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AMC hospitals have
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Breakthrough advanced
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Legacy of firsts
One of America's
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The benefits of choosing a hospital in an academic medical center
AMC hospitals have extended roles
Hospitals that are part of academic medical centers (AMCs) have many roles:- Handling complex cases for an entire geographic region
- Continuing to make medicine better and safer for patients
- Training the next generation of physicians, nurses and allied health personnel
- Helping physicians and other health care providers stay current in medicine
- Serving as the local hospital for the communities they serve
Breakthroughs in patient care
AMCs like Yale-New Haven Medical Center—composed of the 944-bed Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale University Schools of Medicine and Nursing—are responsible for most breakthroughs in patient care. And, because the country's leading specialists practice at hospitals associated with academic medical centers, physicians send their sickest patients to these organizations so they can benefit from the extraordinary expertise available and have the opportunity to choose from the latest and best treatment options.Extraordinary physician and nursing care
Patients treated at academic medical centers have access to cutting edge medical technology and protocols developed as a result of ambitious basic scientific research followed by carefully controlled clinical trials. We call this evidence-based medicine. Surprisingly, not all health care providers employ the diagnostic and treatment protocols that research has proven to be most effective.- AMCs have more specialists who are more likely to keep up with the latest research. At Yale-New Haven Hospital, a level of specialization has been reached to extend the hospital's services beyond the flagship acute care hospital to staff additionally a 201-bed Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital and a 70-bed Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital. The Yale Cancer Center, designated by National Cancer Institute as a comprehensive cancer center, is affiliated with Yale-New Haven. It is the only NCI comprehensive cancer center in southern New England.
- AMCs attract the brightest doctors, specialists, researchers, residents, fellows, nurses and advanced practice nurses who are available around the clock to manage your care collaboratively. At AMCs, you will have more people involved in your care, devoting their combined energies to your safety and healing. Patients at Yale-New Haven Hospital have access to the skills of approximately 3,000 university-based and community physicians practicing more than 100 medical specialties.
- On-staff surgeons and physicians are in the hospital 24 hours a day. If you have complications at night, a doctor will be available to see you. And if you do not have a personal physician, or if your doctor chooses to take advantage of our service, Yale-New Haven is one of the few hospitals to employ a staff of hospitalists—medical doctors and physician assistants who specialize in caring for hospitalized patients.
- Doctors and nurses who practice at AMCs are more likely to engage in clinical inquiry and be motivated by the opportunity to learn, teach and derive satisfaction from contributing to the advancement of medical knowledge. Many members of the medical and nursing staff of Yale-New Haven Hospital have joint appointments at the Yale schools of medicine or nursing.
- AMCs usually see a higher volume of patients so the quality outcomes per procedure are better as the hospital team and physicians have more experience. Yearly, Yale-New Haven staff provide services for about 400,000 outpatient and 90,000 emergency visits and more than 45,000 hospital discharges each year. A tremendous amount of expertise is gained with this experience.
Breakthrough advanced medicine
Hospitals associated with academic medical centers are perfectly positioned to be among the first to employ breakthrough therapies, technology and other advances in medicine. Many of the new medical techniques and therapies are available first at AMCs.- AMCs are more likely to offer clinical research trials—testing the latest therapies.
- Innovative (and because they're new, sometimes hard to find) medications are often available in AMC pharmacies.
- AMCs usually have the latest and most advanced medical equipment for patient monitoring, diagnosis and treatment.
- AMC facilities usually have sophisticated physical plant systems, such as negative pressure rooms that prevent the spread of infectious disease, and the most advanced processes of care, such as computerized medication dispensing systems that help reduce medication error.
- AMCs are the recipients of most patient transfers from community hospitals for those who need high-risk procedures, sophisticated testing, complex treatment therapies or advanced devices.
Legacy of firsts
Hospitals associated with academic medical centers, such as Yale-New Haven Hospital, are poised to be among the first to introduce groundbreaking advances in medical care. Here are a few of those introduced at Yale-New Haven Hospital:- 1942: First clinical use of penicillin in the U.S.
- 1942: First use of chemotherapy for cancer
- 1946: First hospital in U.S. to allow rooming-in for mothers and newborns
- 1947: First regional pediatric heart center
- 1949: First use of natural childbirth in a hospital
- 1957: First fetal heart monitor
- 1960: World's first newborn intensive care unit
- 1967: First kidney transplant in Connecticut
- 1975: Identification of Lyme disease
- 1979: First insulin infusion pump for diabetes
- 1983: First in vitro birth in New England
- 1985: First fetal cardiovascular center
- 1993: Connecticut's first comprehensive children's hospital
- 1995: First Connecticut hospital to launch a site on the world wide web
- 1997: First hospital in state to use inhaled nitric oxide to treat infants with pulmonary hypertension
- 1998: First patient discharged with a left ventricular assist device heart pump
- 2000: First hospital to install CT scanners that obtain an image in seconds as opposed to minutes
- 2002: World's longest surviving patient on a mechanical heart (over 3 years) receives a transplant
- 2002: Women's Heart Advantage program developed at Yale-New Haven Hospital wins national Ellwood Award for teaching women how to be more assertive in obtaining heart care
- 2003: First Jarvik artificial heart implant in New England
- 2004: First Connecticut hospital to open a 12-bed interdisciplinary geriatric unit for patients 65 years of age or older.
One of America's best hospitals
For 13 years, Yale-New Haven Hospital has been ranked by U.S.News & World Report as one of the best hospitals in America.- In 2004, Yale-New Haven was ranked among the best in 12 of the 17 medical specialties evaluated by the news magazine, including cancer, digestive disorders, geriatrics, gynecology, heart and heart surgery, hormonal disorders, kidney disease, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry, respiratory diseases and urology.
- Of the specialties ranked in 2004, Yale-New Haven's geriatrics and psychiatry departments ranked among the nation's top 10, while cancer, digestive disorders, gynecology, heart and heart surgery, hormonal disorders, pediatrics and respiratory disease specialties ranked among the top 25.
- Yale-New Haven Hospital fared extremely well regionally, placing second among all New England hospitals in the number of specialties in which it was ranked (Massachusetts General Hospital was ranked in 14 specialties).
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Last revised: October 28, 2004 (mv)
