What We Do
“I thank God for St. Vincent’s and the Swim Across the Sound every day.” — Elizabeth, Bridgeport CT
What Swim Across the Sound and other programs support at St. Vincent’s
• Essentials that insurance doesn’t cover, like a wig, prosthesis or mastectomy bra.
• Help for patients who have found themselves in a financial hardship, providing for important expenses like mortgage payments, car payments, childcare-ensuring that they can focus on their recovery.
• Early detection cancer screenings for underinsured and uninsured patients who often have no other means to receive these important screenings.
• Peer programs for those in treatment so that they are not alone, ensuring that they can join support groups and be with others waging the same battle.
• Programs like yoga, massage therapy, acupuncture, nutrition and wellness counseling for those in treatment and in survivorship with a focus on strengthening each other physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Mission, Vision, & Values
Coordinated Quality Care
Hartford HealthCare is creating a better future for healthcare in Connecticut and beyond. We are a community of caregivers engaged in developing a coordinated, consistently high standard of care, using research and education as part of care delivery. We create and engage in meaningful alliances to enhance access to services and invest in technology and training to develop new pathways to improve the timeliness, effectiveness and accuracy of our services.
Mission
To improve the health and healing of the people and communities we serve.
Vision
Most trusted for personalized coordinated care.
Our Values
Hartford HealthCare's vision of excellence and leadership is driven by its core values, which are shared by all members of Hartford HealthCare.
There’s more to St. Vincent’s than ever before.
Since our founding by the Daughters of Charity in 1903, St. Vincent’s has been dedicated to helping patients in Bridgeport and throughout Fairfield County.
In October 2019, St. Vincent’s became part of Hartford HealthCare, the state’s most comprehensive healthcare network. Its care-delivery system serves 161 towns and cities at more than 300 locations, including seven acute-care hospitals, the state’s most extensive behavioral health network, a large multispecialty physician group, a regional home care system, an array of senior care services, and a large physical therapy and rehabilitation network.
St. Vincent’s Medical Center is a fully Catholic hospital. Our five convenient Urgent Care Centers remain available as well, and although you now see Hartford HealthCare signs at our locations, the familiar names and faces inside remain the same.