Linda Berger Spivack, RN, MSN, has been named Vice President of Patient Care Services at Hartford Hospital. Her appointment was announced May 7 by Jeffrey A. Flaks, the hospital’s Executive Vice President & COO. 

Hartford Hospital does a better job of treating and saving the lives of heart attack patients than the average U.S. hospital and outperforms national institutions ranked highest for cardiac care.

The Imaging Center at Hartford Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in CT Scanning as the result of a recent survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

 

 

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut has named Hartford Hospital as one of its Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers (SM). There are only 84 such centers designated in the United States, and only two in Connecticut.

We are pleased to announce that the Surgical Weight Loss Program at Hartford Hospital has been designated a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). 

 

Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence status is bestowed upon a program following a rigorous evaluation process that documents safe surgical care and excellent outcomes, with an emphasis on results.  The award comes from the largest organization of bariatric surgeons in the world, ASMBS, and the evaluation is carried out exclusively by experienced, respected bariatric surgeons. 

Nearly 6 million adult Americans have bipolar disorder and about 2.4 million American adults have schizophrenia. Research advances have provided crucial improvements in care. Yet, despite extensive study of both illnesses, they remain poorly understood. More work is needed.The Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center at Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living is engaged in groundbreaking re

Hartford Hospital is one of 16 hospitals in 14 states that are joining in an intensive, coordinated effort to increase enrollment in clinical trials so patients can benefit from the most advanced treatments without having to commute elsewhere.