BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Bloomfield’s Community Conversation on Race series continued on Sept. 2, with a livestreamed hour-and-half event for residents on the topic of race and racial bias. It was a continuation of the July 29 event, with guest speakers Wendy Christensen and Desyra Highsmith-Holcomb returning to Bloomfield, in addition to Joseph Graham Jr. Christensen […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — While the annual Clara Maass Medical Center Golf Invitational was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Super Bowl champions don’t like to sit on the sidelines. In lieu of the golf invitational, the first-ever Clara Maass Medical Center Virtual Sports Panel was hosted by former New York Giant and two-time […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Eight RWJBarnabas Health facilities have been recognized and redesignated as “Leaders in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. The facilities recognized include Clara Maass Medical Center, Community […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Clara Maass Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is a recipient of the Healthgrades 2020 Patient Safety Excellence Award. This distinction places Clara Maass Medical Center among the nation’s top 5 percent of all short-term acute care hospitals reporting patient safety data as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — To officially kick off the month of June, Clara Maass Medical Center hosted a socially-distant celebration of National Pride Month with a 15-car caravan that traveled around the campus, as well as a party on the top of the parking deck with music played by DJ Rich. The brief program included remarks […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — Clara Maass Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, offers a free community prayer line for the health, healing, strength and recovery of its community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Led by a network of spiritual leaders from the city of Newark’s Mayor’s Office of Clergy Affairs and Interfaith Alliance and the New Jersey […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — To officially kick off National Nurses Week 2020, Clara Maass Medical Center, a facility of RWJBarnabas Health, hosted a “Red Carpet Rollout” on May 6 to celebrate nurses and other health care professionals at the beginning and/or end of all four shifts. That day as each employee arrived or concluded their shift, […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact New Jersey, hospitals are working around the clock to care for those who are ill. Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville is doing its part, too. “Our staff here inside the building are the true heroes that are supporting your loved ones in their time […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — As the world and normal life have shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have become overloaded with those sick with the virus. With thousands more patients than they would normally have, some hospitals are running low on bed space, medical equipment and supplies such as gloves and face masks. […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Church services have been shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and members of the Glen Ridge Congregational Church haven’t been able to hold their weekly gatherings, but that hasn’t stopped the community from helping health care workers who are on the front lines fighting the disease. They’ve been putting together […]