Health Care Services
John Dempsey Hospital: The university hospital, John Dempsey Hospital provides specialized and routine inpatient and outpatient services for adults. It is active in geriatrics, maternal fetal medicine, cardiology programs, cancer care and orthopaedics. In addition, the John Dempsey Hospital is home to the only full service Emergency Department in the Farmington Valley.
Through Bioscience Connecticut, construction will begin in 2013 for a new patient care tower on the Health Center campus, as well as renovations to the existing John Dempsey Hospital. The projects are expected to be completed in 2016 and 2018, respectively.
Outpatient Care: The physicians of the UConn Health Center form the region’s largest multispecialty practice. This includes a wide range of outpatient services, ranging from primary care, OB/GYN and dermatology to personalized services for older adults through the UConn Center on Aging, and many specialty services. Patients are seen on the Farmington campus, as well as satellite offices in West Hartford, East Hartford, Avon, Simsbury and Southington.
In all, the practice includes more than 450 physicians in more than 50 specialties.
Through Bioscience Connecticut, a new Ambulatory Care Center will be constructed on the UConn Health Center campus to house existing services and support the work of new faculty that will be joining the UConn Health Center.
Dental Care: University Dentists, the group practice based on the Health Center’s Farmington campus, provides preventive, corrective and restorative care for patients of all ages. In addition, the student and resident run dental services provide an affordable safety net for patients with little or no insurance.
The UConn Health Center is home to a modern Center for Implant and Reconstructive Dentistry that offers contemporary dental implant therapies and is engaged in sophisticated research into bone growth and augmentation.
Correctional Managed Health Care (CMHC): The Correctional Managed Health Care (CMHC) program, a partnership with the Department of Correction, delivers comprehensive managed health care to State of Connecticut inmates. Medical, mental health, dental and ancillary services are provided in all 18 facilities across the state.
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