** Mission and Values **
** Our Mission **
Kent Hospital is devoted to continually improving the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve, offering our essential services without regard for ability to pay.
** Our Vision for 2010 **
By 2010, Kent Hospital will be one of the best regional hospitals in New England, preferred by patients, staff and physicians for its quality, safety and service.
** Our Long Term Vision Statement **
Our vision is to be one of the best regional hospitals in the nation by providing the highest quality of care.
** Our Values **
At Kent Hospital, we put the patient and their families at the center of all we do. In our day-to-day interactions with patients and each other, our actions and decisions are guided by the following core values.
* Kindness: We treat everyone with understanding and
caring.
* Excellence: We demonstrate unparalleled quality in
all we do.
* New Ideas: We encourage lifelong learning,
continual improvement and innovation.
* Trust: We can be counted on to always place our
patients' interests first.
* Collaboration: We work in partnerships with those
around us, including our patients.
* Accountability: We hold ourselves accountable for
the impact of our decisions.
* Respect: We treat each person with dignity,
respecting the diverse needs of those we serve.
* Ethics: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical
standards.
History Of Kent Hospital
Kent Hospital is a 359-bed, nonprofit, acute care hospital serving approximately 300,000 residents of Warwick, West Warwick, East Greenwich, West Greenwich, Coventry and parts of North Kingstown, Exeter and Cranston, Rhode Island.
Kent is located on 57 acres in the Toll Gate section of Warwick (11 miles south of Providence) and is the second largest single-site hospital in the state.
Chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1946, Kent opened with 90 beds in 1951 and expanded in 1960, 1973 and 1981 to keep pace with community growth. Today, Kent provides a full compliment of inpatient services including cardiology and extended coronary care, infectious disease, primary care, oncology, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, rehabilitation and surgery. In addition, the hospital offers a comprehensive range of outpatient services including cardiac catheterization, chemotherapy, diagnostic imaging and surgery. The hospital also operates a Women's Diagnostic Imaging Center and a Wound Recovery Center, and provides laboratory and primary care services at various sites throughout the community.
Kent Hospital has more than 2,300 employees, a medical staff of more than 600, a volunteer corps of 250 and 350 auxilians.
Kent's Emergency Services Department is the second busiest in the state with some 60,000 annual visits. In 1985, an Express Treatment Unit opened to reduce the waiting time for treatment of minor injuries and illnesses.
Kent is governed by a 26-member voluntary Board of Trustees drawn from the community it serves. Sandra L. Coletta is president and chief executive officer.
