To combat the opioid epidemic, BHN’s reach now totals 16 locations In the shadow of a relentless opioid epidemic, Hartford HealthCare has become a leader in addressing the challenges of addiction and mental health in a compassionate, accessible and discreet way with its rapidly expanding MATCH Program. MATCH, or Medication...
More than four years after the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute became the charter member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Alliance, Hartford HealthCare cancer patients now have unprecedented access to the world’s most advanced clinical trials. And more than ever before, physicians, nurses, pharmacists and researchers are working collaboratively to...
Doctors and researchers at Hartford Hospital have been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases to conduct a study using neuroimaging predictors to better understand and improve a patient’s long-term weight loss outcomes following bariatric surgery. Dr. Godfrey Pearlson is director of the Olin Neuropsychiatry...
Staff from Hartford HealthCare Rehabilitation Network joined members of the Newington Chamber of Commerce and Town Council for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Hospital of Central Connecticut Rehabilitation Network’s new outpatient clinic on Fenn Road in Newington. The event was also attended by representatives from the Hartford HealthCare/GoHealth Urgent Care...
For the past 12 years, a volunteer team of medical experts from Connecticut join the charitable organization Dreaming and Working Together in Lima, Peru, for a weeklong mission to help the medically underserved population there by providing various types of spinal surgeries, dental care and prosthetic and rehabilitative services. This...
The world’s best golfers return to Connecticut from June 18 to 24 for the 2018 Travelers Championship held at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. Hartford HealthCare, a key sponsor of the Travelers Championship for the past decade, will have an even bigger presence at this year’s event as it unveils the...
On any given day in the United States, more than 115,000 people are waiting for the lifesaving gift of an organ donation – 1,200 of them here in Connecticut alone. About 4,500 people die every year while waiting for an organ. In this HealthCare Matters podcast, Rebecca Stewart and Elliot...
