The Westerly Hospital

Description

The Westerly Hospital is a 125bed hospital that provides Washington RI and New London CT County residents a wide array of medical surgical laboratory and rehabilitative services using stateoftheart technology in an intimate community hospital setting

With 120 primary and specialty physicians dedicated to the patients they serve our essential community hospital has earned one of the highest patient satisfaction rankings in the country

From birth through emergencies and advanced procedures The Westerly Hospital serves the entire community with familycentered medical care thats leading edge yet respectful compassionate committed and accountable to our patients

Our Mission
The mission of The Westerly Hospital is to compassionately provide a superior standard of community healthcare across generations

Our Vision
The vision of The Westerly Hospital is to become the hospital of choice for employees physicians and patients

History

The Hospitals History
Opened in 1925 with funding from community doctors ministers business leaders and nearly every resident The Westerly Hospital is built upon a tradition of close community relationships That tradition continues with the opening of our new Emergency Department and Medical and Surgical Care Units both with private inpatient rooms Over 150 physicians and over 20 Allied Health Professionals are on staff with new specialities added in response to community need In addition the Hospital is a network participant in The Yale New Haven Health Managed Care Network

The Future of the Hospital
The future of The Westerly Hospital will bring continued growth with a cardiac catheterization lab and expanded diagnostic services New technologies and procedures are constantly being added and we continue to develop partnerships with other health providers that will benefit the Hospital and the community We look forward to the new directions we take as an institution while maintaining our history as a community health resource

The Westerly Hospital is licensed by the Rhode Island Department of Health and fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations The Westerly Hospital also holds the following accreditations

American Association of Blood Banks

College of American Pathologists

American College of Radiology

Mammography Accreditation Program

The Westerly Hospital does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin handicap sex or age in treatment access to services and programs or employment