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11/06/19
BRIDGEPORT, CT (Nov. 6, 2019) – Kristin Edwards, MD, of New Canaan, medical director of Palliative Care and Physician Wellness at Bridgeport Hospital, has been named an Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM).
11/04/19
BRIDGEPORT, CT (Nov. 4, 2019) – Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health, has has joined the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative, a movement to improve health care for older adults, contributing to a goal of 20 percent of U.S. hospitals and health systems becoming age-friendly by 2020.
10/23/19
WALLINGFORD, CT (Oct. 23, 2019) – Hartford HealthCare (HHC) and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) today announced a plan to work together to bring proton beam therapy — a highly advanced form of radiation treatment for cancer – to Connecticut.
10/01/19
MILFORD, CT (Oct. 1, 2019) – On Sept. 27, the Milford Campus of Bridgeport Hospital successfully transitioned to the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system, the same one used for at least the last six years by other Yale New Haven Health hospitals, outpatient facilities and affiliated physicians’ offices, providing for the safe, secure sharing of medical records and other information, including X-rays and test results, with patients and their physicians at multiple sites.
09/09/19
BRIDGEPORT, CT (Sept. 9, 2019) – The Bridgeport Hospital Foundation has received a major gift from the Allison Family of Westport to support the hospital’s new Postnatal Wellness Check Program.
09/09/19
Bridgeport, CT (September 9, 2019) – Bridgeport Hospital today announced that Anne Diamond, JD, has been named as its new president.
07/22/19
BRIDGEPORT, CT (July 22, 2019) – “This is probably the biggest innovation in burn care in some time,” says Alisa Savetamal, MD, medical director, Connecticut Burn Center at Bridgeport Hospital, about Regenerative Epidermal Suspension (RES) and the RECELL Autologous Cell Harvesting Device.
07/19/19
BRIDGEPORT, CT (July 19, 2019) – This week’s heat wave in Connecticut has prompted a health warning from Bridgeport Hospital.
06/26/19
BRIDGEPORT, CT (June 26, 2019) – Bridgeport Hospital and St. Vincent’s Medical Center have received Connecticut’s Hospital Community Service Award for their joint involvement in providing free health screenings to underserved residents through the Know Your Numbers (KYN) program.
06/19/19
NEW HAVEN, CT (June 19, 2019) – All five Yale New Haven Health hospitals will be awarded the “LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader” designation in the forthcoming Healthcare Equality Index 2019.