GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center has received the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s “Get With The Guidelines–Stroke” Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award in recognition of the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines along with treatment guidelines […]
NEWARK, NJ — U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. announced Sept. 30 that community health care centers in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District would receive $3,018,634 in grants, mainly to help these centers expand their capacity to diagnose and treat people with mental health issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds were part of […]
NEWARK, NJ — A public school teacher from Essex County has admitted his role in conspiring to defraud the N.J. School Employees’ Health Benefits Program with phony claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced Sept. 22. Jason Nardachone, 51, of Nutley, who taught in the Lodi School District, pleaded guilty […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — Mountainside Medical Center, a part of the Hackensack Meridian Health system, has acquired a Stryker Mako robotic surgical system to perform robot-assisted joint replacement procedures. Mountainside has offered robot-assisted surgeries for a decade. The new Mako gives patients a minimally invasive option for total hip, total knee and partial […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Nancy E. Holecek, RWJBarnabas Health senior vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer, has received the 2021 Force for Change Award for Nursing and Patient Care from Leading Women Entrepreneurs. The Force for Change Awards honor New Jersey’s most innovative leaders of the next decade. The Force for […]
NUTLEY, NJ — Eighteen students from the first class of the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine graduated June 3 and are now ready to start their medical careers. The medical students, who began working toward their degrees in 2018, graduated in an accelerated three-year program at the School of Medicine campus in Nutley. All will […]
GLEN RIDGE / MONTCLAIR, NJ — To honor nursing staff and team members, Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center participates in an annual awards program recognizing those who go above and beyond their normal responsibilities to support the delivery of care to patients. The Nursing Excellence Awards program is funded by Partners for Health Foundation. Nine […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Dr. John F. Bonamo, executive vice president and chief medical and quality officer at RWJBarnabas Health, and Dr. Steven K. Libutti, senior vice president of oncology services at RWJBarnabas Health and director of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, were named to the 2021 Dr. Edward J. Ill Excellence in Medicine […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center was awarded an “A” Hospital Safety Score by the Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization. This is the hospital’s sixth consecutive “A” rating. “This sixth consecutive ‘A’ is a testament to Newark Beth Israel’s unwavering commitment to the safety of our patients, their families and our […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Saint Barnabas Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, was awarded its 19th consecutive “A” Hospital Safety Score rating by the Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. Saint Barnabas Medical Center is the only hospital in the state and one of only […]
