Benefits & Rewards Connecticut Children’s is dedicated to enhancing the professional and personal lives of our valued team members. We offer a selection of health, dental, and life insurance plans, contribution matching for retirement savings, paid time off, and tuition assistance among other
Medical Records Patients & Families It is the obligation of the hospital to protect the confidentiality of our patients’ medical records. Any information contained in the medical record is confidential and protected by federal and state law. Therefore, patient information will only be released
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Happy Holidays During COVID! Week #4: Care Packages to Make Quarantine Special During COVID-19, your family may have lots of people to thank and in-person celebrations to make up for. So in time for Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa, here’s a care package how-to for spreading holiday cheer. This is the fourth week of Connecticut Children’s holiday series Article
Innovating with Purpose: Semantic Saturation By Jacquelyn M. Rose, MPH: This is the first in a series of blogs describing Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health’s journey to cultivate and nurture a culture of social innovation. Over the course of the last fiscal year, a small, multi-disciplinary team from Connecticut Children’s Article
Food is Medicine: The Essential Connection Between Food Security and Health By Nancy Trout, MD: By: Nancy Trout, MD, MPH For more than two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought devastating loss along with political, economic and social disruption to our nation. While we no longer see televised images of snaking lines of cars containing food insecure families lined up for
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What’s Next? Helping Your Teen Decide What to Do After High School By Lauren K. Ayr-Volta, PhD: For most of their lives, kids and teens are told exactly where they’ll be and what they’ll be doing in the year to come. Their teachers and families prepare them for the transition from one grade to the next, and for the move from elementary to middle to high school. Then, at the
Burn Clinical Pathway Connecticut Children’s cares for patients with mild to moderately burns. Burn injury can vary in severity from superficial to partial thickness to full thickness. Connecticut Children’s has not had a standardized approach to care for these children in the past. A standardized
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Grow Competitive: Jordan’s Story For eight years, every time Jordan DeMatteo stepped onto the soccer field or basketball court, she didn’t just brace herself for competition. She braced for pain. At any moment, her right kneecap could shift out of alignment, an issue she’d dealt with since age 8. It was
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Schroth Physical Therapy The Schroth method is a type of physical therapy for children with scoliosis, kyphosis, and other conditions of the spine and rib cage. It involves corrective breathing and strengthening exercises which aim to improve overall postural alignment, reduce pain, and slow or prevent Article
Teaching Empathy in Action: The Meaning Behind Pajama Day As you settle into the new school year—organizing supplies, marking sports schedules, and syncing calendars—there’s one date worth circling now: the second Friday of December. That’s when students, teachers, and communities across Connecticut, and the region, come together for PJ
Obesity & Weight Management Education The Pediatric Obesity Center at Connecticut Children’s offers clinical and research opportunities to medical students, residents and interns, along with psychology programs for doctoral students. Psychology Practicum Connecticut Children’s Obesity Center will consider students
Volunteer Connecticut Children’s relies on more than 300 volunteers. As valuable members of our team, volunteers receive training and other benefits to make the experience as rewarding as possible, for them and for our patients and families. Volunteer responsibilities may include leading
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Walk to Work Program Connects Hartford Residents to Jobs By Luis Rivera: By: Luis Rivera, MSW How did you learn about the SINA Walk to Work program? Jessica Rios : I learned about the SINA Walk to Work Program through friends on social media who connected me with Elsa Huertas, the Career Navigator who manages the program. Esther Figueroa : Luis, I’m
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White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health By Nancy Trout, MD: By: Nancy Trout, MD, MPH For the first time in over 50 years, the White House convened a conference of stakeholders with a goal of ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity in the U.S. by 2030 – the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
Nasogastric Tube Discharge Home Clinical Pathway Factors that may contribute to extended hospital stays for premature infants include inability to feed fully by mouth and differences in approaches for discharge home with partial nasogastric (NG) feeds across hospital subspecialties. Once discharged, these families may