Yale New Haven Health is Connecticut's leading academic health system, combining clinical care, teaching and research across a statewide network. It employs more than 29,000 people and has a medical staff of over 7,500. Its care delivery spans five member hospitals - Yale New Haven Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital, Greenwich Hospital, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and Westerly Hospital - alongside a broad network of outpatient and ambulatory services. Westerly Hospital, in Rhode Island, extends the system's reach beyond Connecticut.
Yale New Haven Hospital is the flagship institution and is closely connected to Yale University and Yale School of Medicine. That affiliation places nursing practice within an academic setting in which clinical care, professional education and medical research reinforce one another. Work spans a range of domains, including clinical care, medical research, education and professional training, outpatient and ambulatory services, care coordination, and healthcare technology and treatment innovation.
The system describes its approach as coordinated, innovative and cost-effective, with a stated commitment to expanding access to treatments and technologies and to improving patient outcomes. Collaboration with physicians, hospitals and payers is central to its delivery model. Its stated values are integrity, patient-centered care, respect, accountability and compassion, alongside a focus on public service.
