Program areas at Norwalk Hospital
Norwalk Hospital is a 366-bed Hospital that cares for patients, their loved ones and residents in fairfield county, Connecticut, and The surrounding new york metropolitan area. Norwalk Hospital is part of nuvance health, which is a six-hospital system, on 7 campuses, with numerous outpatient facilities throughout The hudson valley and across western Connecticut. The nuvance health system gives The community access to a variety of services including, but not limited to, bariatric surgery and medical weight loss, blood draw, critical care, diabetes education, emergency services, heart and vascular, imaging and radiology, infusion therapy, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedic care, physical rehabilitation, primary care, rheumatology, sleep disorders, urgent care, women's health, behavioral health, cancer care, dentistry, digestive health, endocrinology, genetic counseling, home health care, infectious disease, kidney disease and nephrology, occupational medicine, patient blood managements and bloodless medicine, pediatrics, podiatry, pulmonary care, senior care and geriatric medicine, surgical services, urology, wound care and hyperbaric medicine. Norwalk Hospital is an acute care, academic Hospital that provides patients with The latest in medical, surgical and wellness services. Norwalk Hospital provides services to The community through our level ii trauma center, primary stroke center and joint replacement center of excellence to advanced cancer, heart, and neurosciences care. Our teams include top medical and surgical talent, and we invest in technology and collaborate with leading doctors and scientists to bring top-notch services to fairfield county. Norwalk Hospital participates in various clinical trials and research, which brings new treatment options to our patients. Norwalk Hospital is committed to providing quality service to The community and has been recognized by several organizations for The quality healthcare that it provides to The region. Norwalk Hospital is joint commission accredited with a gold seal of distinction for excellence in total joint replacement. Norwalk Hospital has been recognized as best regional Hospital for excellence by u.s. news & world report for our high performance in heart failure treatment, copd treatment, and high performance in stroke treatment. For The last several years, healthgrades has listed Norwalk Hospital as america's 250 best hospitals. Healthgrades has also acknowledged Norwalk Hospital as america's 100 best hospitals for stroke care and has awarded The Hospital with The critical care excellence award, neurosciences excellence award, and The pulmonary care excellence award. The Hospital has received The lifeline gold stemi receiving center achievement award and was listed on The get with The guidelines stroke gold plus with target type 2 diabetes honor roll from The american heart Association. Additional accreditations received were The mbsaqip bariatric center accreditation from The american college of surgeons and american society for metabolic and bariatric surgery, The rectal cancer program accreditation from The american college of surgeons national accreditation program for rectal cancer, and The accreditation for radiation oncology from The american college of radiology. In fy22, Norwalk Hospital had 44,330 patient days and 9,473 discharges in acute care. There were 35,904 in emergency room visits and 130,960 in other outpatient visits/procedures. The Hospital provided approximately $28.8m in charity care to The regions un-insured and under-insured population.