UConn Health
Geography
Location263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut, United States
Organization
FundingGovernment hospital
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Connecticut
Services
Emergency departmentLevel I trauma center
Beds224
History
Former name(s)University of Connecticut Health Center
Opened1961
Links
Websitehealth.uconn.edu
ListsHospitals in Connecticut

UConn Health is a healthcare system and hospital, and branch of the University of Connecticut that oversees clinical care, advanced biomedical research, and academic education in medicine. The system is funded directly by the State of Connecticut and the University’s financial endowment. Its primary location, UConn John Dempsey Hospital, is a teaching hospital located in Farmington, Connecticut, in the US. In total, UConn Health comprises the hospital, the UConn School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, and Graduate School. Additional community satellite locations are located in Avon, Canton, East Hartford, Putnam, Simsbury, Southington, Storrs, Torrington, West Hartford, and Willimantic, including two urgent cares in both Storrs and Canton. [1] Uconn Health also owns and operates many smaller clinics around the state that contain UConn Medical Group, UConn Health Partners, University Dentists and research facilities. Andrew Agwunobi stepped down as the CEO of UConn Health in February 2022 after serving since 2014 for a private-sector job. Bruce Liang is UConn Heath's interim CEO and remains dean of the UConn School of Medicine.[2]

UConn Health has about 5,000 employees,[3] and is closely linked with the University of Connecticut's main campus in Storrs through several cross-campus academic projects. Personnel are at the same time both University and Connecticut state employees. UConn Health is part of a plan introduced by Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy, called "Bioscience Connecticut," and approved by the Connecticut General Assembly in 2011, to stimulate the economy in the state of Connecticut.

Health Care Services

The University of Connecticut Health Center.

UConn John Dempsey Hospital

UConn John Dempsey Hospital is a 234 licensed bed university hospital and leading tertiary care facility that provides comprehensive clinical and surgical services including for emergency care, heart attack, stroke, geriatics, maternal fetal medicine, cardiology, cancer care, orthopaedics, dermatology and neurosurgery. The hospital is an acute care facility [4] and Level 1 trauma center that operates the only full service emergency department in the Farmington Valley. UConn Health has an estimated annual impact of $2.2 billion on the local economy. [5] The hospital was named after former Connecticut State Governor John N. Dempsey, after he successfully helped acquire funding for the academic hospital.[6][7]

In the last year with available data, UConn Health had 8,653 admissions, 29,727 patients emergency room visits, and its surgeons performed 2,379 inpatient and 7,550 outpatient surgeries.[8] UConn Health operates 68 medical residency training programs for physicians, as well as eight advanced dental training programs.[9] [10]

Bioscience Connecticut construction began in 2013. It included a new patient care tower on the UConn Health campus, as well as renovations to the existing UConn John Dempsey Hospital. The project was completed in 2016. The building is certified in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). [11]

Outpatient care

With more than 450 physicians in more than 50 specialties, the physicians of the UConn Health form one of the region's largest multi-specialty practice. Outpatient services include primary care, OB/GYN, dermatology. The UConn Center on Aging offers specialized services to aging populations. Clinic sites are located on the Farmington campus, and at satellite offices in West Hartford, East Hartford, Avon, Simsbury and Southington.

Through Bioscience Connecticut, a new ambulatory care center began construction in 2012 on the UConn Health campus, part of a $840 million state initiative.[12] The 300,000-square-foot outpatient ambulatory care center was supported with $203 million in private financing,[13] and will house existing services and support the work of new faculty that will be joining the UConn Health.

Dental care

University Dentists, the group practice based on the Health Center's Farmington campus, provides preventive, corrective and restorative care for patients of all ages. In addition, the student and resident run dental services provide an affordable safety net for patients with little or no insurance.

UConn Health is home to a modern Center for Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry that offers dental implant therapies and is engaged in research into bone growth and augmentation.

Correctional Managed Health Care (CMHC)

UConn Heath's former Correctional Managed Health Care (CMHC) program, a prior longtime partnership with the Department of Correction, transitioned back to the DOC in 2018. The DOC now delivers comprehensive managed health care to State of Connecticut inmates.[14] Medical, mental health, dental and ancillary services are provided by the DOC in all 14 facilities across the state. [15]

Education

UConn Health offers degree programs in medicine (MD), dentistry (DMD), and biomedical science (PhD); master's degree programs in public health and dental science. UConn Health also sponsors residency and fellowship programs that provide specialty training for newly graduated physicians, and continuing education programs for practicing health care professionals. Combined degree programs, such as the MD/PhD, DMD/PhD, and MD/MPH are also offered. Each year in Farmington, about 320 students work toward their medical doctor's degree (MD), 160 toward their doctor of medical dentistry degree (DMD), and over 300 towards their doctoral degree (PhD). The dental school is accredited by the American Dental Association.[16] The MD program is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.[17]

As the dental and medical schools took shape during the 1960s, their planners took advantage of their simultaneous evolution to forge links between them. Most notably, medical and dental students share an essentially common curriculum during the first two years of their four-year degree programs. During this period they study the basic medical sciences together. This experience provides UConn's dental students with a foundation in the biomedical sciences that undergird the dental profession. UConn Health graduated its first students in 1972. The current dean of the UConn School of Medicine is Dr. Bruce T. Liang, M.D.[18] The current dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine is Dr. Steven Lepowsky, who was appointed in 2020. [19]

Through a variety of residency and fellowship programs, the School of Medicine provides postgraduate training for more than 550 newly graduated MD and DO physicians each year. Training occurs at UConn Health's main campus, as well as community hospitals, such as Hartford Hospital and St. Francis Hospital and The Hospital of Central Connecticut.

UConn Health houses and the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library administers the Hartford Medical Society Historical Library. This history of medicine collection includes 19th century American monographs, serials, pamphlets, manuscripts and artifacts.[20]

Urban Service Track

Urban Service Track is a program that is based at University of Connecticut Health Center. It is designed to produce a cadre of well qualified health care professionals committed to serving Connecticut's urban underserved populations. As Urban Health Scholars, participants come from a select group of students enrolled in the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine,[21] Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine, Social Work, and Quinnipiac University's Physician Assistant Program. A total of 50 to 52 Urban Health Scholars, eight to ten students per school, are selected each year from among qualified applicants who have a demonstrated commitment to service. Urban Health Scholars gain valuable exposure to the complex and challenging issues of health care in the inner city.[22]

In UST's 2007 pilot program, 24 students enrolled from the four health professions, attending three Learning Retreats and providing service at four community health centers. As of 2013, about 191 students have enrolled in the program.

This program has an 11 competency curriculum. These are: culture and linguistic appreciation; population health; health policy; advocacy; health care financing and management; leadership and interprofessional teamwork; utilization of community resources; and quality improvement and patient safety. It has a formal 2 year curriculum which is delivered through quarterly Learning Retreats hosted in communities that UST serves.[23] These four hour retreats bring Urban Health Scholars from the five disciplines together for focused training sessions that examine the competencies through the lenses of vulnerable populations. These include: urban children and youth; the incarcerated and ex-offender; the homeless; individuals living with HIV/AIDS; the developmentally disabled; refugee and immigrant populations; the elderly and children; substance abusers; and veterans.

Research

UConn Health publishes research in neuroscience, molecular biology, molecular pharmacology, biochemistry, cell physiology, toxicology, and endocrinology, among other fields. The Alcohol Research Center at UConn Health is one of fourteen such federally supported centers in the nation; the Connecticut Clinical Chemosensory Research Center is one of five.

In 2010, the university established the Cell and Genome Sciences building, which includes its new Stem Cell Institute as well as cell biology and genetics research in its Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling and Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Putterman, Alex. "UConn interim president Dr. Andrew Agwunobi will leave for private sector. University begins immediate search for new president". courant.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
  3. ↑ "About Us". UConn Health Center.
  4. ↑ "Acute Care Hospitals". Connecticut Hospital Association.
  5. ↑ "Opinion: UConn Health's mission is public service for our state". CT Mirror. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Kirk (July 17, 1989). "Former Gov. John Dempsey, 74; Led Connecticut During the 60's". New York Times.
  7. ↑ "John N. Dempsey". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "University of Connecticut Health Center-John Dempsey Hospital". U.S. News & World Report.
  9. ↑ Encarnacion, Tina (2016-10-28). "Sponsored Programs | Graduate Medical Education". Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  10. ↑ Carrero, Yesenia (2016-08-16). "Advanced Education | School of Dental Medicine". Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  11. ↑ OTERO, JORDAN. "Hospital Tower Ushers In New Era At UConn Health". courant.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  12. ↑ "State: Bioscience CT projects on target". Hartford Business. February 3, 2014.
  13. ↑ Kane, Brad (September 9, 2013). "$203M private financing deal funds Health Center project". Hartford Business.
  14. ↑ "One year after DOC took over inmate health care, troubles persist". CT Mirror. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  15. ↑ "One year after DOC took over inmate health care, troubles persist". CT Mirror. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  16. ↑ "Search DDS/DMD Programs". American Dental Association. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  17. ↑ "Medical School Directory". Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
  18. ↑ "Wake Forest MD to head UConn med school". Hartford Business. February 24, 2012.
  19. ↑ Drainville, Daniel (2020-12-04). "New dean of School of Dental Medicine says school can't 'rest on its laurels,' promises not to remain stagnant". The Daily Campus. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  20. ↑ "Hartford Medical Society Library". UConn Health Sciences Library. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  21. ↑ Combined Reports. "Urban Service Track Members Present at ADEA's Annual Conference". Uconn Today. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  22. ↑ Keegan, Kathleen. "Urban Service Track Update". Uconn Today. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  23. ↑ Pennington, Carolyn. "Urban Service Track Students Win Primary Care Awards". Uconn Today. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

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