Hartford HealthCare
Hartford HealthCare was named by Connecticut Magazine as a great company to work for.
The system’s “A” rating and “stable” outlook were affirmed by the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) bond-rating agency.
Established Hartford HealthCare Neuroscience Institute, Heart & Vascular Institute, and Bone & Joint Institute to standardize and streamline patient care across the system by bringing together specialists and increasing collaboration and care coordination.
Established the Hartford HealthCare Headache Center, led by Dr. Brian Grosberg, a world-renowned neurologist specializing in headache treatment. The Headache Center was awarded the first-ever Migraine Research Foundation “Impact” Award, a $250,000 grant designed to fund leading-edge research on status migrainosus, a severe form of migraine that lasts longer than three days.
For patient convenience and to reduce costs, opened the Hartford HealthCare Community Pharmacy at Hartford Hospital to provide full prescription services for inpatients and those using ambulatory services.
Implemented the Epic electronic medical record system at several member organizations, including Hartford HealthCare Medical Group, MidState Medical Center, Hartford Hospital and Windham Hospital with further implementations upcoming at The Hospital of Central Connecticut and Backus Hospital.
Appointed Dr. Peter Paul Yu, a national leader in cancer education and research, as the first physician-in-chief of the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute. Dr. Yu was director of cancer research for the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California. He is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center and has served as director of health informatics for the MSK Cancer Alliance, of which Hartford HealthCare is the charter member.
Named Dr. Sabet W. Hashim as co-physician-in-chief of the Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute. Dr. Hashim is an international leader in cardiac surgery and works collaboratively with internationally recognized cardiologist Dr. Paul Thompson, co-physician-in-chief. Dr. Hashim has the largest mitral-valve practice in Connecticut, having performed more than 1,500 mitral-valve repairs and 10,000 open-heart procedures.
Appointed Ed Sauter, MD, PhD, a highly accomplished breast surgeon as director of breast surgery, Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute. While with the University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, he served as director of cancer treatment and prevention and built an international reputation as a world-class surgeon, scientist, medical educator and physician administrator.
Named Mariane Carna, RN, MSN, system vice president for the Heart & Vascular Institute. While with Yale-New Haven Hospital, she established a heart and vascular service line for the hospital and Yale Medical Group.
Adopting best practices, Hartford HealthCare implemented a Plain Language Emergency Communications Program throughout the system to replace 33 code words and phrases formerly used to communicate eight types of emergency incidents. Hartford HealthCare is among the first in the state to implement plain language to improve public safety, security and emergency management.
The Hartford HealthCare Human Research Protection Program achieved full accreditation status from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs.