The University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital is a 341 bed, rural community hospital which is part of a six hospital system with more than 1,000 physicians, 2,000 nurses as well as other clinicians across Vermont and Northern New York.

The Inpatient Pharmacy operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care for patients ranging from neonate to geriatric. The pharmacy utilizes a de-centralized pharmacist model deploying pharmacists to Medical-Surgical and Progressive Care nursing units, the Intensive Care Unit, Peri-Operative Services, and the Emergency Department.

Medication distribution is a hybrid of traditional dispensing and automated delivery cabinets (Pyxis). The pharmacy utilizes an automated carousel (Pharmogistics) for safe medication storage as well as an automated unit dose packaging hardware (Pharmopack).  All medications administered utilize bar code technology.

The Outpatient Pharmacy operates 16 hours a day, 7 days per week to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care for patients ranging from neonate to geriatric. This service focuses on providing medication and medication education required for successful transition from hospital to home. 

The Fitzpatrick Cancer Center Pharmacy prepares all chemotherapeutic agents for both inpatients and outpatients. Our Pharmacist Specialists provide comprehensive care to hematology and oncology patients including dispensing of specialty and investigational medications.

The University of Vermont Health Network - Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital is a learning site for Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, for the Albany, NY, and Colchester, VT campuses as well as D’Youville School of Pharmacy and Campbell University. The Pharmacy Department accommodates as many as twenty IPPE (Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience) and APPE (Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience) students each year, as well as two PGY-1 (Postgraduate Year 1) Pharmacy Practice Residents.