Saint Vincent Hospital

Description

About Saint Vincent Hospital
Saint Vincent Hospital is a 348 bed acute care hospital located in Worcester Massachusetts Saint Vincent offers a variety of specialty care centers including laparoscopic surgery cardiovascular medicine including open heart surgery cancer medicine family centered maternal and child health services general and vascular surgery modern intensive care centers neurosurgery psychiatric services orthopedics and advanced diagnostic services including an MRI An extensive array of outpatient services including same day surgery radiation oncology and a pain clinic are also available

Our Mission
Saint Vincent Hospital is a medical institution dedicated to providing quality patient care with unrelenting attention to clinical excellence patient safety and an unparalleled passion and commitment to assure the very best healthcare for those we serve

Our Vision
To be the hospital of choice for patients physicians and employees in
Central Massachusetts because of our preeminent patient care and teaching
programs

To be well recognized as a technology leader in New England

To be the academic center of choice for residents and healthcare professionals

To be a prominent community member known for meeting the healthcare needs of
the entire community through incomparable patient care and wellness programs

Our Values
Saint Vincent Hospital is committed to

Dignity amp Reverence
Safeguarded by recognizing every life as a gift from God so each individual is inherently valued

Trust
Honest and open communication with patients and among staff

Teamwork
Recognizes the contribution of all but requires sacrifice for the benefit of the patient so as to enhance the health of the communities served and works in cooperation with other organizations to protect vulnerable populations throughout the region

Cooperation
Between patient and staff as well as the various clinical professions and specialties

Integrity
Honesty fairness and selfscrutiny in everything we do as the ideal means to protect overall safety as well as assure confidentiality and privacy

Heritage
Inspired by the example of the Sisters of Providence the ideals and tradition of Catholic healthcare still constitutes the foundation upon which the tradition becomes better

History

Founded by Sisters of Providence
Saint Vincent Hospital was founded in 1893 by the Sisters of Providence as a small Catholic community based hospital overlooking the city from Vernon Hill The hospital opening with 12 beds was named after the patron saint of the Sisters order Saint Vincent de Paul Immediately after its opening increasing need prompted an expansion in bed capacity The new hospital adjacent to the existing one had a capacity to care for 30 patients In 1899 following the hospitals incorporation in 1898 the Sisters expanded into a one hundred and fiftybed red brick building to which a sixtybed wing was added in 1918

Nursing School Established
Responding to the need for nursing instruction the hospital opened a nursing school in 1900 and in 1922 a residence for Sisters and student nurses was constructed facing Providence Street The school thrived throughout the years until its closing in May 1988

Over the years the hospital grew extensively in size and stature In 1954 a full service acute care teaching hospital was opened at 25 Winthrop Street on the grounds of the former Crompton Estate

Building Expansion

In 1964 a fivestory service wing addition to the main hospital was completed and one year later the Bishop Wright Pavilion was added providing facilities for a 51bed psychiatric unit a 45bed maternity section and a 52bed surgical floor Saint Lukes Hall on Heywood Street also opened in 1965 providing living accommodations for residents and interns In 1969 the Anderson Building was built to house the Data Processing Center and the Rose Building containing laboratories and research facilities was added in 1970 An amphitheater and modern medical library were added in 1984

In 1983 Saint Vincent Hospital was corporately reorganized to reflect its expansion from a hospital into a diversified healthcare system The corporate parent became Saint Vincent Healthcare System Inc and its subsidiaries included Saint Vincent Hospital Certified Nursing Services a home health agency three skilled nursing facilities known as the Providence House Nursing Homes and a laboratory called CliniTech

In 1990 Saint Vincent Healthcare System merged with the Fallon Healthcare System creating the first vertically integrated healthcare delivery system in the area Together Saint Vincent and Fallon developed plans to replace the current hospital facility with a firstclass hightech medical complex called Medical City which was later renamed Worcester Medical Center