Connecticut Children’s Medical Center said Thursday that its medical staff will provide around-the-clock coverage for St. Vincent’s Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit.
The arrangement is one of several Connecticut Children’s has forged of late, building on a strategy of partnering with as many hospitals as possible to provide such services. CEO James Shmerling discussed that strategy last year with HBJ.
“Connecticut Children’s partnership with St. Vincent’s Medical Center will deliver highly skilled neonatology care to premature or critically ill newborns in the area,” Shmerling said in a statement Thursday.
Connecticut Children’s owns and operates NICUs at its Hartford neighbor, Hartford Hospital, as well as at UConn Health in Farmington. It also has various pediatric care arrangements with nine other NICUs, including St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Hospital of Central Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Windham Hospital, Midstate Medical Center, and most recently, Western Connecticut Health Network.
St. Vincent’s and WCHN both recently announced they are planning mergers, with Hartford HealthCare and New York’s Health Quest Systems, respectively.
