Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Connecticut Children's Medical Center is a pediatric acute care hospital located in Hartford, Connecticut. The hospital has 185 beds[1] and is the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.[2] The hospital provides comprehensive pediatric specialties and subspecialties to pediatric patients aged 0–21[3][4] throughout Connecticut and the New England region, but also treats some adults that would be better treated under pediatricians.[5] Connecticut Children's Medical Center also features the only level 1 pediatric trauma center in the region, and 1 of 2 in the state.[6] The hospital is also 1 of 2 children's hospital in the state of Connecticut.[7]

Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Organisation
FundingNon-profit hospital
Affiliated universityUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentLevel 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
Beds185
Links
WebsiteConnecticut Children's

About

The hospital serves more than 15,000 children in primary care services, 55,000 in emergency care services, and 6000 in surgical services annually. The hospital also provides intensive care for children suffering traumatic injury or illness and neonatal care for children born premature or critically ill. The main campus is located on Washington Street in Hartford, directly adjacent to the main campus of Hartford Hospital. Other locations include Waterbury, Farmington, Glastonbury, and Shelton, all in Connecticut.[8]

The main hospital has 187 inpatient beds.[9]

History

Connecticut Children's Medical Center was founded as the Newington Home for Incurables in Newington, CT in 1898 by the Connecticut Children's Aid Society. It eventually was expanded and renamed the Newington Children's Hospital in 1968, and in 1986 signed an agreement with Hartford Hospital to open a new children's hospital in Hartford. The University of Connecticut also agreed to move its pediatric medicine and residency program to the new hospital. On March 30, 1996, pediatric patients from the Newington Children's Hospital, Hartford Hospital, the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT were relocated to the newly opened Connecticut Children's Medical Center.[10] The grand opening ceremonies were held on April 2, 1996.[11][12]

Awards

The Connecticut Children's Medical Center has been recognized as one of the leading pediatric hospitals in the United States by the 2019 Women's Choice Award for Best Children's Hospitals.[13][14]

Connecticut Children's Medical Center is nationally ranked in 4 pediatric specialties including #34 in neonatalogy, #46 in cardiology and heart surgery, #43 in diabetes and endocrinology, and #16 in urology.[15][16]

See also

References
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  2. "Affiliated Hospitals/Clinical Sites | School of Medicine". University of Connecticut School of Medicine. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  3. "Your Child's Checkup: 21 Years". Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  4. "What's a Teaching Hospital?". Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  5. "Young Adult Lounge Opens at Connecticut Children's". Teen Cancer America. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
  6. "Trauma Centers". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  7. "Children's Hospital Directory". www.childrenshospitals.org. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2010-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "About Connecticut Children's Medical Center - Hospital For Children CT".
  10. Writer, JOHN M. MORAN; Courant Staff. "CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL REUNION A BITTERSWEET AFFAIR". courant.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2010-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. Writer, JANE E. DEE; Courant Staff. "HARTFORD HOSPITAL BUYS FORMER NEWINGTON CHILDREN'S FACILITY". courant.com. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  13. "10 Best Children's Hospitals In The U.S. in 2019 - Womens Choice Award".
  14. "Women's Choice Award: Best Children's Hospitals 2019". www.beckershospitalreview.com.
  15. "US News & World Report: Two Connecticut children's hospitals receive high rankings". WTNH.com. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  16. "Best Children's Hospitals: Connecticut Children's Medical Center". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 3 April 2020.



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