Over a three-year reporting period, Saint Francis Hospital led the State of Connecticut in achieving the lowest readmission rate for heart failure patients, based on data provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Trinity Health Of New England is proud to announce Saint Francis Hospital and Saint Mary’s Hospital have both received recertification as Trauma Centers by the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

Saint Francis Hospital recently became the first in Connecticut to utilize a custom silicone airway stent, a state-of-the-art solution for patients with central airway obstruction. Amrita Karambelkar, M.D., Assistant Director of Interventional Pulmonology, collaborated with VisionAir Solutions to design and produce the device, which was tailored to meet the unique anatomical requirements of the patient, ensuring a more precise and comfortable fit.

Saint Francis Hospital has once again been named by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Regional Hospital, marking the 13th consecutive year Saint Francis has earned a spot on the list.

Saint Francis Hospital is proud to announce it has been awarded Watson Caring Science Institute’s (WCSI) Lotus Recognition™, which celebrates the hospital’s unwavering commitment to fostering a culture of caring and healing culture for staff, patients, and the community it serves.

Elizabeth S. Gromisch, Ph.D., MSCS, Research Neuropsychologist for the Joyce D. and Andrew J. Mandell Center for Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Care and Neuroscience Research at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital, has been recognized for excellence in the advancement of care for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Saint Francis Hospital’s Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute (CJRI) recently completed its 50,000th procedure, marking an incredible milestone.

Trinity Health Of New England is committed to reducing—and ultimately eliminating—maternal mortality in our region. As part of this mission, we are actively participating in the Orange Bracelet Program, a targeted initiative designed to improve clinical awareness and response to postpartum complications.

In 2020, a pioneering five-year partnership was established between Trinity Health Of New England, Quinnipiac University, University of Oxford and Oxford’s National Health System affiliate hospitals.

Saint Francis Hospital is proud to announce its Epilepsy Center has received Level 3 Epilepsy Center accreditation from the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC).

Saint Francis Hospital welcomed children of hospital colleagues to Bring Your Child to Work Day on Thursday, April 24.

Saint Francis Hospital has completed its 1,000th robotic-assisted bronchoscopy procedure using the Ion endoluminal system, becoming the first hospital in Connecticut to achieve this milestone, reaching 1,000 procedures in under 1,000 days.

Saint Francis Hospital was proud to welcome leaders from Trinity Health along with over 25 local community partners and businesses for a Community Investing Meeting on Thursday, March 20 at the hospital’s Connecticut Institute for Primary Care Innovation.

Saint Francis Hospital is excited to welcome four new members to its Board of Directors. Joining the leadership group are Hector Glynn, David Hopkins, Edward Kelly, DMD, and Ronald Kimmel, M.D.

Surendra K. Chawla, M.D., a celebrated cardiac surgeon at Saint Francis Hospital, recently released a memoir entitled, When Persistence and Providence Joined Hands: One Cardiac Surgeon’s Journey.

Robert Roose, M.D., MPH, has been named President of Community Hospitals for Trinity Health Of New England.

Trinity Health Of New England is proud to announce that eight primary care offices have been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), earning Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition.

Saint Francis Hospital is proud to announce the offering of the Sonata® procedure, a state-of-the-art, incisionless, transcervical solution for the treatment of uterine fibroids.

Saint Francis Hospital is proud to announce its extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program has been named by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) as a Silver Level Center on the Path to Excellence in Life Support.

Saint Francis Hospital has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in radiation oncology as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology® (ACR).