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2015 | Doing Business in Connecticut 53 SPONSORED REPORT Doing Business in Connecticut | 2015 25 among ECHN's innovations is The Clinical Day School at Manchester Memorial Hospital. This accredited private special education school offers an alternative school experience for students who need a highly structured, therapeutic environment in order to achieve academic success. Twenty years ago, Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals merged to form ECHN. It was the first case in Connecticut of two financially sound institutions taking such a step. This was the first of ECHN's innovative moves. According to Peter Karl, ECHN's President and CEO, "Big city hospitals don't have a monopoly on innovation. From the beginning, we've strived to build a forward-looking and forward-thinking organization. We act with a greater degree of nimbleness and jump on opportunities where our larger counterparts often cannot. Because innovation is in our DNA, it is scalable and transferable. It will always be at the core of how ECHN operates." with CorpCare Occupational Health to provide a "one-stop" approach for businesses to attain comprehensive clinical care for their employees. Services include drug, alcohol and "fit for duty" testing, recommendations for ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance, customized medical monitoring programs and more. As a result, these services are helping businesses not only qualify the best employees, but also help keep them healthy and on the job. Behavioral Health PCMH focuses on the health of the "whole person" and the whole population. Because the psychological and emotional health of individuals can have profound effects on the overall health of a community, ECHN has created a best in class Behavioral Health Services operation with offerings that include inpatient and outpatient care for children, adolescents and adults, individual and group therapy and substance abuse management. Chief Wellness at Home Key to the success of patient-centered care is health and wellness "maintenance" between hospital or doctor visits – particularly with the vast number of aging Americans. ECHN has been reengineering pathways of care to promote fewer hospitalizations and provide a greater portion of services in non-hospital settings. This means staying connected and providing care to patients at home. For this purpose, ECHN has looked to its home services agency, Visiting Nurse & Health Services of CT – an organization providing home health services for more than 100 years. The role of visiting nurses is essential to providing safe, effective and efficient care in a comfortable and low-cost setting for patients. Wellness at Work Recognizing that the health of a community owes much to the health of its businesses, ECHN partnered with other providers to form a unique joint venture "big city hospitals don't have a monopoly on innovation." – Peter Karl, CEO SPONSORED REPORT