Griffin Hospital Derby, Connecticut Community Health Needs Assessment Fiscal Year 2013 Produced October 1, 2013
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Griffin Hospital Derby, Connecticut Community Health Needs Assessment Fiscal Year 2013 Produced October 1, 2013 I. Community Served by Griffin Hospital and How the Community was Determined Griffin Hospital is a subsidiary of Griffin Health Services Corporation which includes Healthcare Alliance Insurance Company, a Grand Cayman’s based insurance captive, G.H. Ventures, a for profit subsidiary with principal holdings in real estate, the Griffin Hospital Development Fund, Planetree Inc. and NuVal, LLC a joint Venture with Topco Inc. After employing the Planetree model of care at Griffin Hospital as the first member of the Planetree Network in 1991, the not-for-profit Planetree organization, founded in 1978, became a subsidiary of Griffin Health Services Corporation in 1998. At the time there were 16 Planetree Network members; today there are 250 hospitals and continuing care facility members including members in Canada, the Netherlands, and Brazil. Planetree has pioneered a patient-centered approach to care and in personalizing, humanizing and demystifying the healthcare experience for patients and their families. In 2010, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) selected Planetree to collaborate with the new VA Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation in the development of the VA’s own patient-centered care model for Veterans who receive health care services at VA’s more than 1,000 sites across the nation. Today the non-profit Griffin Hospital is a 160 bed, 15 bassinette acute care hospital with 6,904 discharges and 196,386 outpatient visits in fiscal year 2012. With 1,325 full time, part time and per diem employees it is the Valley’s largest employer with employee compensation and benefits last year totaling $73 million, fifty-seven percent of Griffin’s expense budget of $128 million. Over $47 million is spent on supplies and services much of which is to area vendors. With 70% of the hospital’s employees residing in the hospital’s primary service area, Griffin Hospital is an economic engine for the community it serves. Griffin Hospital is an acute care hospital providing inpatient and outpatient medical care and related services for obstetrics, surgery and acute medical conditions or injuries usually for a short duration. Griffin provides psychiatric and mental health services including an inpatient unit. Griffin offers a number of innovative programs designed to provide enhanced community access to a broad range of services and meet community needs. These include: A Wound Treatment Center, Integrative Medicine Center, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Pain and Headache Treatment Center, Sleep Wellness Center, Joint Replacement Center Occupational Medicine Center, Inpatient Hospice Service, Center for Cancer Care with radiation therapy service, Center for Breast Wellness, Bariatrics Service, Medi-Weight Loss Service, Griffin Retail Pharmacy, Chemical Dependency and Addiction Service, Enhanced External Counter Pulsation Service, Anti-Coagulation Service and an Infusion Center. The combined population of Griffin’s six town primary service area (the Valley) is 107,269. The six suburban town’s that make up the hospital’s primary service area are: Ansonia – population 19,219, size 6.2 sq. miles, Beacon Falls – population 6,038, size 9.9 sq. miles, Derby – population 1 12,882, size 5.4 sq. miles, Oxford – population 12,662, size 33 sq. miles, Seymour – population 16,514, 15 sq. miles, Shelton – population 39,954, size 32 sq. miles. The combined size of the six town Valley region is 101.5 square miles. The 1980’s was a decade of change for the six town, Southern Connecticut community as it was transformed from a manufacturing to a more affluent corporate and bedroom community with a more diverse population and employment base. The catalyst for change was a new highway (Route 8) through the community which connected two interstates, I-95 along Connecticut’s coastal shore and I-84 from Connecticut’s western border with New York State through central Connecticut. Over a four year period from 1984 – 1988, retail sales in the six Valley towns doubled and single family home values increased by 80% and surveys revealed that 4 of 10 residents lived in the community 10 years or less. This was the most prosperous part of Connecticut in the early days of industrialization. The region was the location of key factories in national industries, most notably the brass industry, rubber manufacturing, petrochemical production and shipbuilding. Prior to 1980, the community had seen little change for more than 50 years. Residents were immigrants who migrated to the community in the early 1900’s principally from Ireland, Italy, Poland and Russian satellite countries. Wage earners worked in manufacturing and shopped and used health and human services in the community. Residents typically remained in the community for their lifetime. The economic crisis began in the 1970’s as manufacturing firms downsized. By 1990, many would be out of business and the remaining would be one quarter their former size. In 1975, the largest arson fire in U.S. history put over 1,000 people out of work. The unemployment rate towered at 18%. Fueled by the new highway, the community began a period of unprecedented change, development and growth. The new highway had exposed the region’s advantages to developers. Available and inexpensive land coupled with suburban living in a pastoral setting and a close commute to commercial centers acted as a magnet for young professionals seeking homes and a suburban lifestyle. Community leadership recognized the need to respond to the changing community demographics and the different socioeconomic and health needs and expectations of the more diverse population. Three major new structures were created. In 1993, the Valley Council of Health and Human Service Organizations (VCHHSO) was founded. More than 55 organizations that provide most of the health and human services are members. VCHHSO’s vision is a provider network that works collaboratively to create an integrated human services delivery system that meets the needs of all residents. "Healthy Valley 2000", the state’s first healthy community effort, was launched in 1994. With foundation grant support, the National Civic League was engaged to guide Stakeholders through the process. The vision of the broad-based, volunteer inspired and managed effort was to improve the health and quality of life of the community and its residents by making the community a better place in which to live, work, shop, raise a family and enjoy life. Based on research, including use of the National Civic League Index, a S.W.O.T analysis, and brainstorming, 175 Stakeholders identified Arts & Recreation, Community Involvement, Economic Development, Education and Health as priorities. A task force developed a work plan for each of the priorities and an honor role was developed to recognize initiatives undertaken independently by individuals or organizations related to the identified priorities. 2 The Valley’s population continues to grow and is becoming increasingly more affluent. The combined Valley population is projected to be 109,510 in 2017. The Valley’s population is primarily white at 91.1%. The black or African American population is 2.9% and the Asian population is 2.3%. The Hispanic or Latino population is 5.9%. Population by ancestry is primarily Italian – 23%, Polish/Russian/Ukrainian – 17% and Irish – 11%. The age 65 and over population is 14% compared to the State of Connecticut also at 14% in 2010. English is the primary language spoken in 86% of homes. The estimated average family household income for Valley residents is $95,592 and the median family household income is $83,335. It is estimated that 1,149 families (3.9%) of Valley families have Incomes below the poverty level. (Additional details in Demographics) The Valley, geographically located in south central Connecticut, is surrounded by three of the state’s largest cities, New Haven, to the South, Bridgeport, to the Southwest, and Waterbury to the North. There are two tertiary care hospitals in Bridgeport and Waterbury and with the merger of the Hospital of St. Raphael with Yale New Haven Hospital one very large hospital in New Haven. Yale New Haven Hospital is now one of the ten largest hospitals in the country. Each has varying degrees of market share in Griffin’s primary service area towns depending on the proximity to the three cities and the hospitals located there. A sixth hospital, Milford Hospital in Milford, Connecticut is a community hospital. The tertiary care hospitals, each with larger service areas including the primary urban city in which they are located, abdicate preventive care and health education services in the Valley area to Griffin Hospital. The six hospitals that surround Griffin Hospital (including the Yale New Haven Hospital St. Raphael Campus), their Average Daily Census (ADC) in 2012 and the distance in miles from Griffin Hospital to each of the seven are: o Hospital of St. Raphael, New Haven, CT 288 ADC - 9.3 miles o Yale New-Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 845 ADC - 10.6 miles o Milford, Hospital, Milford, CT 40 ADC - 10.3 miles o Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT 278 ADC - 13.8 miles o St. Vincent’s Hospital, Bridgeport, CT 336 ADC - 12.8 miles o St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT 142 ADC - 16.2 miles o Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT 157 ADC - 16.9 miles Additional information for the seven hospitals and for Griffin Hospital from the CT Office of Health Care Access follows: • Hospital of St. Raphael, Licensed beds – 533, No. of Employees – 3,776, No. of Physicians – 665, ER Visits FY 2009 – 55,607, Admissions FY 2009 – 23,924 • Yale New-Haven Hospital, Licensed beds- 1,008, No. of Employees – 7,950, No. of Physicians – 1,729 ER Visits FY 2009 - 137,911, Admissions FY 2009 – 57,451 • Milford Hospital, Licensed beds – 111, No.