Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, Conn.
Who We Are
Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) is a 944-bed, not-for-profit hospital serving as the primary teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine. Located in New Haven, Conn., the hospital complex includes the 202-bed Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and the 72-bed Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital.
Yale-New Haven provides state of the art treatment in a variety of areas including surgery, cardiology, cancer, pediatrics, geriatrics, transplantation, women’s services, neurology and more. YNHH is affiliated with Yale Cancer Center, one of the National Cancer Institute’s 40 comprehensive cancer centers in the country and the only comprehensive center in Southern New England; and has constructed the new Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.
YNHH is the flagship member of the Yale-New Haven Health System, Connecticut’s leading healthcare system, which also includes Bridgeport and Greenwich Hospitals and their affiliated organizations.
YNHH staff includes more than 7,000 employees; 1,700 registered nurses; 3,400 university and community physicians and more than 500 resident physicians practicing more than 100 medical specialties.
History
Yale-New Haven Hospital was founded in 1826 as the first hospital in Connecticut and the fourth voluntary hospital in the nation. From the beginning, it was affiliated with the Medical Institution of Yale College. Although its official name was the General Hospital Society of Connecticut, it was called the State Hospital. In 1884, the name changed to New Haven Hospital, since a second hospital had opened in the state by then. In 1945, New Haven Hospital merged with Grace Hospital and became Grace-New Haven Community Hospital. In 1965, a more formal affiliation agreement with Yale University and its School of Medicine led to the name Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital (YNHCH) opened in 1993 as the first full-service acute care hospital for children in Connecticut. With more than 200 beds, YNHCH is designed to meet the special needs of children. Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital offers the region’s largest and most comprehensive array of maternity and pediatric services, including newborn special care and maternal special care units, a pediatric intensive care unit, a 24-hour pediatric emergency department, a pediatric surgery center and a children’s clinical research center.
Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital (YNHPH) is a full-service psychiatric hospital that includes a 72-bed psychiatric inpatient facility and a variety of intensive outpatient specialty programs, offering a full range of innovative and advanced treatments to adolescent, adult and geriatric patients with psychiatric and substance abuse problems. A complete psychiatric assessment and full treatment program includes crisis intervention, family consultation and rehabilitative intervention.
Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven
Connecting cancer research with treatment. Reconnecting cancer patients with life. The brand-new Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven will be the most comprehensive cancer care facility in New England when it opens in October 2009. It offers patients state of the art care and treatment by bringing together the best minds from Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center in order to develop new methods to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. The 14-story, nearly 500,000 square-foot building includes 112 inpatient beds, outpatient treatment rooms, expanded operating rooms, infusion suites, diagnostic imaging services, therapeutic radiology, a specialized Women's Cancer Center and the Yale-New Haven Breast Center/GYN Oncology Center.
Missions: Patient Care, Teaching, Research, Community Service
Patient Care: YNHH provides sensitive, high-quality health care to all patients, and serves as a primary care center for New Haven-area residents and a referral center for patients from around the state and country.
Teaching: YNHH serves as the primary teaching hospital for Yale School of Medicine and offers training opportunities for nurses and other allied health care professionals.
Research: YNHH provides the setting for ongoing clinical research that helps bring medical advances from the laboratory to the patient’s bedside.
Community Service: YNHH serves the community with public health advocacy, support and services which respond to the area’s healthcare needs through health education, health promotion and access to care.
Services and Special Capabilities
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Cancer
In October 2009, the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven opens as the most comprehensive cancer care facility in New England. With Yale Cancer Center, it will bring together experts to develop new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. -
Transplantation
Yale-New Haven Transplantation Center (YNHTC) is where clinicians offer transplant patients a second chance at better health. At YNHTC, the focus is on innovative surgical techniques, advances in immunosuppressive drugs and quality patient care. -
Neurosciences
YNHH created the state’s first telemedicine link with another hospital for stroke care, allowing neurologists to view CT scans of patients with acute stroke symptoms at a community hospital, and help doctors there diagnose and treat them. -
Heart & Vascular
Each year, YNHH treats more heart and vascular patients than any facility in the state and performs virtually all cardiovascular procedures currently available worldwide. Our center offers comprehensive services at state of the art facilities. -
Pediatrics
Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital has one of the premier pediatric clinical and research programs in the country. We are among New England’s major referral centers for the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of high-acuity pediatric cases. -
Women's Health
YNHH clinicians advance women’s health with compassionate clinical services and by pioneering viable new treatments, such as the first in vitro fertilization program in the Northeast; and key chemotherapy drugs for gynecological cancers.
Awards and Recognition
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The Joint Commission Accreditation
Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) is accredited by The Joint Commission, a certification that is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality in health care. -
American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate
YNHH received the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate for high-quality diabetes self-management education programs as part of their comprehensive care. -
Transplantation Awards
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certified all of YNHH’s organ transplant programs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded YNHH a HHS Medal of Honor for Organ Donation for the third consecutive year. -
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation
Yale-New Haven Ambulatory Services Corporation received a three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) for both the Shoreline Surgery Center and Temple Recovery Care facilities. -
American College of Surgeons Trauma Centers Verification
YNHH’s trauma service received verification from the American College of Surgeons for our Level I Adult and Pediatric Trauma Centers. -
Employer of Choice Recognition
YNHH is considered the employer of choice among hospitals in Connecticut, and has been named one of the nation’s top employers by AARP, Working Mother, Essence, and Family Digest magazines and the U.S. Department of Labor. -
Most Wired Hospitals Award
For the ninth year, Yale-New Haven was selected as one of the Most Wired Hospitals in the nation by Hospitals and Health Networks. The award recognizes the effective use of information technology in achieving clinical and operational excellence.