Sharon Hospital already serves many Dutchess residents
SHARON CT – Sharon Hospital, just over the state line from Dutchess County in Connecticut, is going to join the Health Quest family, officials announced Thursday.
A certificate of need is being sought from the Connecticut State Health Department.
The 78-bed Sharon Hospital has been a for-profit entity since 2002, but will return to non-profit status when Health Quest assumes control.
The acquisition “offers tremendous benefits to our patients,” said Peter Cordeau, CEO of Sharon Hospital, which is currently part of Essent Healthcare of Connecticut.
Health Quest spokesman John Nelson said Sharon Hospital already provides healthcare to Dutchess residents along the Connecticut border.
“All of eastern Dutchess County, Millbrook and east, Amenia, those areas use those services and it fits right in to our region if you look at Vassar as the flagship, the center of that wheel. Sharon Hospital, Putnam Hospital, Northern Dutchess are all kind of spokes right into that hub,” Nelson said.
Sharon Hospital provides emergency, orthopedics, cardiac and geriatric behavioral medicine, as well as obstetrics and general surgery services.
When approved, Sharon will be the fourth hospital in the Health Quest organization, joining flagship Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck and Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel.
The Foundation for Community Health in Sharon played a significant role in bringing the two hospital groups together. The foundation will work with Sharon Hospital and Health Quest to engage the community in the discussion of services and available resources to support future growth opportunities.
