Program areas at PHC
Putnam Hospital is a 164-bed, acute care Hospital offering innovative technologies, including robot-assisted surgery. The Hospital is committed to providing safe, convenient care to meet the personal healthcare needs of the communities we serve. Putnam 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. Putnam Hospital offers advanced surgical services including orthopedics, spine, and bariatric surgery. The Hospital also offers stroke care, a blood management program, cardiac care, psychiatric care including a partial-hospitalization program, maternity care, and outpatient physical rehabilitation. Putnam 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. Putnam Hospital has been recognized as best regional Hospital for excellence by u.s. news & world report for their high performance in copd treatment and kidney failure. The Hospital has also received an 'a' safety grade from leapfrog, and the patient safety excellence award from healthgrades. Putnam Hospital has received several accreditations including mbsaqip accredited bariatric Center since 2017, accredited as a comprehensive community cancer program from the america college of surgeons commission on cancer, breast health program accreditation from the national accreditation program for breast centers, accredited breast Center of excellence from the american college of radiology, as well as accreditations in adult transthoracic echocardiography, fda-certified/mqsa approved mammography facility, mammography and breast ultrasound, and ultrasound-ob, small parts, abdomen and general studies, ct scan, mri and nuclear medicine. Putnam Hospital was designated by the surgical review corporation as a robotic Center of excellence. In fy22, Putnam Hospital had 18,022 patient days and 3,808 discharges in acute care. There were 16,522 in emergency room visits and 59,713 in other outpatient visits/procedures. The Hospital provided approximately $2.2m in charity care to the regions un-insured and under-insured population.