Facts & Figures
Did You Know . . . ?
- Medical errors account for over 98,000 deaths per year in hospitals alone. Find out how UCHC addresses these avoidable fatalities under keyword CQI through Continuous Quality Improvement projects.
- The Lyman Maynard Stowe Library at the UConn Health Center houses over 48,000 books and 3,800 multimedia items, subscribes to nearly 1,700 online journals, and employs 38 staff and assistants.
- Construction of the Health Center's main campus began in 1966. The original building plans called for a massive, circular building originally contained about 1.2 million square feet, seven miles of corridors, and 2,000 rooms.
- The Health Center community offers wide range of ambulatory and primary care services on the Health Center campus in Farmington and in physician offices conveniently located in West Hartford, Simsbury, East Hartford, and Rocky Hill. All told, patients have access to health care services from more than 200 Health Center physicians in more than 50 specialties.
- The Connecticut Poison Control Center, housed at the University of Connecticut Health Center, fielded 58,917 poison-related contacts in 1998.
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