WEST ORANGE, NJ — The Matthew J. Morahan III Health Assessment Center for Athletes at RWJBarnabas Health will provide free cardiac and concussion baseline screenings to young athletes on Saturday, March 26, from 9 a.m. to noon at South Mountain Recreation Complex, Codey Arena, 560 Northfield Ave. in West Orange. “The screenings … help families […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. unveiled plans to modernize the red panda and clouded leopard exhibits at Turtle Back Zoo on Wednesday, Oct. 27. The new exhibit will be dedicated to Lou LaSalle, longtime chairperson of the Essex County Parks Foundation and senior vice president emeritus with RWJBarnabas Health. […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Saint Barnabas Medical Center announced Sept. 30 that it has received a $100 million donation from the Cooperman Family Foundation and has renamed the hospital Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in honor of the family’s gift. The donation is the largest ever given to any hospital in New Jersey and will allow the […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — RWJBarnabas Health is extending its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to all RWJBarnabas Health employees, according to a July 26 press release. The deadline for full vaccination is Oct. 15. RWJBarnabas Health recently mandated vaccination for staff at the supervisor level and higher; as a result, the vast majority of the management team […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — RWJBarnabas Health urges everyone to donate blood and other blood products, such as platelets and plasma, to help overcome a national shortage. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing that was required to slow the spread of infection, there has been a significant drop in blood donations. […]
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 […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — RWJBarnabas Health has joined a growing coalition pledging to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. One of nearly 2,000 CEOs who have come together for CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, RWJBarnabas Health President and CEO Barry H. Ostrowsky is committing himself and the health care system to advance diversity […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Tuesday, June 1, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, raised the flag in celebration and recognition of National LGBTQ-plus Pride Awareness Month. Newark Beth Israel’s Business Resource Group, P.R.I.D.E. — Providing Respect, Inclusion, Dignity and Empowerment — hosted the annual event. “Newark […]
NEWARK, NJ — Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has been awarded a grant of $15,000 from the Provident Bank Foundation to support Newark Beth Israel’s Farm-to-Family Food Box Program. This program provides new and expecting mothers who are receiving care at Newark Beth Israel’s Women’s Health Center with a farm-to-family food box, which includes a […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — RWJBarnabas Health, the largest academic health care system in New Jersey, is now mandating COVID-19 vaccination for all team members at the supervisory level and above with the anticipation that it will eventually be required for all staff, according to a May 20 press release. All team members at the supervisory […]