Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Social Media: Connect With Fletcher Allen
Fletcher Allen recognizes that our patients, their families, and members of our community use social media. We believe in actively participating in those conversations to answer your questions, provide assistance, discuss health and wellness topics, share the expertise of our team, and raise awareness of the high quality academic care, leading edge research, and programs we provide to the community.
We invite you to join the conversation – and we look forward to talking and sharing with you!
Where Can You Find Us ?
Facebook - Where we introduce you to the people who make Fletcher Allen the high quality, community-focused organization that it is. We share the stories of our people, news, health and wellness tips, upcoming events, hospital services, and photos and videos. We encourage two-way conversation with our community.
Twitter — Where we share news, links, health tips, photos, videos, events, and the latest research information. We also use Twitter to share information from our events, so if you can’t make it in person, you may follow along on Twitter to learn with us virtually. Tweet us!
Blog (Wordpress) — Where our clinical and administrative staff share their expertise on a variety of healthcare topics – always with you in mind. Our CEO John Brumsted, MD, also blogs about his reflections as a physician CEO, and how Fletcher Allen serves patients, community, and medicine.
YouTube — Where we share inspiring and informational videos on the health topics you care about most, from “First With Kids” with pediatrician Lewis First, MD, to matters of the heart with our Cardiology team – and much more.
LinkedIn —
Where we share career opportunities in all areas of patient care, research, hospital administration, and operations. We also share career insights from our current staff and thought leadership from our senior leaders as well as organization news.
Google+ —
Where we create community with other health, medical, and academic organizations – and you. We share organization news, health news and research, and engage in various patient communities.
Pinterest —Where we share inspiring ideas for healthy living, including children's health, nutrition, wellness, women's health, medical topics and more.
Instagram —Where we share "pictures of health," including photos of healthy foods and activities, as well as imagery from around our medical centers and facilities, including artwork and more.
Fletcher Allen Social Media Disclaimer
Fletcher Allen’s participation in social media (Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, and YouTube) is to provide information for educational purposes only.
Social media should not be used for confidential personal medical issues or advice. The information provided should in no way be taken to be the provision or practice of medical, nursing or health care diagnosis, advice or be considered a substitute for a call, visit, consultation or advice from your physician or other health care providers.
The fact that someone has posted information on our site does not mean that we have evaluated it or that we endorse or recommend it.
If you have specific health-related questions or a health problem, please call your physician or other health care provider. Find a Fletcher Allen-affiliated doctor at provider.fletcherallen.org.
Except for information, products or services clearly identified as being supplied by Fletcher Allen, Fletcher Allen does not operate, control or endorse in any way information, products, services or comments posted by third parties on this website.
Fletcher Allen Facebook and User-Generated Content
By viewing or posting comments, links or other information on any of Fletcher Allen’s social media channels, you agree to:
- Not post personal medical information.
- Be respectful of others.
- Not use language that discriminates based on race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, etc.
- Not post anything that is obscene, abusive, libelous, threatening or otherwise illegal.
- Not impersonate any other person or allow another person to use your identity to post or view comments.
- Not post advertisements, business solicitations or spam.
- Not post materials that are copyrighted or trademarked.
- Post comments that are appropriate and relevant.
All comments and other posts are subject to review by Fletcher Allen. Those that do not abide by these policies will be removed.
As a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization, Fletcher Allen Health Care cannot participate in political campaigns. Under the law, our actions cannot be interpreted as intervening in political campaigns in any way and, therefore, must prohibit all postings related to campaign activities. Fletcher Allen neither supports nor opposes any candidate for public office.
Share Your Opinion
Fletcher Allen welcomes your questions and comments about privacy. Please feel free to send us an email at socialmedia@vtmednet.org.
