metz, MD, talks to us about the signs of child abuse and much more. Dr. Metz is pediatrician at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital and assistant professor at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM.

Have you heard of the inherited heart condition that affects about 1 in 500 people? It’s called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and it causes an enlarged heart, which may result in chest pain, dizziness, and even a sudden cardiac arrest. Here to talk to us about the tiny molecular motors that power the heart, mutations that enhance their function, and UVM research discoveries in this area is David Warshaw, PhD, Professor and Chair of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Vermont.

According to the American Heart Association, about five million Americans are diagnosed with heart valve disease each year.
Harold Dauerman, MD, cardiologist at UVM Medical Center, talks about what heart valve disease is and new treatments for it. Dauerman is a professor at the Larner College of Medicine at UVM.