Backus Hospital has provided quality health care to the residents of Eastern Connecticut since 1893.
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Backus Hospital includes The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich; health centers in Montville, Colchester, Ledyard, Norwich and North Stonington; the Backus Outpatient Care Center in Norwich; the Plainfield Backus Emergency Care Center, which is a stand-alone emergency department and outpatient center.
It is the only trauma center in Windham and New London Counties and houses one of Hartford HealthCare's LIFE STAR helicopters.
FY18 Fast Facts
SVP & President: Donna Handley, SVP & President, East Region
Licensed bed capacity: 233
Transitions from inpatient care: 10,335
Patient days: 48,331
ED visits: 73,331
Newborn admissions: 924
Inpatient surgeries: 2,845
Ambulatory surgeries*: 7,994
Employees: 1,734
Physicians on staff: 381
Volunteers: 375
Operating revenue (audited): $316.2 million
*included joint venture ASC (Glastonbury, Soutington, BJI, Waterford) volumes
Website
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FY18 Accomplishments
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Received an “A” for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit healthcare rating organization.
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For the second consecutive year, Backus Hospital was recognized for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care by the American College of Surgeons through its National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
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The Backus Hospital Breast Cancer Program earned a three-year reaccreditation from the American College of Surgeons’ National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.
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Recently earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers.