Hartford Hospital has been granted the highly
coveted "Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing
Services" by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center, part of the American Nurses Association.
This award has been given to just over 100 hospitals
in the U.S., and recognizes "excellence in all
aspects of nursing services, from leadership and
management philosophy to the quality of patient
care."
Hartford Hospital, founded in
1854, is an 868 bed/48 bassinet, acute care hospital,
situated on 65 acres of land in the south end of
Hartford Connecticut. It is a major tertiary care
and community health care center, serving a statewide
patient population; has established clinical centers
of excellence in Cancer Care, Cardiac Care, Mental
Health Care, and Women's Health Care; is one of two
centers in the state providing organ transplantation,
and is a major provider of cardiovascular surgery;
is designated as a Level I trauma center and operates
the states' only helicopter transport service; and
is the tertiary care center for a rapidly developing
integrated delivery system. In 1994, The Institute
of Living, a psychiatric hospital founded in 1822,
combined with and became the Mental Health Division
of Hartford Hospital. Hartford Hospital is a member
of the Connecticut Health System, along with MidState
Medical Center and Connecticut Children's Medical
Center. The Hospital and its physicians provide a
wide range of surgical and medical sub-specialty
services at the community, secondary and tertiary
level. These services include Allergy, Cardiology,
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Critical Care Surgery, Dermatology,
Diabetes Care, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology,
Ear/Nose/Throat, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology,
Dentistry, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Hematology,
Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery,
Nuclear Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology
Medicine and Surgery, Ophthalmology, Oral Maxillofacial
Surgery, Orthopedics, Peripheral Vascular Surgery,
Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Pulmonology, Radiation
Therapy, Rheumatology, Transplant Surgery, and Urology.
In addition, a number of services are provided in
the outpatient setting including; laboratory, rehabilitation,
hemodialysis, general medicine, psychiatry, dentistry,
general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, audiology
and speech therapy, endoscopy, cardiology, endocrinology,
urology, infertility, family planning, and HIV services.
Hartford Hospital employs approximately 6,000 people
and has a $515 million operating budget, with 1999
total net exceeding of $400 million. Hartford Hospital
has 45 patient care and support buildings, and approximately
2.1 million occupied square feet of space. It has
a medical staff of 828 physicians. In 1999, the hospital
received 176,000 emergency room visits and admitted
36,023 patients.
