St. Mary's Hospital (Waterbury)

Saint Mary's Hospital
Geography
Location 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
Organization
Affiliated university Yale School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department Level II
Beds 168[1]
History
Founded 1907
Links
Website STMH.org
Lists Hospitals in Connecticut

Saint Mary's Hospital (abbreviated STMH) is a Yale-affiliated[2] urban hospital located at 56 Franklin Street, Waterbury, Connecticut. It was founded in 1907 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Chambéry, and it is designated as a Level II trauma center. Saint Mary’s has been a teaching hospital for the Yale University School of Medicine for over 40 years.[3]

History

In July 2014 Tenet Healthcare announced that the hospital would be acquired by a Tenet subsidiary, with the hospital's religious directives and uncompensated care policies remaining intact. Tenet was chosen by the hospital after a four-year selection process.[4]

Hospital rating data

The HealthGrades website contains the latest quality data for St. Mary's Hospital, as of 2016. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: quality ratings for twenty-six inpatient conditions and procedures,thirteen patient safety indicators and the percentage of patients giving the hospital a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings).

For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is:

For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital safety indicators were rated as:

Percentage of patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 67% Percentage of patients who on average rank hospitals as a 9 or 10 - 69%[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. News & World Report website, at http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ct/st-marys-hospital-6160740 .
  2. ↑ "Yale Affiliated Hospitals Program". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Internal Medicine Residency Program". Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury to be acquired by Tenet Healthcare Corp.". New Haven Register. July 8, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  5. ↑ HealthGrades website, http://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/connecticut-ct/saint-marys-hospital-hgst24a28d46070016 .

Coordinates: 41°33′11″N 73°02′12″W / 41.5531°N 73.0368°W / 41.5531; -73.0368


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