Hartford Hospital

TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND HEALING OF THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, A NATIONAL LEADER IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, SURGERY AND RESEARCH, CARES FOR MORE PATIENTS AND PERFORMS MORE ADVANCED CARDIAC PROCEDURES THAN ANY OTHER CARDIAC PROGRAM IN CONNECTICUT WITH DOCTORS USING THE MOST INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THE VERY BEST, PERSONALIZED CARE FOR PATIENTS. OUR CARDIOLOGISTS CARE FOR YOUR HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS. THEY'RE SKILLED AT DIAGNOSING AND TREATING A WIDE RANGE OF HEART CONDITIONS WITHOUT THE USE OF SURGERY. THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE PROVIDES TREATMENTS TO A WIDE RANGE OF HEART AND VASCULAR CONDITIONS AT ALL OF OUR ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, WHICH INCLUDES HARTFORD HOSPITAL. DEDICATED TO THE CARE OF THE HEART IN ALL ITS COMPLEXITIES, HARTFORD HOSPITAL'S CARDIOLOGY DIVISION OFFERS OUTSTANDING MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CARDIOVASCULAR PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE IN TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.THE DIVISION HAS AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE THE VERY BEST CARE TO OUR CARDIAC PATIENTS WHO NEED CLINICAL SERVICES, ANGIOPLASTY, SURGERY OR OTHER PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS OTHERS WHO WANT TO MAKE THEIR HEARTS HEALTHIER THROUGH PREVENTIVE, PHARMACOLOGICAL OR REHABILITATIVE THERAPY. HEART & VASCULAR SERVICES PROVIDED AT HARTFORD HOSPITAL INCLUDES: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CENTERCARDIOVASCULAR SURGERYCHEST PAIN CENTERCONGESTIVE HEART DISEASE CENTERHEART FAILURE INFUSION PROGRAMHEART FAILURE RESCUE PROGRAMHEART TRANSPLANTATIONLDL-APHERESIS CENTERMINIMALLY INVASIVE MAZE SURGERYMITRAL VALVE REPAIRNUCLEAR CARDIOLOGYPREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGYTRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT (TAVR) PROGRAMVASCULAR LABORATORYVASCULAR SURGERYADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASEABNORMAL HEART RHYTHMSANGINAAORTIC ANEURYSM & DISSECTIONAORTIC DISEASEBROKEN HEART SYNDROMECARDIAC TUMORSCARDIOMYOPATHYCAROTID ARTERY DISEASECHEST PAINCHOLESTEROLCORONARY ARTERY DISEASEDEEP VEIN THROMBOSISENDOCARDITISHEART FAILUREHEART ATTACKHYPERTENSIONMARFAN SYNDROMEMESENTERIC ARTERY DISEASEMITRAL VALVE REPAIRMYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK)MYOCARDITISPALPITATIONSPERICARDITISPERIPHERAL ANEURYSMPERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASEPULMONARY EMBOLISMRENAL ARTERY DISEASESYNCOPETHORACIC OUTLET SYNDROMEVALVULAR HEART DISEASEVEIN THERAPIESWE WERE RECOGNIZED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT(2020-21) FOR BEST REGIONAL HOSPITALS (*RANKED #1 IN HARTFORD METRO AREA) AND RECOGNIZED AS HIGH-PERFORMING IN ORTHOPEDICS, AORTIC VALVE SURGERY, HEART BYPASS SURGERY, HEART FAILURE, COLON CANCER SURGERY, LUNG CANCER SURGERY, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, HIP REPLACEMENT AND KNEE REPLACEMENT.FOR FY21, THERE WERE 50,496 CASES WITH AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY OF 6.1 DAYS.

HARTFORD HEALTHCARE IS CONNECTICUT'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE NETWORK. OUR FULLY INTEGRATED HEALTH SYSTEM INCLUDES A TERTIARY-CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL, AN ACUTE-CARE COMMUNITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, AN ACUTE-CARE HOSPITAL AND TRAUMA CENTER, TWO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS.THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE CANCER INSTITUTE ENCOMPASSES COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTERS AT SEVEN HOSPITALS ACROSS CONNECTICUT HARTFORD HOSPITAL, THE HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT, BACKUS HOSPITAL, MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, WINDHAM HOSPITAL, CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL AND ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER. COLLECTIVELY, THE CANCER PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CANCER INSTITUTE TREAT MORE THAN 5,000 NEW CANCER PATIENTS PER YEAR WHILE CARING FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EXISTING PATIENTS, OFFERING A FULL RANGE OF INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED AND PERSONALIZED TREATMENTS DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PATIENT. OUR INNOVATIVE INSTITUTE APPROACH IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN THE STATE AND IS AMONG THE MOST HIGHLY REGARDED IN THE NATION. THROUGH OUR INSTITUTE, WHICH IS ORGANIZED AROUND A SPECIFIC DISEASE AND NOT NECESSARILY LOCATION, WE CAN APPLY BEST PRACTICES THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM SO THAT PATIENTS RECEIVE THE SAME HIGH STANDARDS OF CARE NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE OR WHICH HARTFORD HEALTHCARE CANCER CENTER THEY CHOOSE. FOR ALL OF OUR PATIENTS, A DEDICATED TEAM OF ONCOLOGISTS, SURGEONS, RADIOLOGISTS, PATHOLOGISTS, NURSES, CLINICAL RESEARCHERS, TECHNICIANS AND OTHERS COLLABORATE TO PROVIDE THE EXACT COURSE OF CARE THEY NEED. THE INSTITUTE'S MULTIDISCIPLINARY DISEASE MANAGEMENT TEAMS MEET AND COLLABORATE REGULARLY TO LEND EXPERTISE AND INSIGHT ON NUMEROUS CANCER TYPES, TRANSLATING INTO EXCEPTIONAL COORDINATED CARE. THE INSTITUTE'S ACCOMPLISHED, FELLOWSHIP-TRAINED PHYSICIANS ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATED CARE IN AREAS SUCH AS RADIATION ONCOLOGY, MEDICAL ONCOLOGY AND SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. PATIENTS ARE ALSO CARED FOR IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT EMPHASIZES COMPASSION AND PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, WITH A TEAM OF TRAINED NURSE NAVIGATORS WHO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, FROM DIAGNOSIS TO RECOVERY. THE INSTITUTE ALSO BOASTS A THRIVING SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAM. IN 2013, THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE CANCER INSTITUTE BECAME THE FIRST COMMUNITY-BASED CANCER PROGRAM TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER ALLIANCE, ESTABLISHING A RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OF THE WORLD'S PREMIER CANCER CENTERS. THE INSTITUTE'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE ALLIANCE PROVIDES PATIENTS IN CONNECTICUT ACCESS TO THE MOST ADVANCED, LEADING-EDGE TREATMENTS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE. IN 2017, THE INSTITUTE WAS ACCREDITED AS A NETWORK BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS COMMISSION ON CANCER, ONE OF A SELECT FEW INSTITUTES NATIONWIDE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A SYSTEM, RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL CANCER CENTERS. FOR PATIENTS COMING THROUGH OUR DOORS WITH A CANCER DIAGNOSIS, THAT MEANS THREE THINGS: STANDARDIZED CARE, MORE OPTIONS AND MORE HOPE.MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AFTER THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE CANCER INSTITUTE BECAME THE CHARTER MEMBER OF THE MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING (MSK) CANCER ALLIANCE, CANCER PATIENTS NOW HAVE UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED CLINICAL TRIALS. AND MORE THAN EVER BEFORE, PHYSICIANS, NURSES, PHARMACISTS AND RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO IMPLEMENT CANCER TREATMENT STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS DEVELOPED AT MSK, THE PREMIER CANCER TREATMENT CENTER IN THE COUNTRY. THIS DISTINCTIVE CANCER CARE AND CLINICAL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP MEANS THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE CANCER INSTITUTE BRINGS THE MOST INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED CANCER CARE DIRECTLY INTO COMMUNITY SETTINGS.DURING FY21, THE INSTITUTE WAS AGAIN IMPACTED BY COVID-19 AND THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED. FOR FY21, THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF CASES WAS AS FOLLOWS:HARTFORD HOSPITAL 2,964HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 1,190BACKUS HOSPITAL 834MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 594WINDHAM HOSPITAL 147CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL - 314ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER 645THE FIVE MOST COMMON TYPES OF CANCER DIAGNOSED BY TEAMS OF SPECIALISTS AT THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE CANCER INSTITUTE ARE CANCERS OF THE BLADDER, BREAST, COLON, LUNG AND PROSTATE. EACH PATIENT HAS A UNIQUE SCENARIO REQUIRING A PERSONALIZED PLAN.APPROXIMATELY 1,641 BREAST CANCER CASES WERE TREATED ACROSS THE SYSTEM AS FOLLOWS:HARTFORD HOSPITAL 625HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 294BACKUS HOSPITAL 226MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 199WINDHAM HOSPITAL 54CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL 61ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER 182APPROXIMATELY 836 LUNG CANCER CASES WERE TREATED ACROSS THE SYSTEM AS FOLLOWS:HARTFORD HOSPITAL 341HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 184BACKUS HOSPITAL 127MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 65WINDHAM HOSPITAL 17CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL 25ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER 77APPROXIMATELY 837 PROSTATE CANCER CASES WERE TREATED ACROSS THE SYSTEM AS FOLLOWS:HARTFORD HOSPITAL 395HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 119BACKUS HOSPITAL 101MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 86WINDHAM HOSPITAL 1CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL 64ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER 71 APPROXIMATELY 387 BLADDER CANCER CASES WERE TREATED ACROSS THE SYSTEM AS FOLLOWS:HARTFORD HOSPITAL 131HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 66BACKUS HOSPITAL 66MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 50 WINDHAM HOSPITAL 10 CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL 30ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER 34APPROXIMATELY 334 COLON CANCER CASES WERE TREATED ACROSS THE SYSTEM AS FOLLOWS:HARTFORD HOSPITAL 148HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 53 BACKUS HOSPITAL 38MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER 29WINDHAM HOSPITAL 13CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL 15ST VINCENT'S MEDICAL CENTER 38TODAY, HARTFORD HEALTHCARE IS CREATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR HEALTHCARE IN CONNECTICUT AND BEYOND. WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF CAREGIVERS ENGAGED IN DEVELOPING A COORDINATED, CONSISTENT HIGH STANDARD OF CARE. WE USE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AS PARTNERS IN CARE DELIVERY. WE CREATE AND ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL ALLIANCES TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO SERVICES. WE INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING TO DEVELOP NEW PATHWAYS TO IMPROVE THE TIMELINESS, EFFICIENCY AND ACCURACY OF OUR SERVICES.

AT HARTFORD HEALTHCARE'S AYER NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE, THE CONCEPT OF A SECOND OPINION IS TAKEN TO A NEW LEVEL. EACH WEEK, ALL OUR SPECIALISTS, NEUROLOGISTS, NEUROSURGEONS, NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS, NEUROINTENSIVISTS, AND NEURO-CRITICAL CARE NURSES MEET TO REVIEW EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE. TOGETHER, THEY POOL THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO GIVE OUR PATIENTS THE MOST ADVANCED TREATMENT PLAN POSSIBLE. WE ARE THE ONLY SYSTEM IN THE REGION THAT OPERATES THIS WAY. WE ALSO HAVE THE REGION'S ONLY NEUROLOGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.MORE THAN FIFTY MILLION AMERICANS WILL EXPERIENCE A DISORDER OF THE BRAIN OR NERVOUS SYSTEM EACH YEAR. COMMON DISORDERS INCLUDE STROKE, BRAIN TUMORS, MEMORY DISORDERS, SLEEP DISORDERS, MOVEMENT DISORDERS, CHRONIC HEADACHES, SPINAL CORD INJURIES, SEVERE BACK AND NECK PAIN, SEIZURES, AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE. THE HHC NEUROSCIENCE CENTER OFFERS A UNIQUE INTEGRATION BETWEEN NEUROLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROSURGERY, TO GIVE PATIENTS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO TREATING AND/OR MANAGING THEIR SYMPTOMS AND LIVING A HEALTHIER, MORE BALANCED LIFE. THE INSTITUTE OFFER AN INTEGRATED, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CARE, COUPLED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES THAT ENABLE US TO PROVIDE EVERY PATIENT THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME. OUR PHYSICIANS PRACTICE SOME OF THE MOST ADVANCED TREATMENTS AVAILABLE IN THE NATION, INCLUDING MINIMALLY INVASIVE BRAIN AND SPINE SURGERY, AT-HOME SEIZURE MONITORING AND PAIN MANAGEMENT.CONDITIONS TREATED AT THE INSTITUTE INCLUDE: HEADACHES; EPILEPSY; STROKE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; HEARING LOSS AND MORE. THE INSTITUTE IS MADE UP OF DEPARTMENTS THAT PROVIDE THESE SERVICES TO OUR PATIENTS AT ITS VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT INCLUDE HARTFORD HOSPITAL. OUR DEPARTMENTS INCLUDE: EPILEPSY CENTER; HEADACHE CENTER; HEARING AND BALANCE CENTER; MEMORY CARE CENTER; CHASE FAMILY MOVEMENT DISORDER CENTER, AMONG OTHERS. DURING FY21, HARTFORD HOSPITAL TREATED 28,322 VISITS ACROSS ITS VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE GREATER HARTFORD REGION.

HARTFORD HOSPITAL, FOUNDED IN 1854, IS ONE OF THE LARGEST TEACHING HOSPITALS AND TERTIARY CARE CENTERS IN NEW ENGLAND WITH PERHAPS THE REGION'S BUSIEST SURGERY PRACTICE AND HAS BEEN TRAINING PHYSICIANS FOR OVER 160 YEARS. IT IS A MEMBER OF HARTFORD HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, A LARGE, DIVERSIFIED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.THE HOSPITAL IS A REGIONAL REFERRAL CENTER THAT PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY CARE IN ALL CLINICAL DISCIPLINES. AMONG ITS DIVISIONS IS THE INSTITUTE OF LIVING, A 114-BED MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY WITH A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION OF EXCELLENCE. JEFFERSON HOUSE, A 104-BED LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY, IS ALSO PART OF HARTFORD HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITAL'S ACTIVE MEDICAL STAFF INCLUDES MORE THAN 1,000 PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS WITHIN 18 DEPARTMENTS. IT IS AN 867-BED HOSPITAL OCCUPYING A 65-ACRE CAMPUS IN DOWNTOWN HARTFORD AND OPERATING SATELLITE FACILITIES IN AVON, BLOOMFIELD, CHESHIRE, ENFIELD, FARMINGTON, GLASTONBURY, GRANBY, MANCHESTER, MERIDEN, NEWINGTON, PROSPECT, SOUTH WINDSOR, VERNON, WALLINGFORD, WEST HARTFORD, WETHERSFIELD AND WINDSOR.IN ADDITION TO ABOVE, THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES SERVICES/PROGRAMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:BARIATRICSBEHAVIORAL & MENTAL HEALTHBONE & JOINT INSTITUTECANCER CARECARDIOLOGY & HEART CARECEDAR MOUNTAIN COMMONSCENTER FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTHCRITICAL CARECYSTIC FIBROSIS CENTERDENTALDIABETESEMERGENCY SERVICESEYE CAREEYE SURGERYGASTROENTEROLOGYHEADACHE CENTERHEARING & BALANCEHERNIASIMAGING SERVICESINTEGRATIVE MEDICINEJEFFERSON HOUSELIFE STARLIVER & HEPATOLOGYLUNG & PULMONARYMEDICAL WEIGHT LOSSMINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERYMOVEMENT DISORDERS CENTERNEUROSCIENCESPALLIATIVE CAREPAIN TREATMENTPEDIATRICSPHYSICAL REHABILITATIONPRIMARY CARE & FAMILY MEDICINEROBOTIC SURGERYSENIOR SERVICESSLEEP DISORDERSSPINE CARESTROKESURGICAL WEIGHT LOSSTHORACIC SURGERYTRANSPLANT SERVICESTRAUMATOLOGYUROLOGY & KIDNEYVASCULARWOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICESWOUND CAREWEIGHT LOSS