The Meriden community has had its own medical center since the original Meriden Hospital opened its doors in 1892. Throughout the years, the name of the facility has changed, but the mission has been consistent–to promote, restore, and maintain the health and well-being of the people it serves by providing the highest quality health care services, information, and support.

MidState Medical Center is the newest evolution in health care for Meriden. This new state-of-the-art facility opened in September of 1998. The environment looks and feels more like a hotel than a hospital, but the level of technology, skill of the staff, and attention to personal needs quickly assures the patients and their families that they will receive the highest level of care.

MidState Medical Center has received much recognition since its opening. Patients consistently rank the medical center in the top 4% of over 650 hospitals that participate in a national patient satisfaction survey tool coordinated by Press, Ganey. MidState also won the prestigious Connecticut Award for Excellence in 2000, which is modeled after the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The winner has to meet strict standards of excellence that cross many industries. MidState Medical Center also was named as one of the 100 Top Hospital Intensive Care Units for 2000 in an independent study released by Solucient Leadership Institute. The study showed how deaths could be potentially avoided and money could be saved if all ICU’s operated at the same levels as the top performing ICU’s named in the study.

Features of MidState Medical Center

MidState Medical Center includes the main hospital and the attached James P. Rybeck Medical Office Building on its Lewis Avenue campus. Some of the services include:

• Corometrics Family Birthing Center with 11 LDRP rooms and 2 post C-section rooms
• Comprehensive inpatient and outpatient surgery
• Emergency Department
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Cancer Center
• Extensive radiology services
• Tremaine Resource Center for health education
• Three inpatient care pavilions including:

Intensive/Critical Care Unit, Step Down, Medical, Surgical, and extended recovery beds, and a Psychiatric unit

• Outpatient lab drawing station
• Cardio-diagnostics, Pulmonary lab and other outpatient services

MidState Medical Center’s East Campus facility on Paddock Avenue includes:

• MediQuick Non-Emergency Care Center
• Eye Surgicenter • OB Clinic
• Diabetes & Nutrition Center
• Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab Centers
• Behavioral Health outpatient programs
• Community Health & Wellness
• Outpatient Lab drawing station
• Solutions Employee Assistance Program

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