Yale New Haven Health System continues to grow

Yale New Haven Health System is Connecticut’s leading healthcare system, with nearly 14,000 employees. YNHHS – through Yale-New Haven, Bridgeport and Greenwich hospitals, Northeast Medical Group and other affiliated organizations – provides comprehensive, cost- effective, advanced patient care characterized by safety, quality and service. YNHHS and Yale University have a formal affiliation agreement to support patient care, medical education and clinical research.

Plans for a merger between Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Hospital of St. Raphael are moving forward. Under the agreement, Yale-New Haven would purchase the assets of St. Raphael, forming one hospital with two campuses. The St. Raphael campus would continue to follow the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. As part of the arrangement, Yale-New Haven would invest in the St. Raphael campus, and St. Raphael’s liabilities would be addressed.

St. Raphael has struggled financially in recent years, while Yale-New Haven has been operating close to capacity, and joining forces could help St. Raphael financially while giving Yale-New Haven access to additional beds. The hospitals say that the arrangement could also lead to better coordinated care and eliminate redundancies, saving money and making the operations more efficient.

Yale New Haven Health had nearly 90,000 discharges in 2010, generated more than $2.1 billion in revenue and accumulated total assets of approximately $2.73 billion. Yale New Haven Health offers patients a range of healthcare services, from primary care to the most complex care available anywhere in the world. Inpatient and ambulatory clinical services include: primary and preventive care, specialty, acute and sub-acute care, and coordination of post- hospital care, including rehabilitative, long-term and home care.