Stamford Hospital
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Place | Stamford, Connecticut (? country) |
| Organisation | |
| Care System/Type | Unknown |
| Affiliated Med.Sch. | NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System in conjunction with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Level II |
| Beds | 305 |
| Speciality | Community hospital |
| History | |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Links | |
| Website | Homepage |
| See also | |
Stamford Hospital is a private, nonprofit, community and teaching hospital in Stamford, Connecticut, with 440 affiliated doctors.
The hospital has 305 inpatient beds in medicine, surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, and medical and surgical critical care units.
As of 2005, Stamford Hospital had a total of 2,254 employees.[1]
The hospital operates the Tandet Center, a nursing home next door to the main building. Sixty-five workers at the Tandet Center and another 100 at the hospital are represented by the New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union.
The hospital provides care with no deductible for workers who use the hospital's own services.
Brian Grissler is president of the hospital.
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[edit] Cardiology services
The hospital's 32-bed Cardiology Department expanded its services in August 2005 when the hospital began offering emergency angioplasty. By early 2007, the hospital will be able to perform open heart surgery and elective angioplasty. The Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Cardiology Unit recently opened, a 24-bed unit that gives "more accute cardiac patients (care) in a warmer, more home-like environment," according to the hospital. The unit will include eight beds for patients who need additional specialized care.[2]
[edit] Tully Health Center
The full, official name of the center at 32 Strawberry Hill Ave. is "Daniel P. & Grace I. Tully & Family Health Center" after the Tully family who made a significant donation to The Campaign for Stamford Hospital. The Center opened in the spring of 2002 and includes diagnostic imaging services, ambulatory surgery, the Women's Breast Center, the Heart Institute, the Professional Pharmacy, the Southern Connecticut Vascular Center, the Immediate Care Center and the Health & Fitness Institute.[2]
[edit] Other locations
- At 26 Palmer's Hill Road, the hospital has the Rehab Center, the Children's Health Center, adult day services and Skill Source.[2]
- In June 2006 the hospital announced the opening of the Darien Imaging Center to provide outpatient radiology services at 6 Thorndal Circle.
[edit] Alliances and partnerships
- NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
- The hospital is a major teaching affiliate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons for teaching programs in internal medicine, family practice, psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology and surgery.
- The Planetree Alliance, a group of hospitals nationwide focused on patient-centered care.
[edit] History
The hospital opened with 30 beds on May 7, 1896 in a mansion on East Main Street, just west of the railroad bridge.[3]
John Clasen, a farmer and former state legislator, town assessor and school board member, gave the initial funding for the hospital by selling some of his property. Clasen got the idea to start a hospital from his friend and attorney, Edwin L. Scofield (later the second mayor of Stamford) when Clasen consulted him about how he might contribute funds to some public cause. Clasen raised about $45,000 from the sale of the property.[3]
Clasen's only conditions for the money were that the new institution would be named Stamford Hospital, be nonsectarian andnot discriminate in receiving patients.[3]
[edit] See also
- List of hospitals in Connecticut
- Greenwich Hospital is in neighboring Greenwich, Connecticut.
- Norwalk Hospital is in Norwalk, Connecticut, on the other side of Darien.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 2006 Book of Business Lists, Facts and People published by The Fairfield County Business Journal and The Westchester County Business Journal of Westfair Communications Inc., White Plains, N.Y., early 2006, "Fairfield Hospitals" list, page 57
- ^ a b c "Stamford Hospital is the hospital with a heart," by Nancy Robinson, article in Healthy Connections advertising supplement to The Advocate of Stamford and Greenwich Time, page 10July 30, 2006
- ^ a b c [1]Stamford Hospital Web site, Web page titled, "About Stamford Hosptial: History" Excerpted from: The Story of Stamford Hospital 1896-1971 by Mary Updegraff; publisher, Stamford Hospital, 1971; accessed August 23, 2006
[edit] External links
- Stamford Hospital Web page
- District 1199, SEIU, a union representing some employees
- Connecticut Department of Public Health
- Hospital Performance Comparisons a report released in February 2006 by the state Department of Health
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