Randolph Health history

1947 – Fundraising is launched for the construction of a new wing.

1952 – Ground is broken for the new north wing.

The last class of nurses to graduate from Gifford was in 1955.

1977 – Gifford opens New England’s first hospital-based Birthing Room, later renamed the Birthing Center.

1991 – Embracing the role as a complete health care resource for all 18 towns of The White River Valley, Gifford Memorial Hospital becomes Gifford Medical Center.

1999 – Gifford begins an adult day care program at the Menig Extended Care Facility.

2001 – Gifford becomes the second hospital in the state to be named a Critical Access Hospital, a national designation offering increased federal support through higher Medicare reimbursements for rural hospitals with 25 beds.

2002 – A new Robin’s Nest Child Enrichment Center opens.

2003 – The hospital hires its first chaplain, who works with Gifford’s team of chaplaincy volunteers.

2004 – Implementation of a fully integrated information system is co mpleted, allowing increased electronic documentation and access to inpatient records.

2005 – The Sharon Health Center and Sports Medicine Clinic is built on Route 14 in Sharon.

2006 – Gifford welcomes its first hospitalist.

2007 – The Kingwood Health Center opens on Route 66.

2008 – The Sharon Health Center expansion opens to patients and the Sports Medicine Clinic team expands.

2009 – A new Family Center space is created for birthing classes and more.

2011 – Gifford is named a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in the nation.

2012 – Menig is named one of the nation’s best 39 nursing homes by United States News and World Report.

2013 – After Senator Bernie Sanders confirms Gifford’s designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Gifford creates a new parent corporation – Gifford Health Care.

2014 – A 2,600-square-foot addition to the Sharon Health Center opens.

2015 – Gifford announces it has met its state approved operating margin for the 16th consecutive year.

2016 – Gifford is one of four Vermont health centers to receive Affordable Care Act funding to treat substance abuse, especially people addicted to opioids.

2018 – Gifford partners with HealthHUB to bring their mobile dental hygiene unit to Gifford’s Randolph campus.

2019 – Two outlying buildings, located at 2 and 4 Maple Street, at the main Randolph campus are demolished and the foundations backfilled to create green space on the north end of campus.