Western Connecticut Health Network
Western Connecticut Health Network was a non-profit group of three Western Connecticut hospitals formed in 2010 by Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital and Norwalk Hospital. In 2019, WCHN merged with Health Quest, a chain of hospitals mostly in the Hudson Valley, to become Nuvance Health. In addition to the three hospitals, Western Connecticut Health Network included:
- an integrated physician practice
- an agency for home care and community health services
- a full-service retail pharmacy located at Danbury Hospital
- emergency medical services
- an occupational medicine program, providing services for business and industry
Patient Care
Danbury Hospital and New Milford Hospital are accredited by the Joint Commission under separate licenses, maintaining a collective 456 licensed beds and 90,000 emergency visits annually, with 24-hour access to accredited Chest Pain, Primary Stroke and Trauma centers.Surgical Services include robotic surgery and advanced and minimally invasive techniques in a variety of surgical disciplines, including cardiothoracic, colorectal, gynecologic and breast, neurosurgery, orthopedic joint replacement, plastic/reconstructive, podiatric, spine, urologic, vascular and bariatrics.
Danbury Hospital's Praxair Cancer Center and New Milford Hospital's Regional Cancer Center are approved by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.
Additionally, Danbury Hospital operates a level IIIb Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for newborns, with both hospitals welcoming a collective 2,600 babies every year in two family birthing centers.