With St. Francis Hospital in Hartford still operating under state monitoring, its parent organization has installed its own executive to oversee the hospital.
Despite ranking as one of the healthiest states in the country, Connecticut’s predominantly Black and Hispanic-Latino communities continue to experience major health disparities, as revealed by recent data from the Connecticut Health Foundation.
This disconnect became even more apparent when the state’s Black and Hispanic-Latino residents were found to be three more times likely to test positive for the coronavirus than white residents.
Facing an expected revenue decline of $2 billion this year because of the COVID-19 crisis, the Michigan-based parent of Trinity Health of New England, a four-hospital regional health system anchored by St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, says it is laying off staff and enacting other cost-cutting measures.
Dr. John Rodis, president and CEO of St. Francis Hospital since 2015, has departed the post, Trinity Health of New England informed executives Thursday, though no reason was given for the separation.