Connecticut Hospital

INTERNET CONNECTION IN CONNECTICUT HOSPITAL LIBRARIES ...

Keynote speaker Julie Johnson McGowan began the day by introducing the audience to "The Growing Role of Network Communications in Healthcare". John Lynch, Vice President, Research, CHA then spoke on CHIME-Net, the network through which Connecticut hospitals will connect to each other and the Internet. John Stey concluded the morning with a presentation of health care resources on the Internet. ... [Read More]

The Commision on the Future of Hospital Care in Connecticut was created* under Special Act No
  Connecticut’s hospitals answer to an array of stateagencies. They are licensed by the Department of Public Health, includingrandom inspections and chart reviews. The Department of Social Services isresponsible for Medicaid rate setting. The Office of Health Care Accessmonitors the financial activities of hospitals and approves of any changes inservices through the Certificate of Need process. The Office of Policy andManagement is intimately involved in hospital financing and state assistance. Hospitalsalso have relationships with other agencies through their health-relatedprograms. The Connecticut Office of Attorney General monitors hospital mergersand affiliations and offers assistance in developing agreements that preservecompetition. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulate Medicareservices and hospital cost reports.   Adverse Event Reporting   Until very recently, requirements for CT hospitals to reportmedical errors were minimal. Hospitals were ... [Read More]

Consent Decree - Connecticut Assoc. of the Deaf, et al. and the United States of America v. Middlesex Memorial Hospital, et al.
For and in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants set forth in the Consent Decree entered in the case styled as Connecticut Association of the Deaf v. Middlesex Memorial Hospital , No. 395-CV-02408 (AHN) (the "Consent Decree"), the Attorney General hereby releases and forever discharges all actions, causes of action, suits, agreements, claims, and disputes which were or could have been raised by the United States relating to or arising out of the allegation that Middlesex Hospital, Day Kimball Hospital, John Dempsey Hospital, The Waterbury Hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital, The William W. Backus Hospital, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Norwalk Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New Britain General Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Bradley Memorial Hospital & Health Center, Bristol Hospital, Inc., The Danbury Hospital, Greenwich Hospital, Griffin Hospital, The Char ... [Read More]

An Evaluation of Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Elderly Drivers in Connecticut
One benefit of this linkage is that it allows study of how similar events occurring in a crash affect different population subgroups differently. It is now possible to examine the impact of environmental and physical forces on different groups of patients and determine the differences in cost and outcome, including how elderly patients with degenerating physiology and anatomy compare to younger healthier patients. Trauma has classically been thought of as a problem of the young, since it is the leading cause of death in the younger decades; however, it has become a major problem for the elderly as well, as people live longer, are more independent, have more leisure time and more disposable income with which to enjoy their retirement. The linked databases can be used to determine what, if any, chronic diagnoses the patient had at the time of hospitalization; since certain conditions, e.g. cardiovascular disease and diabetes, can be identified as predating the crash, the linked data al ... [Read More]

Severity And Outcome Of Motor Vehicle Crashes in Connecticut
A deterministic algorithm was developed which allowed data from Department of Transportation motor vehicle crash records, state mortality registry records, and hospital admission and emergency department records to be linked for analysis of the types of objects struck in motor vehicle crashes in Connecticut in 1995, and their consequences. Only objects listed on the police report as ‘first object struck’ were analyzed. Of 132,918 vehicular crash records, 14.4% were thus identified as having struck an object; similarly, fourteen percent of the crashes which resulted in treatment in the ED or hospital admission visits were thus identified as having struck an object. Mean total hospital charges for these visits were $3,021; the mean length of stay for those visits resulting in an admission was slightly less than 5 days. Logistic regression analysis identified the most frequently reported factor correlated with striking an object to be driver illness (identified by the traffic safety offic ... [Read More]

Settlement Agreement - Between The United States of America and Silver Hill Hospital
66. Right of Compliance Review . During the term of this Agreement, the United States may, upon reasonable advance notice to a Silver Hill Hospital Program Administrator from time to time, inspect Silver Hill Hospital premises and review Silver Hill Hospital's compliance with this Agreement. As a part of such review, the United States may, with reasonable notice and in a reasonable manner that protects patient confidentiality rights and avoids interfering with patient care and other hospital services, require Silver Hill Hospital to permit the United States to interview Hospital Personnel, Patients and Companions who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have speech impairments or others associated with them, and other persons with knowledge relating to implementation of this Agreement, to the extent reasonably necessary to determine whether Silver Hill Hospital is complying with the provisions of this Agreement. Silver Hill Hospital will retain during the life of this Agreement all rec ... [Read More]

Connecticut Hospital Association
CHA is a trade association whose membership includes the not-for-profit acute care hospitals and healthcare systems in Connecticut. These hospitals purchase pharmaceuticals at preferential prices pursuant to the Non-Profit Institutions Act. The state legislature recently authorized hospitals to sell pharmaceuticals to "a retiree of such hospital or the retiree's spouse in accordance with the retiree's retirement or pension plan." CHA stated that some of its member hospitals would like to permit current retirees with vested retirement or pension benefits to purchase pharmaceuticals from the hospital pharmacy at discount prices. The Association asked whether the conclusion of the 1996 staff opinion letter to North Mississippi Health Services, that drugs dispensed to retired employees were not purchased for a nonprofit hospital's "own use" within the meaning of the Act, would apply in the circumstances described in its request letter. ... [Read More]

Connecticut Hospital Association Internet Workgroup
The second of a two-part conference on Internet connectivity for hospitals was held May 23, 1995 at the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA). The CHA recently received an NLM-NSF grant to implement interconnectivity among health care institutions in Connecticut. NN/LM New England Region staff presented and assisted in demonstrations of Internet-accessible resources for clinicians. ...

Members of the Internet Workgroup, a committee comprised of CAHSL librarians and CHA staff, used this and the April 18 conference to assess the Internet preparedness of hospitals in Connecticut. On the basis of interest and skill levels of conference attendees, an Internet training program for hospital librarians has been developed. CAHSL and CHA will sponsor seminars, to be held at the University of Connecticut Health Center, on two separate dates this fall. Introductory training material including Internet applications, resources and search tools, will be presented in the Continuing Education Center (CEC) of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library. The CEC provides an opportune setting in which to gain hands-on practice of the Internet skills presented. Trainers will include members of the Internet Workgroup and NN/LM New England Region librarians. ... [Read More]

Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) Advisory Opinion Letter
As far as can be determined from the letter, the staff in the North Mississippi advisory opinion were not presented with substantial facts upon which to examine the conduct in the context of an established retirement or pension plan, or to consider its relationship to the hospital's overall labor relations policies. With respect to CHA's inquiry, on the other hand, you informed us that the Connecticut hospitals are permitted to dispense medications to retirees only "in accordance with the retiree's retirement or pension plan." In your request letter and other communications with the staff, you state that providing access to discounted pharmaceuticals as a retirement benefit directly promotes the hospitals' intended operation in the care of its patients, within the meaning of Abbott Labs , by helping the hospitals attract and retain qualified employees for sufficient time for them to become eligible for retirement and pension benefits. Moreover, you state that some of CHA' ... [Read More]