Immunization & Health Care Professionals

Twenty-five primary care practices in Vermont are being recognized by the Vermont Department of Health for high child or teen immunization rates in 2018. To receive recognition, at least 90 percent of child patients must be up to date with their immunizations for 11 vaccine-preventable diseases including measles, mumps and whooping cough. At least 80 percent of teen patients must be vaccinated to prevent meningitis and cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). To be eligible for consideration, providers must have at least 20 teen or child-age patients. The full list of practices receiving recognition is below.

Child & Teen Immunization Rates

• Green Mountain Pediatrics (Bennington)
• Hagan, Rinehart & Connolly Pediatricians (Burlington)
• Richmond Family Medicine
• Gifford Pediatrics (Randolph)

Child Immunization Rates

• Brattleboro Primary Care - Pediatrics
• Essex Pediatrics
• Evergreen Family Health (Williston)
• Family Practice Associates (Cambridge)
• Joseph Nasca, MD (Milton)
• North Country Pediatrics (Newport)
• Northwestern Pediatrics Enosburg
• Pediatric Medicine (South Burlington)
• Rainbow Pediatrics (Middlebury)
• Richmond Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine
• Rebecca Collman, MD (Colchester)
• St. Albans Primary Care
• St. Johnsbury Pediatrics - Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
• Timber Lane Pediatrics North (Burlington)
• University of Vermont Health Network CVMC Family Medicine - Waterbury
• University of Vermont Medical Center Family Medicine - Colchester
• University of Vermont Medical Center Family Medicine - Hinesburg
• University of Vermont Medical Center Family Medicine - Milton
• University of Vermont Medical Center Family Medicine - South Burlington
• Upper Valley Pediatrics Thetford

Teen Immunization Rates

• Little Rivers Health Care Bradford

The Vermont Department of Health is proud to announce that Gifford Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine in Randolph has been selected as the 2018 HPV Is Cancer Prevention Champion for Vermont. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) have partnered to create this award program to recognize clinicians, clinics, practices, groups and health systems that work to foster HPV vaccination among adolescents in their community.

The Gifford Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine team first began implementing an HPV Quality Improvement project in 2016. The project, led by Pediatric Nurse Manager Danielle Davis, was a success and the strategies continue today. The goals of the project were to:

1. increase HPV vaccination rates by 10 percent;
2. increase initiation (first dose) of HPV vaccination rates by 10 percent;
3. screen all adolescents at every clinic visit; and
4. implement an office system to assist with identifying patients due for HPV vaccination.

Since initiating the project, the team has achieved a 30 percent increase in the HPV vaccine series completion rate for the patient population aged 13-17 from 51.8 percent to 81 percent. The team achieved a 81.4 percent completion rate for the patient population aged 13-15, surpassing the Healthy Vermonters 2020 goal of 80 percent coverage. Congratulations!

To read Gifford Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine’s profile on the CDC’s website and to learn more about HPV Vaccine Is Cancer Prevention Champion Award program, please visit https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/champions/index.html.