St. Vincent's Medical Center (Bridgeport)

Infobox Hospital
Name = St. Vincent's Medical Center
Org/Group = Ascension Health


Caption =
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Location =
Region = Bridgeport
State = Connecticut
Country = United States
HealthCare = Private
Type = Teaching
Specialty = Acute Care Hospital
Emergency = II
Affiliation= NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System in conjunction with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Beds = 397
Founded = 1903
Closed =
Website = http://www.stvincents.org/
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St. Vincent's Medical Center is a 397-bed acute care Catholic hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

The hospital is now controlled by Ascension Health, the nation's largest Catholic and largest nonprofit health system, which is in turn controlled by several religious orders, including the Daughters of Charity which founded St. Vincent's.

ize and services

The hospital has a medical staff of 450 physicians and has a total of more than 1,800 employees. [http://www.stvincents.org/aboutus/] St. Vincent's Medical Center Web site, Web page titled "About Us," accessed September 8, 2006]

St. Vincent's Web site says the institution has "one of the largest angioplasty programs in New England," a bariatric-surgery Center, and extensive cancer and orthopedic services.

The hospital also has a "contemporary" Family Birthing Center with private rooms for labor, delivery and recovery, a private bathroom and sleeping accommodations for the father, and an entertainment center.

Psychiatric services include an on-site psychiatric unit for acute care and the Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services (formerly the independent Hall-Brooke Hospital) an inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facility in Westport, Connecticut.

The hospital founded St. Vincent's College, which offers degrees in nursing and other health-related fields, and a Graduate Medical Education Program.

St. Vincent's is affiliated with two medical schools — Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York Medical College. The hospital's affiliation with Columbia is in conjunction with its membership in the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare Systemthere is NO SPACE in "NewYork" in this name. NONE!] .

History

Founded by the Daughters of Charity religious order, the hospital was incorporated on May 19, 1903 and opened its doors on June 28, 1905 as a 75-bed building. More than 70 patients had been treated by the end of that first day. [http://www.stvincents.org/aboutus/history.cfm] St. Vincent's Medical Center Web site, Web page titled "About Us: History of St. Vincent's" accessed September 8, 2006]

On Easter Sunday, April 17, 1976, a new hospital building opened just behind the original one. That day, William J. Riordan, then president and chief executive officer of the hospital, directed the transfer of 209 patients to the new structure, a convert|440000|sqft|m2|sing=on building nearly twice the size of the old one.

When the move was made to the new building, the hospital's name was changed from St. Vincent's Hospital to St. Vincent's Medical Center.

ee also

*List of hospitals in Connecticut
*Bridgeport Hospital
*Norwalk Hospital
*Yale-New Haven Hospital
*Stamford Hospital
*Greenwich Hospital

Notes

External links

* [http://www.stvincents.org/ St. Vincent's Medical Center]
* [http://www.hallbrooke.org/ Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services]
* [http://www.ascensionhealth.org/ Ascension Health]
* [http://www.stvincentscollege.edu/ St. Vincent's College]
* [http://www.dph.state.ct.us/ Connecticut Department of Public Health]
* [http://www.dph.state.ct.us/OPPE/Quality/Hosp_Comparison_2004.pdf Hospital Performance Comparisons] a report released in February 2006 by the state Department of Health
* [http://bridgeport.ct.schoolwebpages.com/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=20294 Postcard pictures of St. Vincent's]