Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

TO PROVIDE QUALITY, COMPASSIONATE AND COST EFFECTIVE HEALTHCARE TO THE COMMUNITY OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL (CHH) OFFERS A VARIETY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR ADULTS, ADOLESCENTS, CHILDREN, AND FAMILIES.THE ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (BHC) AT CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL (CHH) PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO ADULTS AGES 18 YEARS AND OLDER AND THEIR FAMILIES BASED ON INDIVIDUAL NEED AND STAGE OF RECOVERY. TREATMENT CAN INCLUDE MEDICATION SERVICES, AS WELL AS GROUP, INDIVIDUAL, COUPLES, AND FAMILY THERAPY. TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS INCLUDE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT), DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT), MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT, MEDICATION EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT, AND RELAPSE PREVENTION. OUR GOALS TO MANAGE PSYCHIATRIC, BEHAVIORAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SUBSTANCE USE SYMPTOMS INCLUDING:ASSIST IN DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL COPING AND STRESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS.PROVIDE MEDICATION EVALUATION AND MONITORING AS NEEDED.ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION TO AND FROM HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE, SUCH AS PARTIAL HOSPITAL AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS.HELP IN DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION, LEISURE, AND RELATIONAL SKILLS TO IMPROVE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE AND FUNCTIONING. THE HOSPITAL'S OUTSTANDING SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM CATERS TO THE TREATMENT OF TEENAGE AND ADOLESCENT. OUR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS TREAT PSYCHIATRIC, BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS. CHH'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS OFFER AN INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES A CONFIDENTIAL, HIGHLY STRUCTURED, INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL OF CARE BETWEEN INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT PROGRAMS.THE ADOLESCENT PARTIAL HOSPITAL PROGRAM (PHP) IS A HIGHLY-STRUCTURED, INTENSIVE GROUP PROGRAM THAT OFFERS TREATMENT TO ADOLESCENT'S AGES 13 TO 18 SEEKING HELP WITH ACUTE EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS. THE PROGRAM OFFERS TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH PSYCHIATRIC AND CO-OCCURRING PSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS. OUR STAFF UTILIZES EVIDENCED BASED TREATMENT APPROACHES INCLUDING: GROUP THERAPY, INDIVIDUAL THERAPY (AS NEEDED), DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (DBT), COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT), MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY, SOLUTIONS FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY, ART THERAPY AND NARRATIVE THERAPY.TOGETHER WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE PARENTS/GUARDIANS, WE DEVELOP AN INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLAN TO ADDRESS THEIR UNIQUE AREAS OF CONCERN, WHICH CAN HELP MANAGE PSYCHIATRIC, BEHAVIORAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SUBSTANCE USE SYMPTOMS.THE CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES IS A CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER AND PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE THAT ASSISTS CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH EMOTIONAL, BEHAVIORAL, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND FAMILY DIFFICULTIES. THE CENTER'S APPROACH IS WIDE-RANGING, BEGINNING WITH A THOROUGH AND SENSITIVE EVALUATION OF THE "WHOLE" CHILD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FAMILY, SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY. TO FURTHER THIS UNDERSTANDING, THE CENTER STAFF WORK CLOSELY WITH SCHOOLS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, LOCAL AREA PEDIATRICIANS AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROVIDERS. THE CENTER'S INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM INCLUDES PROFESSIONALS FROM THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES:LICENSED THERAPISTSCHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRISTADVANCED PRACTICE NURSESTUDENT INTERNS FROM THE ABOVE AREAS OF STUDYDURING FY21, CHH PROVIDED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 536 INPATIENTS WITH AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY OF 8.14 DAYS. THE DEPARTMENT HAD 47 PROVIDERS AND SAW 6,157 INPATIENT DAYS. THE DEPARTMENT HAD APPROXIMATELY 35,536 OUTPATIENT VISITS AND SAW APPROXIMATELY 3,237 PATIENTS. THE CHH CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES HAS BEEN AN ACCREDITED MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE SINCE 1999 AND SERVICES CHILDREN AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT.

OUR AFFILIATED GASTROENTEROLOGISTS ARE BOARD-CERTIFIED AND PERFORM ALL MAJOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES INCLUDING COLONOSCOPY, EGD, GRCP AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY.PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY SERVICES AT CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL SUCH AS LIVER CIRRHOSIS TREATMENT AND TREATMENT OF JAUNDICE PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT DISORDERS OF THE COLON, INTESTINES, GALL BLADDER, LIVER, PANCREAS AND ESOPHAGUS, AND STOMACH.AMONG THE MOST FREQUENT GASTROENTEROLOGY SERVICES AND GASTROENTEROLOGICAL DISEASE CONDITIONS THEY TREAT AND DIAGNOSE ARE THE FOLLOWING:CANCERS OF THE COLON AND RECTUM, ESOPHAGUS, GALLBLADDER, PANCREASCIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVERCROHN'S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITISJAUNDICEDIVERTICULOSIS AND DIVERTICULITISGALL STONESGASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND BARRETT'S ESOPHAGUSHEPATITIS, ACUTE AND CHRONICHIATAL HERNIAIRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROMELACTOSE INTOLERANCEPANCREATITISPEPTIC ULCERCOLONOSCOPIES UTILIZING ADVANCED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY CAN BE PERFORMED AS AN OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE AT CHH. EVERY ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS PAID BY OUR STAFF TO ENSURE THAT OUR GASTROENTEROLOGY SERVICES PATIENTS HAVE A SAFE, COMFORTABLE SCREENING PROCEDURE AS PART OF OUR COLON CANCER PREVENTION EFFORT. IN ADDITION, RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION THERAPY TO DESTROY PRE-CANCEROUS TISSUE OF THE ESOPHAGUS IS ONE OF THE NEWER OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES PERFORMED AT CHH. DURING FY21, THE DEPARTMENT WAS MADE UP OF 8 ENDOSCOPISTS AND 1 SURGEON. THERE WERE 894 CASES AND 759 PATIENTS DURING THE YEAR.

HARTFORD HEALTHCARE CORPORATION (HHC) IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN HEART DISEASE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, SURGERY AND RESEARCH. AS A PATIENT OR FAMILY MEMBER, THERE ARE MANY REASONS TO CHOOSE THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE. WHETHER YOU ENTER OUR SYSTEM THROUGH ONE OF OUR BOARD-CERTIFIED CARDIOLOGIST IN AN OUTPATIENT SETTING, IN AN EMERGENCY BY WAY OF LIFE STAR HELICOPTER, OR AT ONE OF OUR SEVEN HOSPITALS, INCLUDING A TERTIARY CARE LEVEL TEACHING HOSPITAL, WE PROVIDE THE COORDINATED, EVIDENCE-BASED CARE THAT YOU NEED TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET AGAIN. CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL (CHH) IS ONE OF THE SEVEN HOSPITALS IN THE HHC SYSTEM. CHH PROVIDES HEART & VASCULAR SERVICES TO PATIENTS IN THE NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT REGION.THE HARTFORD HEALTHCARE HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE OFFERS THE LATEST IN HIGH-TECH TREATMENTS SUCH AS ROBOTIC SURGERY AND THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES IN A COMFORTABLE AND CARING SETTING:CLINICAL CARDIOLOGYA CARDIOLOGIST IS YOUR FIRST STOP FOR A SPECIALIST WHO TREATS A FULL RANGE OF HEART ISSUES, FROM AORTIC DISEASE TO A HEART ATTACK.. OUR CARDIOLOGISTS TREAT COMMON HEART PROBLEMS LIKE ANGINA, AND ALSO HELP STABILIZE HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. WE ALSO PERFORM THE MOST CARDIAC SURGERIES IN CONNECTICUT.ELECTROPHYSIOLOGYTHE AVERAGE HUMAN HEART BEATS ABOUT 100,000 TIMES A DAY, PUMPING ALMOST 2,000 GALLONS OF BLOOD THROUGH THE BODY. WE TREAT IRREGULARITIES OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE HEART RATE AND RHYTHM, WHETHER WITH A NONSURGICAL PROCEDURE (CATHETER ABLATION), HEAT ABLATION OR CRYOABLATION. WE ALSO IMPLANT, PROGRAM AND MONITOR PACEMAKERS, CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS AND LOOP RECORDERS.CENTER FOR ADVANCED HEART FAILURE & PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASETHE HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE'S CENTER FOR ADVANCED HEART FAILURE & PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE HAS DEVELOPED EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCES TO HELP PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED HEART FAILURE, WHETHER IT'S WITH LIFE-SUPPORT ECMO (EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION) TECHNOLOGY DURING CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY FAILURE, HEART PUMPS THAT RESTORE NORMAL BLOOD FLOW OR A HEART TRANSPLANT.INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGYAN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST TREATS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH PROCEDURES THAT USE A CATHETER, LIKE ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING. THE HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE'S CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION PROGRAM, WITH MORE THAN 4,500 PROCEDURES EACH YEAR, RANKS AMONG THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL IN THE NORTHEAST.OTHER SERVICES INCLUDE: PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HEART DISEASE PROGRAM; VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; AND WOMEN'S HEART WELLNESS PROGRAMRESIDENTS IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT HAVE EASY ACCESS TO HIGHLY TRAINED AND EDUCATED CARDIOLOGY EXPERTS. CHH'S HEART & VASCULAR DEPARTMENT HAD APPROXIMATELY 19,360 VISITS WITH AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY OF 3.5 DAYS DURING FY21.