Atrium Summer 2004 - Yale-New Haven Hospital

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YALE-NEW HAVEN SHORELINE MEDICAL CENTER OPENS IN GUILFORD SHORELINE MEDICAL CENTER: Auxiliary President Gloria Schoolfield and other members of the YNHH Board of Trustees were among dignitaries assisting Joseph Zaccagnino, as he cut the ribbon at the new Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center in Guilford at its formal dedication. The new Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center, located at 111 Goose Lane, exit 59 off I-95, opened in July. The 80,000 square-foot facility offers a wide range of services, ranging from ambulatory surgery to pre-admission services, laboratory and blood work services, radiology, nuclear medicine and health education programs. The facility includes three operating rooms, two endoscopy suites, a linear accelerator, MRI and CT scan capabilities, and radiation therapy for cancer patients, as well as physician offices. An emergency room satellite also operates on the site from 4 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and noon to midnight on weekends and holidays. The Shoreline Medical Center will also provide direct access to emergency medical services (EMS) in off-hours through direct communication devices. At the formal dedication on June 30, Joseph A. Zaccagnino, President and CEO of Yale-New Haven Hospital, said, “The Yale-New Haven Shoreline Medical Center has been designed to be an asset to the communities it will serve, bringing advanced medicine in many forms to our patients and their families.” Members of the Auxiliary who would like a brochure about the Shoreline Medical Center or a free box of Shoreline note cards can call (203) 688-2000 or toll free 1-888-700-6543. YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL TO OPEN STATE’S FIRST ACUTE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (ACE) UNIT In June, Yale- New Haven Hospital opened a new medical unit expressly designed to provide enhanced care for patients 65 years and older with acute medical needs. The ACE (Acute Care for the Elderly) unit at Yale-New Haven was Connecticut’s first medical unit to provide interdisciplinary care for people over the age of 65 while serving as an educational model for resident physicians, medical students, fellows, nurses and attending physicians. The 12-bed ACE unit is specifically designed to help patients maintain physical and mental function and maximize independence during hospitalization for acute illness. An interdisciplinary team consisting of nurses, physicians, rehabilitative services, social work and pharmacy work together to provides comprehensive services in all aspects of patient care. “Many complications such as acute confusion can be prevented when older adults are cared for by a hospital staff with expertise in aging,” said Leo Cooney, M.D., chief of geriatrics at YNHH. “This new unit will be a model of inpatient care that seeks to prevent complications and promote independence in hospitalized older adults.” Members of the ACE Unit staff celebrate the opening of the new unit with a ribbon cutting. Shown are (l-r): Dr. Leo Cooney; Catherine Bursey; Jonathan Harris, PCA; Marjorie Menze, L.P.N.; Gloria Wallace, R.N.; Margaret Drickamer, M.D. (kneeling); Hattie Primus, EA; Judith Lyon, R.N.; Grace Jenq, M.D.; Patricia Antonopoulos, B.A.; and Lisa Walke, M.D. page 4
ANN NYBERG ANN NYBERG is one of the new members of the Auxiliary’s Board of Managers. A journalist for 25 years, Ann has served as both an investigative and general assignment reporter and has extensive experience working “live” in the field. In January of 1998, Ann traveled to Cuba to report on the historic visit of Pope John Paul the II to the Communist country. In October of the same year, Ann went to Rome and inside the Vatican to cover the Pontiff’s 20 th anniversary celebration. An Emmy nominated television anchor/reporter; she has been voted Best News Anchor of the Connecticut Magazine reader’s poll from 1998 through 2004. Ann began her career immediately following graduation from Purdue University with a degree in journalism. Her first position in broadcasting was that of a reporter and anchor at WSJTV in Indiana. After more than four years in the South Bend/Elkhart market, Ann worked for two television stations in Oklahoma, KKOCO-TV and KTVY. When an opportunity at Yale was presented to her husband, a physician, and with her first child on the way, Ann moved to the East Coast and continued her work at WTNH-TV. Involved with countless charitable organizations throughout the state, Ann enjoys being a helping hand whenever it is needed. In the summer of 1993, Ann founded the Toy Closets program at Yale-New Children’s Hospital. One of the Auxiliary’s projects, the program has collected hundreds of thousands of toys since its inception, for the benefit of the Hospital’s young patients. PROFILE U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AGAIN RANKS YNHH AMONG AMERICA’S BEST HOSPITALS U.S. News & World Report HAS RANKED YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL AMONG THE NATION’S TOP HOSPITALS, ACCORDING TO ITS ANNUAL “AMERICA’S BEST HOSPITALS” ISSUE, PUBLISHED JULY 12, 2004. YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL was named in 12 of the 17 medical specialties evaluated, including cancer, cardiology, gastroenterology, geriatrics, gynecology, hormonal disorders, kidney disease, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry, respiratory disease and urology. Of those, Yale- New Haven’s geriatrics and psychiatry departments ranked among the nation’s top 10, while cancer, cardiology, gastroenterology, gynecology, hormonal disorders, pediatrics and respiratory disease specialties were all ranked among the top 25. Yale-New Haven Hospital, named in 12 specialties, placed second among all New England hospitals, ranking behind Massachusetts General, which was named in 14 specialties. Yale-New Haven was also the only Connecticut hospital listed in the survey. “Yale-New Haven Hospital and its medical staff and employees are very proud to serve Connecticut and are honored to be recognized in the U.S. News & World Report survey,” said Joseph A. Zaccagnino, president and CEO of Yale-New Haven Hospital. “We strive to provide the highest quality medical care and are committed to ensuring a safe and comfortable environment for all who come to us for care.” YALE-NEW HAVEN HOPES TO OPEN A NEW CANCER CENTER IN 2008 YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL has initiated planning for its most extensive facilities construction since the Children’s Hospital more than a decade ago. The new facility, which will be a fully integrated cancer center, will be located at the site of the existing Grace Building. It will be the “North Pavilion/Yale-New Haven Cancer Center” that was part of the YNHH facilities masterplan developed in the 1980s. The facility will increase the hospital’s number of inpatient beds by about 112 and increase access to critical cancer services for some of the hospital’s most acutely ill patients. As with previous projects of this type, this plan incorporates a need for more space – such as beds, ORs, diagnostic and treatment services, which are needed to meet growing patient demand – with the clinical needs of cancer patients. To prepare for the potential construction of this new facility, the hospital has proposed relocating mechanical functions, such as the back-up data center, electrical service, fuel storage and oxygen tanks and taking down the outdated, 60-year-old Grace Building, which was originally the Grace-New Haven School of Nursing’s dormitory and classrooms. If the Hospital’s Board of Trustees approves the project at its fall meeting, and city and state regulatory approvals are met, the new cancer facility could open in late 2008. page 5
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