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Clinical Resources 135Hospital provides primary and specialized care for 944 beds in three inpatient pavilions.In 2000, 40,697 inpatients were discharged and there were 420,115 ambulatory visits,including 83,241 emergency visits. Yale–New Haven Hospital offers over 90 medicaland surgical specialty services, including anesthesiology, organ transplantation, cardiology,psychiatry, newborn special care, and geriatric assessment. It also houses the nationallydesignated Yale Cancer Center. Yale–New Haven Hospital is the primary clinicalcampus for the Yale School of Nursing. There are many joint appointments between thestaff of the nursing service and the faculty of the nursing school who collaborate closelyin the education of students and improvement of patient care. Yale–New Haven Hospital’scommitment to excellence in nursing care attracts highly qualified nurses to its staff,many of whom serve as role models to the rest of the staff and nursing students who usethe clinical facilities of the hospital. The hospital is also the flagship hospital of the YaleNew Haven Health System, a fully integrated provider of comprehensive health care toindividuals, families, and employees of large and small businesses. In addition, as a strongregional provider network, currently composed of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Greenwich,Connecticut; Westerly, Rhode Island; and Yale–New Haven hospitals, the systemincludes relations with insurance companies, managed care companies, physician practices,and employers throughout the state. President and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph A.Zaccagnino; Senior Vice President for Patient Services, Patricia Sue Fitzsimons, R.N., Ph.D.other clinical resourcesThe Connecticut Hospice offers a specialized health care program for terminally ill patients(adults and children) and their families. The combination of medical, emotional, andpsychosocial patient/family needs is met by the coordinated care of members of severaldisciplines: physicians (including a psychiatrist); nurses; social workers; clergy; pharmacists;financial adviser; arts, bereavement, and dietary consultants; and both professionaland lay volunteers. The caregiving team is available to patients and families in the HomeCare and Inpatient programs. Hospice includes family members in the unit of care tohelp them through the time of illness and bereavement. Hospice Home Care Servicesare available in Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, and Hartford counties; inpatient careis available for all state residents at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford. Any physicianfrom the state may refer a patient for inpatient care or home care services. The ConnecticutHospice is a clinical model for national replication, and the John D. ThompsonHospice Institute for Education, Training, and Research is a national education centerfor health professionals from all disciplines. President and Chief Executive Officer, RosemaryJ. Hürzeler R.N., M.P.H., H.A.Fair Haven Community Health Center is a community-initiated and community-controlledhealth center serving the predominantly ethnic neighborhood of Fair Haven. Developedalong the lines of the free clinic model in 1971, the Fair Haven center strives to providehealth care in a congenial and personalized setting to 10,000 patients through an interdisciplinaryteam of doctors, nurse practitioners, nurse-midwives, social service, andcommunity health workers. This includes prenatal and family planning services, general