UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
Connecticut Children’s is the only hospital in Connecticut dedicated exclusively to the care of children and ranked one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and a Magnet® designated hospital. Connecticut Children’s provides more than 30 pediatric specialties along with community-based programs to uniquely care for the physical, social, and emotional needs of children. Our team of pediatric experts and care coordinators bring access to breakthrough research, advanced treatments for both rare and common diseases, and innovative health and safety programs to every child. Connecticut Children’s is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to improve access to healthcare for all children through convenient locations, care alliances and partnerships.
Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854, is one of the largest teaching hospitals and tertiary care centers in New England. The hospital boasts 867 licensed beds, including its 114-bed mental health facility, the Institute of Living, which maintains an international reputation of excellence, a 59-bed, free-standing orthopedic hospital; and Jefferson House, a 104-bed long-term care facility. The hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) ranks among the 40 busiest EDs in the country. It has a nearly 200-year history of training physicians on the latest techniques and technology.
Hartford Hospital is the flagship member of Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. A system-wide institute model offers a unified high standard of care in crucial specialties at hospital and ambulatory sites across the state, offering unparalleled expertise at the most affordable cost. The institutes include: Ayer Neuroscience, Behavioral Health, Cancer, Digestive Health, Heart & Vascular, Orthopedics, and Tallwood Urology & Kidney.
The hospital’s active medical staff includes more than 2,000 physicians and dentists. In 2023, the hospital had over 46,000 discharges and more than 100,000 Emergency Department visits. Hartford Hospital physicians performed over 38,000 surgeries in 48 operating rooms and delivered 3,964 babies that year.
When hospitals can’t provide the advanced care, expertise and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to Hartford Hospital. In 2023, more than 9,000 patients were transferred here, from over 50 different facilities in the Northeast.
Hartford Hospital was ranked best in the nation in 2023 for cardiac surgery by the Society for Thoracic Surgeons; achieved the highest kidney graft survival rates in the nation; and received an “A” grade, as well as Top Teaching Hospital recognition, from The Leapfrog Group, the nation’s leading independent watchdog for healthcare safety – all in addition to accolades from US News & World Report, Healthgrades, CMS, The Joint Commission, Newsweek, and many more.