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Yale-New Haven Hospital fact sheet

Yale-New Haven Hospital was founded in 1826 and is the fourth voluntary hospital in the United States. Read about our history, browse our timeline or view our photo gallery.

Today YNHH is a 944-bed private, not-for-profit teaching hospital affiliated with the Yale University Schools of Medicine and Nursing serving the needs of Connecticut, New England and beyond. YNHH has over 6,000 employees, including 1,200 registered nurses and a medical staff of over 3,000.

Each year, Yale-New Haven Hospital treats about 47,000 inpatients and registers over 462,057 outpatient visits at its various clinics, including one-day surgery, specialty clinics, the emergency department, the Primary Care Center and others. (More statistics)

The main campus includes Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital and the Yale Cancer Center. (See medical services)

Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital

Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital includes inpatient and outpatient programs, a partial hospital program and a crisis intervention unit in the YNHH emergency department offering a comprehensive array of diagnostic capabilities and treatment options. The hospital's psychiatric services, which have consistently received high national rankings, promote family involvement. There are 70 inpatient beds for adults and adolescents, plus six medical beds reserved for psychiatric patients with complex medical problems, as well as 15 beds for children in a separate facility.

The Yale Cancer Center is one of 39 centers in the country designated by the National Cancer Institute for comprehensive cancer care. Yale researchers and physicians interact closely with leading cancer specialists around the country and the world in developing improved approaches to battling disease through the implementation of carefully constructed clinical trials. The medical care provided is some of the most advanced available anywhere—some of the treatment protocols provided are only available at the Yale Cancer Center. The center's programs are developed, implemented and evaluated through multidisciplinary collaboration among caregivers with social work, chaplain services, pain management and other health-related disciplines and support networks.

The Yale-New Haven Heart Center has recently been recognized on a national level for the exceptional cardiac care provided to its patients. YNHH has been a pioneer in providing cardiac services for half a century. The hospital has complete diagnostic capabilities such as MRI, CT scans, ultrasound scans and angioplasty and nuclear imaging. Surgical options include heart transplants, coronary artery bypass grafts, aneurysmectomy, reduction ventriculoplasty and dynamic cardiomyoplasty.

Yale-New Haven Hospital is the flagship hospital of Yale New Haven Health System, Connecticut's largest health care delivery system. In addition to Yale-New Haven Hospital, the system includes Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, Bridgeport and Greenwich Hospitals and their affiliates, as well as network participants Norwalk and Westerly hospitals. Yale New Haven Health System offers a broad array of high quality, comprehensive health care services ranging from primary and preventive care to subacute, rehabilitation, long-term and home care.

YNHH specializes in the following services:

• Yale Cancer Center
• Yale-New Haven Heart Center
• Transplants—including heart/lung, heart, kidney, pancreas, bone marrow, bone, cornea, skin and stem cell
• Maternity care—including high risk maternity unit, in utero diagnosis and treatment
• Newborn services—including a Level III newborn special care unit
• Comprehensive pediatric services—including a pediatric intensive care unit, dedicated emergency department and Children's Clinical Research Center
• Neurology—including stroke, epilepsy surgery, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease
• Endocrinology services—including a Diabetes Center and kidney stone lithotripsy
• Dermatology—including skin cancer

View a complete list of medical services available at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

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Last revised: January 27, 2005 (lmc)

Home page URL: http://www.ynhh.org

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