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CORE FORM, PART III; STATEMENT OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. IS A NOT FOR-PROFIT HOLDING COMPANY BASED IN HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY. HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. IS THE SOLE CORPORATE MEMBER OF VARIOUS NOT FOR-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES. THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE HAS RECOGNIZED HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. AS BEING A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C)(3). HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. IS THE PARENT ORGANIZATION OF A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. BACKGROUND ========== HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (THE "MEDICAL CENTER" OR "HUMC") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT NEW JERSEY CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE"). HUMC OWNS AND OPERATES A 775 LICENSED BED ACUTE CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL LOCATED AT 30 PROSPECT AVENUE IN THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. BERGEN COUNTY IS THE LARGEST COUNTY BY POPULATION IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY (THE "STATE"), WITH A 2009 POPULATION OF 895,250. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2009 POPULATION ESTIMATES, IT HAS THE SIXTEENTH HIGHEST PER CAPITA INCOME IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS LOCATED NEAR MAJOR HIGHWAYS IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80, THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE, THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY, AND STATE ROUTES 4, 17, AND 46 AND IS APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES FROM NEW YORK CITY. HUMC WAS FOUNDED IN 1888 AS A 12-BED HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE ACUTE CARE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK. IN THE LAST 25 YEARS, THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS EVOLVED FROM A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OFFERING PATIENTS A SECONDARY LEVEL OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO A TEACHING HOSPITAL AFFILIATED WITH THE NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY ("UMDNJ") OFFERING AN INCREASING ARRAY OF TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY PATIENT SERVICES. HUMC PROVIDES THESE SERVICES PRIMARILY TO RESIDENTS OF BERGEN, HUDSON AND PASSAIC COUNTIES, BUT ALSO TO PATIENTS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. HUMC IS A REGIONAL LEADER IN MANY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND ITS MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT PATIENTS WHOSE PRIMARY PHYSICIANS ARE NOT ON THE HUMC MEDICAL STAFF ARE REFERRED TO HUMC BECAUSE OF ITS REPUTATION FOR HIGH QUALITY CARE AND ITS ARRAY OF SPECIALIZED SERVICES, SUCH AS CARDIAC SERVICES; ONCOLOGY (WHICH INCLUDES ONE OF THE LARGEST BONE MARROW/STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY); TRANSPLANTATION SERVICES; AND WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES. SINCE 1999, THE MEDICAL CENTER'S BED COMPLEMENT HAS INCREASED FROM 579 LICENSED BEDS TO THE PRESENT LICENSED COMPLEMENT OF 775 BEDS. ADULT AND PEDIATRIC OCCUPANCY HAS CONSISTENTLY APPROXIMATED 90% SOON AFTER EACH BED CAPACITY EXPANSION OF 30 BEDS IN 2000, 68 BEDS IN 2001, AND 98 BEDS IN 2006, WHICH FURTHER SUPPORTS THE NECESSITY OF THE MEDICAL CENTER WITHIN ITS COMMUNITY HUMC IS BERGEN COUNTY'S LARGEST EMPLOYER WITH A WORK FORCE OF MORE THAN 7,500 EMPLOYEES AND AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $1 BILLION. THE MORE THAN 1,500 PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS ON THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL STAFF REPRESENT THE FULL SPECTRUM OF SPECIALTIES AND SUBSPECIALTIES. HUMC HAS A VOLUNTEER POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 1,900 MEN, WOMEN, AND TEENAGERS, WHO DONATE APPROXIMATELY 250,000 HOURS TO HUMC EACH YEAR. HUMC OFFERS ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST MODERN CAMPUSES, WHICH IS CONTINUALLY UPDATED AND EXPANDED TO INCORPORATE EMERGING CLINICAL APPROACHES, MEDICINE, AND TECHNOLOGIES. THE MEDICAL CENTER CONSISTS OF SEVENTEEN BUILDINGS AND FIVE FREESTANDING PARKING GARAGES, LOCATED ON ITS MAIN CAMPUS IN THE CITY OF HACKENSACK. SEVEN OF THE BUILDINGS ARE USED FOR INPATIENT SERVICES AND SIX ARE USED FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. ON THIS CAMPUS, HUNDREDS OF SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE DELIVERED. THE HUMC CAMPUS INCLUDES ONE OF THE LARGEST AMBULATORY FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY: THE HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL PLAZA. THIS NINE-STORY, 276,000-SQUARE-FOOT FACILITY HOUSES PHYSICIAN OFFICES AND HUMC PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, HUMC'S MAIN FACILITIES INCLUDE: - THE DON IMUS/WFAN PEDIATRIC CENTER FOR TOMORROWS CHILDREN - THE SARKIS AND SIRAN GABRELLIAN WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S PAVILION - THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - THE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN - THE JEFFREY M. CREAMER TRAUMA CENTER - THE DONNA A. SANZARI WOMEN'S HOSPITAL - THE SARKIS & SIRAN GABRELLIAN CHILD CARE AND LEARNING CENTER - THE AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN'S HOUSE - HEKEMIAN CONFERENCE CENTER - JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER - THE HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL SINCE HUMC IS ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE MEDICAL CENTERS, IT ATTRACTS MANY OF THE AREA'S LEADING PHYSICIANS. THESE PHYSICIANS, MANY OF WHOM ARE ON THE CUTTING-EDGE IN THEIR FIELDS AND HAVE RECEIVED THEIR TRAINING AT THE NATION'S MOST PROMINENT INSTITUTIONS, HAVE SELECTED HUMC AS THEIR PLACE TO PRACTICE. THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS A CAMPUS AT WESTWOOD, NEW JERSEY ("HUMC NORTH"), AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER PASCACK VALLEY HOSPITAL, APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM THE HACKENSACK CAMPUS, CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 181,910 GROSS SQUARE FEET THAT CURRENTLY SERVICES WESTWOOD AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES A SATELLITE EMERGENCY ROOM FACILITY, WHICH INCLUDES PROVIDING LAB AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES. HUMC PURPOSE AND BELIEFS ======================== PURPOSE ------- HUMC IS A TEAM COMMITTED TO PROVIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT EXPERIENCE THROUGH QUALITY PATIENT-CENTERED CARE, EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. GOAL ---- QUALITY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS THE NUMBER ONE, NON-NEGOTIABLE VALUE THAT DRIVES HUMC'S MISSION AND ACTIONS. HUMC INCORPORATES EMERGING BUSINESS MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS TO REFLECT A VISION THAT PUTS PATIENTS IN CHARGE. HUMC STRIVES TO CREATE CONTINUOUS HEALING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ITS PATIENTS. HUMC CUSTOMIZES CARE ACCORDING TO PATIENTS' NEEDS AND VALUES, NOT HUMC'S. HUMC CONTINUES TO INITIATE AND PARTICIPATE IN UNPRECEDENTED DATA COLLABORATION. BENCHMARKING HUMC'S OUTCOMES PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION FOR MORE INFORMED MEDICAL CARE JUDGMENTS. IT ALSO GIVES PATIENTS OBJECTIVE DECISION-MAKING DATA AND SERVES AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL FOR RECRUITING TOP-QUALITY PHYSICIANS TO HUMC'S TEAM. BELIEFS ------- HUMC IS GUIDED BY THE FOLLOWING BELIEFS: - QUALITY-ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND SERVICE. - SERVICE-COMMITTING TO ANTICIPATE AND FULFILL THE NEEDS, REQUESTS, AND WISHES OF THE CUSTOMERS. - PATIENT-CENTERED CARE-PROVIDING CARE THAT IS COMPASSIONATE, EMPATHIC, AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS, VALUES, AND PREFERENCE OF INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS AND THE FAMILIES OF PATIENTS. - INNOVATION-ADVANCING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE THROUGH THE USE OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND PROCESSES THAT ACHIEVE DESIRED OUTCOMES. - COMPASSION-SHOWING CONCERN FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS BY LISTENING TO, AND EMPATHIZING WITH, THEIR FEELINGS, ANXIETIES, AND EXPECTATIONS. - COMMUNICATION-PROVIDING TIMELY, RELIABLE INFORMATION THAT RESULTS IN UNDERSTANDING. - INTEGRITY-ACTING IN A RESPONSIBLE AND ETHICAL MANNER. - PROFESSIONALISM-ACCEPTING INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THEIR ROLES, AS DEFINED BY THE STANDARDS OF THE PROFESSION. - RESPECT-LISTENING TO AND VALUING, DIVERSE OPINIONS. - SATISFACTION-CREATING A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE, AND HEALING ENVIRONMENT THAT INSPIRES THEM TO EXCEED THE NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS OF PATIENTS, THE FAMILIES OF PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS, AND EMPLOYEES. OUTLOOK ------- THE MEDICAL CENTER'S GOAL IS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES DESPITE THE EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES AND COMPLEXITIES IN TODAY'S HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. IN 2008, A JOINT VENTURE FORMED BY HUMC AND TOURO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE PURCHASED THE PASCACK VALLEY HOSPITAL CAMPUS AND A MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING. ON OCTOBER 1, 2008, THE MEDICAL CENTER OPENED A FREESTANDING SATELLITE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT THE PASCACK VALLEY SITE. IN ADDITION TO EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO PROVIDES SEVERAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDING DIAGNOSTICS AND LABORATORY SERVICES AT THAT SITE. THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO SEPARATELY ACQUIRED A LICENSE FOR MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT SERVICES IN THE PASCACK VALLEY AREA, WHICH SERVES TO CONNECT THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY TO THIS NEWLY RE-OPENED FACILITY. IN FEBRUARY 2010, TOURO UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO SELL ITS ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP INTEREST (50%) IN HUMC/TOURO, LLC TO THE MEDICAL CENTER. AS SUCH, HUMC NOW OWNS HUMC/TOURO, LLC AT 100%. THE OPENING OF A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHICH EXPANDS FROM PROVIDING JUST EMERGENCY SERVICES TO PROVIDING INPATIENT CARE AT THE FORMER PASCACK VALLEY HOSPITAL SITE CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY OF THE MEDICAL CENTER. |
| COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT (CONTINUED) |
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THE OPENING OF A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IS CONTINGENT UPON REGULATORY APPROVAL. THERE IS COMMUNITY SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PASCACK VALLEY AS WELL AS FROM PUBLIC AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, LOCAL PHYSICIANS, AND MANY ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE HOSPITAL'S OPENING. SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF REGULATORY APPROVAL TO OPEN A NEW HOSPITAL, THE MEDICAL CENTER ESTIMATES THAT THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING AND OPENING THE HOSPITAL WILL REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY TWELVE MONTHS. TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION ----------------------- HUMC IS RECOGNIZED BY THE IRS AS AN INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501(C) (3) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. PURSUANT TO ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES, HUMC PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS IN A NON-DISCRIMINATORY MANNER REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR ABILITY TO PAY. MOREOVER, HUMC OPERATES CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA OUTLINED IN IRS REVENUE RULING 69-545: 1. HUMC PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY, INCLUDING CHARITY CARE, SELF-PAY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS; 2. HUMC OPERATES AN ACTIVE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR ALL PERSONS; WHICH IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS PER YEAR; 3. HUMC MAINTAINS AN OPEN MEDICAL STAFF, WITH PRIVILEGES AVAILABLE TO ALL QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS; 4. CONTROL OF HUMC RESTS WITH ITS BOARD OF GOVERNORS; WHICH IS COMPRISED OF INDEPENDENT CIVIC LEADERS AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY; AND 5. SURPLUS FUNDS ARE USED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, EXPAND AND RENOVATE FACILITIES AND ADVANCE MEDICAL CARE, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. HUMC'S STANDING AS ONE OF NEW JERSEY'S AND THE NATION'S HEALTHCARE LEADERS, IS DRIVEN BY A COMMITMENT TO QUALITY. AT HUMC, QUALITY MEANS ALWAYS STRIVING TO DELIVER THE BEST MEDICINE TO ITS PATIENTS. IT MEANS ALWAYS RE-EVALUATING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE TO ENSURE THAT HIGH STANDARDS ARE ACHIEVED. IT MEANS NEVER TURNING AWAY FROM A COMMUNITY NEED, BUT INSTEAD REDOUBLING EFFORTS AND COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO THOSE NEEDS. TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES, FREE CARE AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT ---------------------------------------------------- CONSISTENT WITH REVENUE RULING 69-545 AND PROVIDING MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL INDIVIDUALS AS OUTLINED ABOVE AND IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES, HUMC PROVIDES A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING VARIOUS COMMUNITY-BASED SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, SUCH AS FREE CLINICS, HEALTH SCREENINGS, TRAUMA SERVICES, TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL, SOCIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT COUNSELING FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES, PASTORAL CARE, CRISIS INTERVENTION, AND TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM HUMC. ADDITIONALLY, A LARGE NUMBER OF HEALTH-RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HEALTH ENHANCEMENTS AND WELLNESS, CLASSES ON SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, MEDICAL EDUCATION, TELEPHONE INFORMATION SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE GENERAL STANDARDS OF THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY. HUMC ALSO PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE WITHOUT CHARGE OR AT REDUCED COSTS TO RESIDENTS OF ITS COMMUNITY WHO MEET THE CRITERIA UNDER THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY PUBLIC LAW 1992 (CHAPTER 160) SYSTEM FOR CHARITY CARE AND ALSO INCURS BAD DEBTS. INCLUDED IN HUMC'S DEFINITION OF CHARITY CARE IS THE FOLLOWING: (A) SERVICES PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE TO THE UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED AND (B) SERVICES PROVIDED TO PATIENTS EXPRESSING WILLINGNESS TO PAY BUT WHO ARE DETERMINED TO BE UNABLE TO PAY BECAUSE OF SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS. HUMC MAINTAINS RECORDS TO IDENTIFY AND MONITOR THE LEVEL OF CHARITY CARE IT PROVIDES. SUCH FORGONE CHARGES AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY $213,972,000 IN 2010. THE NEW JERSEY HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT OF 1992 PROVIDED FOR CERTAIN SUBSIDY PAYMENTS FROM THE STATE TO QUALIFIED HOSPITALS TO PARTIALLY FUND UNCOMPENSATED CARE AND CERTAIN OTHER COSTS. SUBSIDY PAYMENTS RECOGNIZED AS REVENUE AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY $8,550,137 IN 2010; HOWEVER AS MORE FULLY OUTLINED BELOW ESTIMATED COSTS RELATING TO PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT INSURANCE TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $52,617,673; FOR A NET DEFICIT OF APPROXIMATELY $44,067,536. BASED UPON THESE STATISTICS HUMC HAD APPROXIMATELY THE 8TH LARGEST CHARITY CARE PROGRAM IN THE STATE IN TERMS OF CHARITY CARE DOLLARS STATED AT MEDICAID RATES AND THE LARGEST NET LOSS OF ALL NEW JERSEY HOSPITALS FROM THE CHARITY PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. IN ADDITION HUMC PAID THE HIGHEST HOSPITAL PROVIDER TAXES TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE FUNDING OF CHARITY CARE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE; IN 2010 HUMC'S PAYMENTS TOTALED $3,351,620. DURING 2010 HUMC, THROUGH ITS AFFILIATION WITH UMDNJ, ALSO HAD THE ONE OF THE LARGEST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY WITH 116 MEDICAL RESIDENTS IN VARIOUS MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. COMMUNITY BENEFIT ----------------- HUMC'S OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO BENEFIT A WIDE CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH NO INSURANCE OR ABILITY TO PAY FOR THE NECESSARY MEDICAL SERVICES AND TREATMENT. DURING 2008 HUMC IMPLEMENTED A NEW PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH NO INSURANCE WHICH LIMITS THE AMOUNTS TO BE BILLED TO NO MORE THAN THE MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE FOR INPATIENT SERVICES AND TWO TIMES THE MEDICARE FEE SCHEDULE FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. THIS DISCOUNT PROGRAM IS OFFERED TO ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH NO INSURANCE. THERE IS NO APPLICATION OR MEANS TESTING. FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT AFFORD THESE FEES THERE ARE MEANS TESTED DISCOUNTS WHICH CAN REDUCE BILLS TO ZERO. COMMUNITY BENEFIT - COSTS ------------------------- FOR PURPOSES OF FORM 990, SCHEDULE H REPORTING AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT IRSRULES AND REGULATIONS, HUMC UTILIZED THE CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION ("CHA") MODEL WHEN QUANTIFYING COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS. UNDER THE CHAMETHODOLOGY FOR QUANTIFYING COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS HUMC'S 2010 NET COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS WERE APPROXIMATELY $77,548,934 OR APPROXIMATELY 7.06% OF ITS TOTAL 2010 EXPENSES. THE CHA METHODOLOGY DOES NOT INCLUDE MEDICARE SHORTFALLS AND CERTAIN COSTS RELATED TO BAD DEBT. UTILIZING THE MODEL ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ("AHA"), WHICH HUMC BELIEVES MORE CLEARLY REPRESENTS ACTUAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT, WHEN QUANTIFYING ITS ESTIMATED TOTAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS FOR THE 2010 YEAR WOULD RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER COMMUNITY BENEFIT PERCENTAGE. UNDER THE AHA MODEL, A HOSPITAL MAY INCLUDE BOTH MEDICARE SHORTFALLS (THE AMOUNT BY WHICH YOUR COSTS EXCEED REIMBURSEMENTS) AND COSTS RELATED TO BAD DEBT. UNDER THE AHA MODEL DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2010, HUMC INCURRED NET COMMUNITY BENEFIT COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $126,684,364; WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 11% OF ITS TOTAL 2010 EXPENSES. NET COSTS MEANS COSTS AFTER ALL ASSOCIATED REIMBURSEMENTS. HUMC ALSO PAID DIRECTLY $3,313,139 IN REAL ESTATE TAXES DURING 2010 AND WAS A 50% OWNER IN A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY WHICH PAID APPROXIMATELY $1,582,970 OF REAL ESTATE TAXES TO VARIOUS BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES. THESE REAL ESTATE TAXES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATIONS ABOVE BUT THESE PAYMENTS CLEARLY BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS ========================== BUILDING A STRONG COMMUNITY --------------------------- HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HELPS TO BUILD A STRONG, SAFE COMMUNITY BY INVESTING IN A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND THE ENVIRONMENT, DEVELOP BUSINESSES, SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENTS, MENTOR CHILDREN, BUILD COALITIONS, AND INCREASE THE WORKFORCE. THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY BENEFITS -------------------------------- HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER BELIEVES WE ARE ALL PART OF ONE LARGER COMMUNITY - ONE DEDICATED TO PROGRESSING EVEN FURTHER IN OUR MISSIONS OF HEALTHCARE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND RESEARCH, ONE THAT BRINGS HEALTHCARE DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMUNITY IF NEEDED. BOARD OF HEALTH CONTRACTS ------------------------- HUMC'S HEALTH AWARENESS REGIONAL PROGRAM ("HARP") ADMINISTRATES FREE PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES TO 30 BERGEN COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES THROUGH BOARD OF HEALTH CONTRACTS. TOWNS SERVED INCLUDE: BERGENFIELD, BOGOTA, CARLSTADT, HACKENSACK, CLOSTER, CRESSKILL, DUMONT, EAST RUTHERFORD, ELMWOOD PARK, EMERSON, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, FAIR LAWN, FAIRVIEW, FORT LEE, GARFIELD, HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, LEONIA, MAHWAH, MONTVALE, NEW MILFORD, PALISADES PARK, RAMSEY, RIDGEFIELD, RIDGEFIELD PARK, RIVER EDGE, ROCHELLE PARK, SOUTH HACKENSACK, TENAFLY, TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, AND WALLINGTON. IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY, HARP DEVELOPS PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. |
| COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT (CONTINUED) |
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MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDE: BERGEN COUNTY HEALTH OFFICERS, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOLS, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - BERGEN COUNTY CHAPTER, PARTNERSHIP FOR A HEALTHY BERGEN COUNTY, ACCESS TO CARE TASK FORCE IN BERGEN COUNTY, COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP, BERGEN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BERGEN COUNTY CANCER COALITION, BERGEN COUNTY MUNICIPAL NURSE ASSOCIATION, SCHOOL NURSES ASSOCIATION, NORTHERN NEW JERSEY MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CONSORTIUM, PASSAIC-BERGEN LEAD COALITION, THE NEW JERSEY PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION, NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF CANCER CONTROL AND PREVENTION: MELANOMA CANCER TASKFORCE WORK GROUP AND THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES: MATERNAL/CHILD HEALTH BEST PRACTICES TASKFORCE. PROMOTING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY ============================= - HANDWASHING / COUGH INTO YOUR SLEEVE PROGRAMS ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, HANDWASHING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEANS OF PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTION. HARP MAINTAINED A PROACTIVE APPROACH AND FOCUSED ON PREVENTION BY PROVIDING SEVENTY-SIX (76) PROGRAMS ON HOW AND WHEN TO WASH HANDS WHICH WERE PRESENTED TO 1,232 CHILDREN THROUGHOUT BERGEN COUNTY. - FLU IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE INFLUENZA VIRUS IN THE COMMUNITY, HARP PARTNERED WITH MUNICIPALITIES TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND VACCINATIONS. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO AT-RISK POPULATIONS. HARP WORKED WITH HEALTH OFFICERS, PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES, HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, MUNICIPALITIES, CHILD CARE CENTERS, DAY CARE CENTERS AND COMMUNITIES. THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, HARP ASSISTED IN VACCINATING 3,376 INDIVIDUALS AND CONTINUES TO WORK TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM IMMUNIZATION RATES. - HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS IN 2010, HARP PRESENTED 264 HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS TO 5,666 PARTICIPANTS. TOPICS INCLUDED BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO ALCOHOL ABUSE, TOBACCO EDUCATION, NUTRITION, INJURY CONTROL, FITNESS AND EXERCISE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HIV/AIDS, AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STD) AWARENESS. HARP ALSO PROVIDED 311 ADULT HEALTH SCREENING PROGRAMS TO 2,872 PARTICIPANTS THAT INCLUDED BLOOD PRESSURE, STROKE RISK ASSESSMENT, CHOLESTEROL, PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA), DIABETES RISK ASSESSMENT, OSTEOPOROSIS, SUN SAFETY, AND BODY FAT/BMI ASSESSMENT. HARP ADMINISTERED 70 CHILDHOOD IMMUNIZATION CLINICS THAT PROVIDED FREE IMMUNIZATIONS THROUGH THE VACCINE FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM. - PROJECT HEALTHY BONES IN 2010, HARP LAUNCHED A NEW PROJECT HEALTHY BONES CLASS. PROJECT HEALTHY BONES IS AN OSTEOPOROSIS EXERCISE AND EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS WITH OR AT RISK FOR OSTEOPOROSIS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES EXERCISES THAT TARGET THE BODY'S LARGER MUSCLE GROUPS TO IMPROVE STRENGTH, BALANCE AND FLEXIBILITY. HARP PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW JERSEY STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES OLDER ADULT HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM TRAINING FOR PROJECT HEALTHY BONES AS LEAD COORDINATORS. HARP IS LOOKING TO EXPAND THIS OFFERING IN 2011. HEALTHCARE FOR CORPORATIONS --------------------------- HARP PROVIDED LECTURES, SCREENINGS AND HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS FOR CORPORATIONS TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEES WITH INFORMATION ON HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHOICES. THESE SERVICES INCLUDED HEALTH FAIRS, EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS, AND COURSES ON NUTRITION. HARP ALSO PROVIDED CPR AND FIRST AID CLASSES, IN ADDITION TO BLOOD BORNE PATHOGEN TRAINING, HEPATITIS B AND TDAP (TETANUS, DIPHTHERIA, AND PERTUSSIS), TUBERCULOSIS HEALTH EDUCATION AND TESTING. HARP PROVIDES THESE SERVICES TO CORPORATIONS THROUGHOUT BERGEN COUNTY. OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFITS HUMC PROVIDES INCLUDE: ----------------------------------------------- FREE SCREENINGS WITH HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER'S AIR EXPRESS MOBILE ASTHMA CARE UNIT FOR UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED FAMILIES IN HACKENSACK - SCREENS HELD AT SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. FREE PROSTATE CANCER SCREENINGS EVERY YEAR FOR A WEEK THROUGHOUT NORTHERN NEW JERSEY, HARLEM, AND MANHATTAN. THE TESTS WERE OFFERED AS A RESULT OF A LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER. MORE THAN 22,400 MEN HAVE BEEN SCREENED IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. FREE COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION THROUGH OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU. CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ======================================== HUMC CONTRIBUTES IN MANY WAYS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: - CONTRIBUTIONS TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS/COMMUNITY GROUPS, INCLUDING BERGEN COUNTY'S THE RECORD NEWSPAPER'S "IN EDUCATION" PROGRAM. - DONATIONS OF EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO BERGEN COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICINE SQUADS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. - HUMC'S DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD MANAGEMENT DONATED 5,850 POUNDS OF PREPARED FOOD (APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MEALS) TO "TABLE TO TABLE", A COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES THE HUNGRY IN BERGEN, PASSAIC, ESSEX, AND HUDSON COUNTIES. - IN ADDITION, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND BLANKET DONATIONS ARE MADE TO HACKENSACK SHELTERS, CHURCHES, AND FAMILIES. - THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO TOOK PART IN NORTH JERSEY MEDIA GROUP'S ANNUAL "ACTION AGAINST HUNGER FOOD DRIVE". HUMC ENCOURAGED ALL EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY-AT-LARGE TO DONATE NON-PERISHABLE GOODS FOR THIS IMPORTANT CAUSE. SPEAKER'S BUREAU EVENTS: - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: DR. GARY MUNK SPEAKS ON AIDS AWARENESS AT DWIGHT ENGLEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL. - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: DR. TOBI GREENE SPEAKS ON BREAST HEALTH AT SENIOR PLATINUM PLUS PROGRAM. - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: DR. DIEGO COIRA SPEAKS ON DEPRESSION AND COPING STRATEGIES AT THE BERGEN FAMILY SENIOR CENTER. - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: DR. RICHARD WATSON SPEAKS ON URINARY HEALTH AT THE HASBROUCK HEIGHTS HEALTH FAIR EXPO. - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: DR. JAVIER AISENBERG AND DR. MARY ANN MICHELIS SPEAKS ON PEDIATRIC DIABETES AND ASTHMA AT SADDLE BROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT. - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: DR. DIMA YESHOU SPEAKS ON DIABETES AT BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE. - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: SUSAN KRAUS, REGISTERED DIETITIAN, SPEAKS ON NUTRITION AND HEALTHY EATING HELD AT WOMAN'S CLUB OF RUTHERFORD. - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: LAUREN DEMPSEY SPEAKS ON SLEEP/WAKE AND KATHERINE CULLEN SPEAKS ON GERIATRICS AT PARAMUS COMMUNITY HEALTH DAY. - SPEAKER'S BUREAU: DR. KNIGHT STEEL SPEAKS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY AT WALLINGTON SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER; AGING: WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AT RETIRED EXECUTIVES AND PROFESSIONAL (REAP); AGING AND IMPROVING MEMORY AT ST. MICHAEL'S LEISURE CITIZENS CLUB; MEDICAL MYTHS AT HADASSAH - PASCACK VALLEY CHAPTER. - "LET'S TALK" PARENT/TEEN NIGHT - PRESENTED BY THE TRAUMA/SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE AND INJURY PREVENTION SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY AND THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. THIS PROGRAM ABOUT THE PERILS OF DRINKING AND DRIVING WAS PRESENTED AT VARIOUS HIGH SCHOOLS. - THE MAUREEN FUND FOR THE PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION OF OVARIAN CANCER HELD AN ANNUAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH CONFERENCE, "WOMEN-TO-WOMEN: LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR BODIES, OURSELVES" SEMINAR, AND VARIOUS HEALTH FAIR SCREENINGS FOR OVARIAN CANCER. - AIR EXPRESS BUS - A MOBILE ASTHMA CARE UNIT THAT HELPS SCREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR ASTHMA - PARTICIPATED IN "KICK BUTTS DAY", AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION WHERE KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY REBEL AGAINST TOBACCO USE AND TOBACCO COMPANIES. - GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT AND NEW TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAM - "ARE YOU AT RISK FOR HEART ATTACK AND STROKE?" SEMINAR TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS WITH DR. LOUIS TEICHHOLZ. - A TWO-DAY CONFERENCE ON HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES HOSTED BY THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER FEATURING NATIONAL EXPERTS. - HEART HEALTH FOR LIFE - WITH DR. LOUIS TEICHHOLZ AND DR. ROBERT TOZZI. - PARKINSON'S DISEASE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS - FREE SEMINAR AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC HELD AT HUMC WITH DR. FIONA GUPTA AND DR. HOOMAN AZMI. - BARIATRIC SURGERY EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS - FREE SEMINARS AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC HELD AT HUMC WITH DR. HANS SCHMIDT, DR. AMIT TRIVEDI, DR. DOUGLAS EWING. - MEN'S HEALTH SEMINAR ON ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION - WITH DR. DAVID SHIN. - "LIVING GLUTEN-FREE: EATING WELL AND STAYING HEALTHY" SEMINAR FOR THE COMMUNITY HOSTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND NUTRITION MANAGEMENT WITH SPEAKERS DR. STEVEN LEIBOWITZ AND DR. KAREN FRANCOLLA. - ANNUAL CANCER SURVIVOR'S DAY "CELEBRATING LIFE AND LIBERTY" - MORE THAN 1,500 ATTENDED THE SECOND ANNUAL EVENT HOSTED BY THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER. THE EVENT SERVED AS A REMINDER THAT NEARLY 12 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE SURVIVED A LONG AND DIFFICULT JOURNEY - CANCER. ATTENDEES PARTICIPATED IN A WIDE-RANGE OF INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS, SUCH AS LAUGHTER YOGA, STAYING FIT, QIGONG FOR HEALTH & HEALING, MAKE-UP AND WIG DEMOS, QUILTING, CHAIR MASSAGES, INSPIRATIONAL JEWELRY MAKING, MASK COLLAGING, AND MORE. - SICKLE CELL AWARENESS EVENT - HUMC'S PEDIATRIC BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION TEAM OFFERS A CUTTING-EDGE SICKLE CELL TREATMENT AVAILABLE AT ONLY A FEW MEDICAL CENTERS IN THE NATION - IT IS THE ONLY CURE FOR SICKLE CELL. |
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- "HOT TOPICS IN ADOLESCENCE" - AN INFORMATIVE PROGRAM HELD BY THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PROVIDED PARTICIPANTS WITH WAYS OF STAYING INFORMED ON PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ISSUES FACING TEENS TODAY. - "TAKING STRIDES AGAINST MENTAL ILLNESS" - AN ANNUAL WALK HELD BY HUMC'S DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE FOR RESEARCH TO IMPROVE TREATMENT AND OUTCOMES IN THE LIVES OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PATIENTS. - "UNIVERSAL ACCESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS" - A PREVENTION-FOCUSED CONFERENCE HELD ON WORLD AIDS DAY HELD BY THE AIDS OUTREACH PROGRAM AT HUMC. - CENTER FOR BLOODLESS MEDICINE AND SURGERY HELD A SEMINAR TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY ON BLOODLESS TREATMENT OPTIONS AND PROGRAM UPDATES. THE ASSOCIATION FOR BLOOD CONSERVATION EXTENDED ACCREDITATION TO THE CENTER FOR ITS FOURTH TIME, EFFECTIVE FOR THREE YEARS. HUMC HAS THE LONGEST RUNNING ACCREDITED PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY, AND IS THE ONLY ACCREDITED BLOODLESS PROGRAM ON THE EAST COAST. - NATIONAL SAFE KIDS "WALK THIS WAY" PROGRAM - A TRAUMA PREVENTION PROGRAM EMPHASIZED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. - "GET IT TOGETHER" SEATBELT CHALLENGE TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING A SEATBELT - PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLS INCLUDED: BERGENFIELD, ELMWOOD PARK MEMORIAL, EMERSON, FORT LEE, GARFIELD, RAMAPO, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, LODI, LYNDHURST, MAHWAH, INDIAN HILLS, RIVER DELL, DON BOSCO, SADDLE BROOK, AND IMMACULATE HEART ACADEMY. - NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) CELEBRATION - A PICNIC REUNION HOSTED BY THE NICU DIVISION OF JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WHO GRADUATED FROM THE NICU. APPROXIMATELY 175 FAMILIES, NEARING 800 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE EVENT HELD AT WOODLAND PARK IN HASBROUCK HEIGHTS. - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DRILLS - HUMC CONTINUOUSLY CONDUCTS THESE DRILLS. THE HEALTHCARE TEAM REGULARLY PRACTICES DONNING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING DECONTAMINATION SUITS, USED TO PROTECT STAFF WHO DECONTAMINATE PATIENTS. A STRIKE TEAM OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS FROM DEPARTMENTS THAT DO NOT TYPICALLY PARTICIPATE IN DISASTER RESPONSE HAS ALSO BEEN ASSEMBLED. - NATIONAL MAKE SOMEONE SMILE WEEK - MORE THAN 1,000 FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS AND LIVE PLANTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO MORE THAN 1,000 PATIENTS AT HUMC AND HUMC NORTH AT PASCACK VALLEY. - "AMERICA'S NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME" - HUMC'S DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY PARTICIPATED IN THIS ANNUAL EVENT HOSTED BY THE HACKENSACK POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HEIGHTEN CRIME AND DRUG PREVENTION AWARENESS, AND TO STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOOD SPIRIT AND POLICE-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. - BERGEN BIKE TOUR - COMMUNITY PARTICIPATES IN BIKE RIDE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR TOMORROWS CHILDREN'S FUND (TCF) AND THE VOLUNTEER CENTER OF BERGEN COUNTY, INC. - BIOMEDICAL ETHICS COMMITTEE SYMPOSIUM. - ANNUAL "WALK TO REMEMBER" - A SPECIAL SERVICE HOSTED BY HUMC TO HONOR THE MEMORIES OF BABIES WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF MISCARRIAGE, ECTOPIC PREGNANCY, STILLBIRTH, OR NEWBORN DEATH. - DIABETES PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY - ANNUAL SEMINAR HOSTED BY THE MOLLY DIABETES EDUCATION/MANAGEMENT CENTER FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN AT HUMC THAT IS DIRECTED TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DIABETES AND THEIR FAMILIES. - "TOP CHEF DAY" HOSTED BY THE CHILD LIFE DEPARTMENT OF THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR PATIENTS OF THE REUTEN CLINIC AT HUMC'S TOMORROW CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE AND INPATIENT PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY UNITS. - "HEALING ARTS" PROGRAM - AN HUMC BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE DEATH OF A CLOSE LOVED ONE. "NINJA POWER" PROGRAM - THE JOSEPH M. SANZARI CHILDREN'S HOPSITAL PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION (NCLF) TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF CHILDREN FIGHTING CANCER AND LEUKEMIA. "POSITIVE THOUGHTS" - A SUPPORT GROUP FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO CARRY A BRCA MUTATION, A GENE MUTATION THAT PREDISPOSES PEOPLE TO BREAST CANCER AND OVARIAN CANCER. "MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER" - THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER AT HUMC PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL FIVE-MILE WALK HELD BY THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AS A FLAGSHIP SPONSOR. "ART OF HEALING" PROGRAM - A PROGRAM CREATED BY THE CARMEN AND BENITO LOPEZ ADULT INPATIENT STEM CELL TRANSPLANT UNIT AT HUMC TO BRING ARTISTS TO ONCOLOGY PATIENTS TO PROMOTE HEALING OF THE MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT THROUGH WORKS OF ART. "MAYOR'S 5K RUN / WALK TO BREAK THE SILENCE OF OVARIAN CANCER" - THE MAUREEN FUND FOR OVARIAN CANCER, A DIVISION OF THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER AT HUMC PARTICIPATED IN THIS WALK ORIGINATED BY FORMER WEST ORANGE MAYOR, JOHN F. MCKEON, TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND RESEARCH FOR OVARIAN CANCER. "OPERATION TOXIC AVENGER" - HUMC PARTICIPATED IN A FULL-SCALE DRILL INVOLVING AGENGIES COUNTY-WIDE, INCLUDING THE HACKENSACK FIRE DEPARTMENT, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES (NJDHSS), THE BERGEN COUNTY HAZ-MAT TEAM, THE BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, AND THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI). - HOPE IS IN YOUR HANDS - BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP - HEAD AND NECK CANCER FORUM - SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS) AND SIDS CENTER OF NEW JERSEY (SCNJ) FORUM - HELPING THE BEREAVED DEAL WITH THE HOLIDAYS - DEIRDRE IMUS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY VACCINE FORUM - 240 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ATTENDED AS WELL AS THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED VIA WEBCAST. - ONCOLOGY FALL CONFERENCE - HOLIDAY PROJECT - MORE THAN 100 FAMILIES - WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM - WEIGHT WATCHERS, OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, EATING DISORDERS SUPPORT GROUP - MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED PRENATAL CLASSES ---------------- - PREPARED CHILDBIRTH - PREPARATION FOR BREASTFEEDING - INFANT CARE - SIBLING PROGRAM PEDIATRIC --------- - YOUR CHILD'S SURGERY / PROCEDURE - THE MOLLY CENTER FOR CHILDREN WITH DIABETES AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS - DIABETES EDUCATION CLASSES FOR PATIENT AND CAREGIVERS - THE JUDY CENTER FOR DOWN SYNDROME - PEDIATRIC AUDIOLOGY - PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY - HUMC FOR PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION - NEPHROLOGY - TOMORROWS CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS - SIDS CENTER OF NEW JERSEY INFANT AND CHILD BEREAVEMENT SERVICES - THE AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN'S HOUSE MOTHER BABY UNIT AND BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE ---------------------------------------- - NEW MOTHER'S SUPPORT GROUP - CELIAC SUPPORT GROUP - GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX SUPPORT GROUP OTHER CLASSES ------------- - PARENTING SKILLS FOR PARENTS OF ADOLESCENTS - PARENTING BI-POLAR CHILDREN - CHANGING FAMILIES - NUTRITION FOR YOUR CHILD - EATING RIGHT - INDIVIDUAL NUTRITION CONSULTATIONS LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING CENTER ---------------------------- THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND HUMC ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY LEARNING BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AND KNOWING THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL. HUMC'S LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING CENTER OFFERS A VARIETY OF COURSES GEARED TO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING: - CPR FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS - HEART SAVER CPR PROGRAM THE DAVE WINFIELD NUTRITION CENTER ---------------------------------- PROGRAMS OFFERED AT THE NUTRITION CENTER INCLUDE: - NUTRITION FOR YOUR CHILD - EATING RIGHT - HEALTHY START: GEARED TOWARDS OLDER INFANTS AND TODDLERS - NEXT STEP: GEARED TOWARDS PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN - CHALLENGES OF ADOLESCENCE: GEARED TOWARDS PRE-TEEN AND TEENS INDIVIDUAL NUTRITION CONSULTATIONS INCLUDING WEIGHT MANAGEMENT, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, PREGNANCY, GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES, AND VEGETARIAN DIETS - THINKING THIN: WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR ADULTS AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS ======================= HUMC CONTINUES TO RECEIVE RECOGNITIONS THAT TANGIBLY REAFFIRM OUR DETERMINATION TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE TO ALL PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THESE HONORS ILLUSTRATE AN UNWAVERING PLEDGE TO OUR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT QUALITY AND VALUE ARE NEVER COMPROMISED. HUMC NAMED DISTINGUISHED HOSPITAL FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE FOR NINTH YEAR IN A ROW. |
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HEALTHGRADES HAS NAMED HUMC A DISTINGUISHED HOSPITAL FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE FOR THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THIS PRESTIGIOUS DISTINCTION PLACES HUMC AMONG THE TOP FIVE PERCENT OF HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE FOR CLINICAL PERFORMANCE. HUMC IS ONE OF ONLY 28 HOSPITALS TO RECEIVE THIS DISTINCTION NINE YEARS IN A ROW, AND THE ONLY ONE IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND. IN HEALTHGRADES LATEST ASSESSMENT OF HOSPITAL QUALITY, HUMC RANKS NUMBER ONE IN NEW JERSEY FOR: - CARDIOLOGY, WHICH INCLUDES TREATING HEART ATTACKS AND HEART FAILURE - JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY SUCH AS TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS - CRITICAL CARE, WHICH INCLUDES TREATING HIGH ACUITY PATIENTS WITH DIAGNOSES SUCH AS SEPSIS (INFECTION OF THE BLOOD) AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE - OVERALL GASTROINTESTINAL CARE - MEDICAL TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES SUCH AS BOWEL OBSTRUCTION - SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES SUCH AS GALL BLADDER REMOVAL - GENERAL SURGERY, SUCH AS AN APPENDECTOMY - PROSTATECTOMY ALSO ACCORDING TO HEALTHGRADES HUMC IS FIVE-STAR RATED (OUT OF A POSSIBLE FIVE-STARS) IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: - CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY - CORONARY INTERVENTIONS - TREATMENT OF HEART ATTACK - TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE - STROKE CARE - TREATMENT OF PNEUMONIA - TREATMENT OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) - TREATMENT OF SEPSIS (INFECTION OF THE BLOOD STREAM) - APPENDECTOMY - TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE - GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES SUCH AS SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINE RESECTIONS - TREATMENT OF BOWEL OBSTRUCTION - TREATMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED - CHOLECYSTECTOMY - GALL BLADDER REMOVAL - TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY - TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY - BACK AND NECK SURGERY WITH SPINAL FUSION - MATERNITY CARE - BARIATRIC SURGERY HUMC IS ONE OF AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW HUMC'S OUTSTANDING CLINICAL QUALITY AGAIN PLACED IT AMONG AN ELITE GROUP OF U.S. HEALTHCARE FACILITIES: HEALTHGRADES AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS. HUMC IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND TO BE NAMED ONE OF AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS. TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH THIS DISTINCTION, HOSPITALS MUST HAVE HAD RISK-ADJUSTED MORTALITY AND COMPLICATION RATES THAT WERE IN THE TOP FIVE PERCENT IN THE NATION FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE YEARS. ON AVERAGE, PATIENTS TREATED AT AMERICA'S 50 BEST HOSPITALS HAD NEARLY 30% LOWER RISK OF DEATH AND 3.45% LOWER RATE OF COMPLICATIONS. ACCORDING TO HEALTHGRADES HUMC RANKED AMONG THE TOP TEN PERCENT (OR BETTER) OF HOSPITALS NATIONALLY IN TWELVE CLINICAL AREAS, NAMING THE HOSPITAL AS A RECIPIENT OF THE FOLLOWING AWARDS: - CARDIAC CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD - NINE CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2003 - 2011) - CORONARY INTERVENTION EXCELLENCE AWARD - JOINT REPLACEMENT EXCELLENCE AWARD - THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2009 - 2011) - STROKE CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD - FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2007 - 2011) - PULMONARY CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD - OVERALL GASTROINTESTINAL CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD - SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2005 - 2011) - GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY EXCELLENCE AWARD - THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2009 - 2011) - GENERAL SURGERY EXCELLENCE AWARD - SIX CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2006 - 2011) - CRITICAL CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD - TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2010 - 2011) - PROSTATECTOMY EXCELLENCE AWARD - TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2010 - 2011) - WOMEN'S HEALTH EXCELLENCE AWARD - SIX CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2006 - 2011) - BARIATRIC SURGERY EXCELLENCE AWARD - FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS (2006/7 - 2010/11) HEALTHGRADES RANKED HUMC NUMBER ONE IN NEW JERSEY FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR. HUMC RANKED AMONG THE TOP FIVE PERCENT IN THE NATION FOR BARIATRIC SURGERY ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY ISSUED BY HEALTHGRADES. HUMC IS ONE OF ONLY 48 HOSPITALS IN THE NATION TO RECEIVE THE 2010/2011 BARIATRIC SURGERY EXCELLENCE AWARD. WOMEN'S CARE AT HUMC IS AMONG THE TOP FIVE PERCENT IN THE NATION, ACCORDING TO AN INDEPENDENT STUDY OF PATIENT OUTCOMES RELEASED BY HEALTHGRADES, THE LEADING INDEPENDENT HEALTHCARE RATINGS ORGANIZATION. THE STUDY EVALUATED 16 DIFFERENT TREATMENTS FOR WOMEN, INCLUDING, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND BONE AND JOINT HEALTH TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES OVER THE YEARS 2006, 2007 AND 2008 USING DATA FROM THE FEDERAL MEDICARE PROGRAM. THIS IS THE FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR HUMC WAS RANKED IN THE TOP TEN PERCENT OF HOSPITALS OR BETTER FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH, ACCORDING TO HEALTHGRADES. HUMC WAS IDENTIFIED AS A TOP PERFORMER, AND RECEIVED THE 2010/2011 HEALTHGRADES WOMEN'S HEALTH EXCELLENCE AWARD. HEALTHGRADES RANKED HUMC AMONG THE TOP 10 PERCENT IN THE NATION FOR MATERNITY CARE. USING OBJECTIVE PATIENT-OUTCOME DATA COLLECTED FROM STATE GOVERNMENTS, THE INDEPENDENT RATINGS ORGANIZATION RANKED HOSPITALS BASED ON THEIR MATERNAL COMPLICATION RATES FOR VAGINAL AND C-SECTION DELIVERIES AS WELL AS NEONATAL MORTALITY RATES. HUMC RANKED IN THE TOP 10 PERCENT OF ALL HOSPITALS STUDIED AND RECEIVED THE HEALTHGRADES 2010/2011 MATERNITY CARE EXCELLENCE AWARD. U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT'S 2010-11 PUBLICATION OF "AMERICA'S BEST HOSPITALS" RANKED THE MEDICAL CENTER NATIONALLY IN TWO SPECIALTIES: GERIATRICS AND HEART AND HEART SURGERY. HUMC IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY TO RECEIVE TWO RANKINGS IN THE 2010 PUBLICATION AND ONE OF ONLY 152 STANDOUTS NATIONWIDE TO BE INCLUDED. THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (ACS NSQIP) RECOGNIZED HUMC AS ONE OF 26 ACS NSQIP PARTICIPATING HOSPITALS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE ACHIEVED EXEMPLARY OUTCOMES FOR SURGICAL PATIENT CARE. AS A PARTICIPANT IN ACS NSQIP, HUMC IS REQUIRED TO TRACK THE OUTCOMES OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES AND COLLECT DATA THAT DIRECTS PATIENT SAFETY AND THE QUALITY OF SURGICAL CARE IMPROVEMENTS. THE NON-INVASIVE VASCULAR LABORATORY ACHIEVED A THREE-YEAR ACCREDITATION BY THE INTERSOCIETAL COMMISSION FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF VASCULAR LABORATORIES. THE COMMISSION ON CANCER OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS GRANTED A THREE-YEAR ACCREDITATION WITH COMMENDATION TO THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER. THE CLINICAL VIROLOGY LABORATORY RECEIVED ACCREDITATION BY THE ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE OF THE COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS. NJBIZ, NEW JERSEY'S PREMIERE BUSINESS NEWS PUBLICATION, HONORED HUMC AS THE "HOSPITAL OF THE YEAR" IN THE 2010 "HEALTHCARE HEROES AWARDS PROGRAM". THIS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION AND HONORS THE EFFORTS OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE IN NEW JERSEY. THREE HUMC EMPLOYEES AND ONE VOLUNTEER WERE RECOGNIZED AS HEALTHCARE HERO FINALISTS BY NJBIZ. HUMC WINS PRESTIGIOUS EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE AWARD FOR CLEANLINESS BY THE STUDER GROUP FOR ITS EXEMPLARY "CLEANLINESS" RATINGS ON THE HOSPITAL CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SYSTEMS (HCAHPS) PATIENT SURVEY, A NATIONAL STANDARDIZED SURVEY TOOL USED TO MEASURE ADULT INPATIENT PERCEPTON OF THE QUALITY OF CARE THEY RECEIVE AT A GIVEN ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL. FOR THE 15TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND SINCE THE AWARD'S INCEPTION, HUMC WAS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP HOSPITALS AS A 2010/2011 CONSUMER CHOICE AWARD WINNER BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH CORPORATION (NRC). HUMC HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY CONSUMERS AS HAVING THE BEST OVERALL QUALITY, BEST IMAGE REPUTATION, BEST DOCTORS, AND BEST NURSES IN BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES. THE ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION SERVICE, A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, WAS AWARDED A SILVER MEDAL BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR ITS ROLE IN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ORGANS AVAILABLE FOR TRANSPLANTATION. 428 OF THE NATION'S HOSPITALS, EACH WHO HAD 8 OR MORE ELIGIBLE ORGAN DONORS DURING A 22-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN APRIL 2009, WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE FIFTH NATIONAL LEARNING CONGRESS FOR DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE. |
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HIGH QUALITY INCENTIVE DEMONSTRATION HUMC WAS NAMED A TOP PERFORMER IN APRIL 2010, THE SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES ("CMS") OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ("DHSS") AND PREMIER HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE ("PREMIER") IN THEIR HOSPITAL QUALITY INCENTIVE DEMONSTRATION ("HQID") PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE PROJECT. THE HQID PROJECT INVOLVES MORE THAN 250 HOSPITALS ACROSS THE NATION WHO SUBMIT THEIR DATA TO PREMIER FOR VALIDATION AND ANALYSIS. IT WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE IF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO HOSPITALS ARE EFFECTIVE AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF INPATIENT CARE. THIS VALUE-BASED PURCHASING PROJECT REWARDS HOSPITALS FOR DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY CARE IN FIVE CLINICAL AREAS; ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT, HEART FAILURE, PNEUMONIA AND HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENT. HUMC IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY TO BE NAMED A TOP 20% PERFORMER IN THREE AREAS (ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, HEART FAILURE AND PNEUMONIA) FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD OF OCTOBER 2008 TO SEPTEMBER 2009. BASED ON FIFTH-YEAR RESULTS FROM THE HOSPITAL QUALITY INCENTIVE DEMONSTRATION (HQID) PROJECT, HUMC RECEIVED TWO AWARDS FOR "TOP PERFORMANCE" IN THE CLINICAL AREAS OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AND PNEUMONIA AND SIX AWARDS FOR "ATTAINMENT" IN THE CLINICAL AREAS OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, PNEUMONIA, CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT, HEART FAILURE, HIP AND KNEE REPLACEMENT, AND SURGICAL CARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. MAGNET STATUS HUMC RECEIVED ITS FOURTH MAGNET DESIGNATION FROM THE AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER FOR NURSING EXCELLENCE (AN AWARD GIVEN EVERY FOUR YEARS) IN APRIL 2009. IN 1995, HUMC WAS FIRST IN NEW JERSEY TO RECEIVE MAGNET RECOGNITION FOR NURSING. EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS ITS HONORS AND AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN THE FIELD, THE PURSUIT OF THE HIGHEST VALUES, AND THE ATTAINMENT OF GOALS TO WHICH ALL OTHERS ASPIRE. IN NURSING, THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION THAT A HOSPITAL OR HUMC CAN ATTAIN IS THE AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER'S MAGNET AWARD - AN AFFIRMATION THAT AN INSTITUTION ATTRACTS AND RETAINS WELL-QUALIFIED NURSES, UPHOLDS STRINGENT STANDARDS FOR NURSING PRACTICE, AND PROMOTES EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT CARE. TO BE A MAGNET HOSPITAL MEANS THAT A NEVER-ENDING CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE EXISTS AT HUMC. IT IS EVIDENT IN THE WAY WE CARE FOR PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, RECOGNIZING THAT EACH PATIENT HAS INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, CONCERNS, AND WAYS OF COPING WITH ILLNESS. TO BE A MAGNET HOSPITAL MEANS THAT HUMC VALUES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ITS NURSES AND SEEKS THEIR INPUT IN ALL ADMINISTRATIVE AND PATIENT CARE DECISIONS. TO BE A MAGNET HOSPITAL MEANS THAT OTHER LEADING HOSPITALS - SUCH AS MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, AND JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL - TURN TO THEM FOR EXTENSIVE MENTORING. HUMC IS PROUD OF ITS MANY INNOVATIONS, TECHNOLOGIES, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND MEDICAL EXPERTISE. BUT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS THE ENTITY THAT OFTEN MEANS THE MOST TO THE PATIENTS - UNPARALLELED NURSING EXCELLENCE THAT MAKES HUMC STAND TALL OVER ALL OTHERS. JOINT COMMISSION HUMC'S INPATIENT DIABETES PROGRAM EARNED THE GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY. THE JOINT COMMISSION AWARDED HUMC ADVANCED DISEASE-SPECIFIC CARE CERTIFICATION FOR INPATIENT DIABETES. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS THE FIRST AND ONLY HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY TO RECEIVE THIS CERTIFICATION. HUMC HAS 15 GOLD SEALS OF APPROVAL FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION, THE ONLY MEDICAL FACILITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO ACHIEVE THIS RECORD NUMBER OF DISEASE-SPECIFIC CARE CERTIFICATIONS. HUMC ALSO HOLDS DISEASE-SPECIFIC CARE CERTIFICATIONS IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, ASTHMA, BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, DEPRESSION PROGRAM, END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE, HEART FAILURE, HIP REPLACEMENT, KNEE REPLACEMENT, PEDIATRIC ASTHMA, PNEUMONIA, STROKE, AND TRAUMA. OTHER AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS ============================== HUMC RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: - HUMC NAMED TO THE LEAPFROG GROUP ANNUAL TOP HOSPITALS LIST. THE GROUP GIVES THIS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING QUALITY AND SAFETY MEASURES TO ONLY 100 MEDICAL CENTERS NATIONWIDE. HUMC IS ONE OF ONLY TWO HOSPITALS IN NEW JERSEY TO RECEIVE THIS NATIONAL DESIGNATION. - "2010 LABORATORY OF THE YEAR" BY ADVANCE MAGAZINE, THE NATION'S MEDICAL LABORATORY BI-WEEKLY MAGAZINE. - AWARDED THE 2010 SPIRIT OF PLANETREETM PROGRAM AWARD FOR THE "TAKE A BREAK" VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IN THE EMERGENCY/TRAUMA DEPARTMENT, A UNIQUE FAMILY-CENTERED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO OFFER RESPITE FOR CAREGIVERS AT THE BEDSIDE IN THE ETD. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES HUMC'S ENDEAVORS TO PERSONALIZE, HUMANIZE, AND DEMYSTIFY PATIENT-CENTERED CARE. - RECEIVED THE CEO CANCER GOLD STANDARD ACCREDITATION, RECOGNIZING THE ORGANIZATION'S EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO THE HEALTH OF ITS EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. - TWELVE HUMC REGISTERED NURSES WERE NOMINATED FOR THE MARCH OF DIMES NEW JERSEY "NURSE OF THE YEAR" AWARD. - SPAFINDER, INC., ANNOUNCED THAT BEYOND DAY SPA WON A 2010 SPAFINDER READERS' CHOICE AWARD FOR THE CATEGORY OF "TOP 10 BEST MEDICAL PROGRAMS." THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT BEYOND DAY SPA HAS RECEIVED THIS AWARD - THE FIRST BEING IN 2005. - ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FOR REMAINING A GOLD START! FIT-FRIENDLY COMPANY. - HUMC PHYSICIANS WERE INCLUDED IN THE 13TH ANNUAL LIST OF "BEST DOCTORS 2010," NEW YORK MAGAZINE. THIS YEAR'S LIST APPEARED IN THE JUNE 14-21, 2010 ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE. 144 OF HUMC'S PHYSICIANS WERE RECOGNIZED IN THE CASTLE CONNOLLY'S GUIDE TO TOP DOCTORS. - NEW JERSEY BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (NJBIA) RECOGNIZES HUMC'S PROSTATE CANCER TESTING AND AWARENESS WEEK IN 2010 AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE COMPETITION. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES HUMC'S DEDICATION TO COMMUNITY SERVICE. - RANKS NUMBER ONE IN NEW JERSEY FOR NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH). HUMC IS THE TOP RECIPIENT IN NEW JERSEY OF GRANT FUNDING FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FROM NIH. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS ONE OF ONLY THREE HOSPITALS IN THE STATE TO RECEIVE NIH FUNDING DURING THE 2009-2010 FISCAL YEAR. - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING'S "44 TOP CARDIAC CENTERS FOR WOMEN". - GOVERNOR'S GOLD AWARD FOR PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. - AARP MODERN MATURITY MAGAZINE AS ONE OF AMERICA'S TOP 20 HOSPITALS ACCORDING TO CONSUMERS' CHECKBOOK AND RANKED NUMBER THREE IN CARDIAC SERVICES. - RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL PREMIER PATIENT SERVICES INNOVATOR AWARD FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE. - AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FROM THE NEW JERSEY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FOR ENTERPRISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL. - CHILD MAGAZINE'S TOP-RANKED CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN NEW JERSEY. - THE QUALITY NJ ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD FOR THE DEIDRE IMUS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY. - RECIPIENT OF THE PARTNERS FOR CHANGE AWARD AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE SUMMIT HOSTED BY HOSPITALS FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. - MODERN PHYSICIAN MAGAZINE ONE OF AMERICA'S TOP TEN PHYSICIAN-FRIENDLY HOSPITALS, ONLY HOSPITAL NAMED IN NEW JERSEY. - "HOSPITAL OF CHOICE" FOR BEING A PHYSICIAN-FRIENDLY INSTITUTION WITH HIGH LEVELS OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION BY THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. - HIGHEST RATINGS FOR OVERALL MEDICAL STAFF SATISFACTION AND EXCEED INDUSTRY STANDARDS BY THE JACKSON ORGANIZATION. - THE DIVISION OF BARIATRIC (OBESITY) SURGERY WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS BARIATRIC SURGERY CENTER NETWORK AS AN ACS LEVEL 1A ACCREDITED BARIATRIC CENTER. - THE MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES FOUNDATION NAMED THE CANCER CENTER A "CENTER OF EXCELLENCE" FOR THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND RESEARCH OF MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES. |
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- "TOP QUALITY PERFORMER" FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW IN THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES PREMIER, INC. PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE PROJECT. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION THAT COMBINES UNCOMPROMISING DEDICATION TO QUALITY WITH STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE TO DELIVER THE BEST MEDICINE TO OUR PATIENTS. THESE AWARDS ARE PROOF TO THOSE SUCCESSES FOR HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. MEDICAL SPECIALTIES/SERVICES ============================ IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF SECONDARY LEVEL PATIENT CARE, THE MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES TERTIARY AND QUATERNARY SERVICES TO A WIDE REFERRAL AREA. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE: CARDIAC CARE ------------ THE MEDICAL CENTER IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE PROVIDERS OF CARDIAC CARE IN THE STATE OFFERING A FULL-RANGE OF STATE-OF-THE-ART INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT SERVICES INCLUDING PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY WITH ULTRA FAST COMPUTERIZED ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY, NON-INVASIVE CARDIOLOGY LABORATORY, PACEMAKER CENTER, CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION PROGRAM, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROGRAM, CARDIAC SURGERY, AND CARDIAC REHABILITATION. HUMC'S EIGHT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORIES ARE USING RADIO-FREQUENCY FOR TOTALLY BLOCKED ARTERIES, INTRACORONARY ULTRASOUND, AND NEURO-INTRAVASCULAR PROCEDURES. RECENTLY THE ABILITY TO TEMPORARILY PLACE A CATHETER-BASED HEART ASSIST DEVICE ALLOWS THE PERFORMANCE OF INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES EVEN IN THE HIGHEST-RISK PATIENTS. ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY INCLUDES ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATIONS, LEAD EXTRACTIONS, AND ELECTRO ANATOMICAL MAPPING WITH CARDIOMERGE TECHNOLOGY. THE HEART CENTER IS AN OUTPATIENT CARDIAC DEPARTMENT THAT OFFERS STRESS TESTING, ECHOCARDIOGRAMS, HOLTER MONITOR SERVICES, A PACEMAKER CENTER, ELECTRON-BEAM TOMOGRAPHY, ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION, AND OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. A NEW PICTURE ARCHIVING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND REPORT-GENERATING SYSTEM HAS BEEN RECENTLY INSTALLED. THE NEW HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL IS CHARTING THE FUTURE OF CARDIOVASCULAR CARE IN NEW JERSEY. HUMC HAS EMBARKED ON A MISSION TO RECRUIT THE VERY BEST CARDIOLOGISTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT SERVICES OFFERED AT THE NEW, CUTTING-EDGE HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL. THIS "HOSPITAL WITHIN A HOSPITAL" PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SPACE, SUPERIOR PATIENT CARE, AND ACCESS TO LEADING TECHNOLOGY. CANCER CARE ----------- THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER AT HUMC ("THE CANCER CENTER") IS NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE CENTER DEDICATED TO THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH, SCREENINGS, PREVENTIVE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ALL TYPES OF CANCER, AND IS AMONG THE NATION'S TOP 10 IN PATIENT VOLUME. THE CANCER CENTER HAS RECORDED APPROXIMATELY 40,000 ACTIVE CASES DURING 2010. EACH WEEK, APPROXIMATELY 150 NEW PATIENTS SEEK OUT HUMC'S SERVICES. ITS ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM, NOW ONE OF THE TOP 10 IN THE UNITED STATES, TREATS MORE THAN 200 PATIENTS A YEAR. HOUSED WITHIN HUMC, THE CANCER CENTER PROVIDES STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES, COMPASSIONATE CARE, RESEARCH INNOVATIONS, MEDICAL EXPERTISE, AND A FULL RANGE OF AFTER CARE SERVICES THAT DISTINGUISH THE CANCER CENTER FROM OTHER FACILITIES. THE CANCER CENTER IS COMPOSED OF 14 SPECIALIZED ON-SITE TEAMS FULLY ENGAGED IN THE MEDICAL AND EMOTIONAL CARE OF THEIR PATIENTS AND LOVED ONES. EACH OF THE 14 DIVISIONS FEATURES TEAMS OF PHYSICIANS, NURSES, TECHNOLOGISTS, AND SUPPORT STAFF WITH CLINICAL AND RESEARCH EXERTISE IN A SPECIFIC TYPE OF CANCER (SUCH AS LEUKEMIA OR BREAST CANCER) OR SPECIFIC SERVICE (SUCH AS SUPPORTIVE CARE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT). THIS APPROACH, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER A CLOSE-KNIT TEAM OF MEDICAL, RESEARCH, NURSING, AND SUPPORT STAFF WITH SPECIALIZED EXPERTISE, TRANSLATES INTO MORE ADVANCED, FOCUSED CARE FOR PATIENTS. THE CANCER CENTER HAS EXPERIENCED STEADY GROWTH IN ITS CANCER CARE PROGRAMS. IT OFFERS PATIENTS ACCESS TO ONE OF FOURTEEN SPECIALIZED DIVISIONS: BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, BREAST, GASTROINTESTINAL, GENITOURINARY, GYNECOLOGICAL, HEAD AND NECK, LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE, MULTIPLE MYELOMA, NEURO-ONCOLOGY, SKIN AND SARCOMA, SUPPLEMENTARY CARE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT, THORACIC, AND RESEARCH. IN ADDITION, IT IS ONE OF ONLY 50 PROGRAMS IN THE NATION DESIGNATED AS A COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM (CCOP) BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI) OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. A CCOP IS A GROUP OF COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND PHYSICIANS FUNDED BY A PEER-REVIEWED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN NCI-SPONSORED CANCER TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS. THE CANCER CENTER ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE RANGE OF ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CAPABILITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLY AT MAJOR HOSPITALS SUCH AS HUMC. THESE INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF IMAGING STUDIES, INCLUDING PET SCANNING, MRI, CT SCANNING, AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ADVANCED MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL DIAGNOSTICS, SUCH AS STEREOTACTIC BIOPSIES AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MAPPING; ROBOTIC AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIATION THERAPY, INCLUDING INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT), TOMOTHERAPY, IMPLANT AND HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY, AND STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; NON-SURGICAL TREATMENTS, INCLUDING RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; ADVANCED CHEMOTHERAPY USING NEW MEDICATIONS AND COMBINATIONS; HORMONAL THERAPY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AND HIGHLY PROMISING IMMUNOTHERAPY USING VACCINES TO DESTROY CANCER CELLS. HOWEVER, AT THE CANCER CENTER, HUMC IS NOT SATISFIED TO PROVIDE THE MOST ADVANCED, STATE-OF-THE-ART SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TODAY. NOR IS IT SATISFIED TO PROVIDE CUTTING-EDGE BASIC RESEARCH, CLINICAL TRIALS, AND INNOVATIVE TREATMENT METHODS THAT ARE NOT FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN NEW JERSEY. WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING PEOPLE FACE THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THEIR LIVES - A DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER - HUMC REACHES BEYOND ITS FACILITIES, ITS EQUIPMENT, AND ITS TREATMENTS AND OFFERS PATIENTS THE BEST OF HUMC, THE CANCER CARE TEAM OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS. NO TREATMENT CAN WORK WITHOUT THE SKILLS, EXPERTISE, AND COMPASSION OF HUMC'S EXTRAORDINARY TEAM OF CANCER CARE EXPERTS. ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE EXTRAORDINARY CARE STARTS WITH EACH MEMBER OF ITS TEAM. HUMC PLEDGES TO PARTNER WITH PATIENTS IN THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES, AND TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO SUPPORT THEM DURING THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH HUMC. PATIENTS ARE NOT A NUMBER TO HUMC, BUT A MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, BROTHER, AUNT, OR UNCLE. HUMC CARES FOR PATIENTS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AS HUMC MAKES THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER WITH PATIENTS. THE CANCER CENTER WORKS CLOSELY WITH SEVERAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE THAT OFFER DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CAPABILITIES THAT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE AT OTHER CANCER FACILITIES IN NEW JERSEY. THESE INCLUDE THE WORLD-RENOWNED ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM; THE PROSTATE CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY; THE BETTY TORRICELLI INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE; THE INSTITUTE FOR RADIOSURGERY; THE COLON CANCER PREVENTION CENTER; AND THE DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY. THE CANCER CENTER IS THE FIRST CANCER CENTER IN NEW JERSEY TO ACQUIRE A NEW, CUTTING EDGE RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM THAT ENABLES A RADICALLY DIFFERENT APPROACH TO TREATING CANCER WITH IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY (IGRT) KNOWN AS THE TRUEBEAM SYSTEM. THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM ALLOWS THE JOHN THEURER CANCER CENTER TO OFFER EVEN FASTER TREATMENTS, ENHANCED ACCURACY, AND QUICKER IMAGING AT LOWER DOSES. BASIC RESEARCH -------------- BASIC RESEARCH STUDIES AT THE CANCER CENTER AND HUMC'S ON-SITE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROWS CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO THE ORIGINS OF CANCER AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL, HOW AND WHY CELLS PROGRESS INTO CANCER, AND THE BASIC BIOLOGY OF GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE, A COMMON AND POTENTIALLY FATAL SIDE EFFECT OF STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION. STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IS USED TO TREAT HEMATOLOGICAL (BLOOD) CANCERS, SUCH AS LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA; CANCERS THAT INVOLVE SOLID TUMORS, SUCH AS BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER; SERIOUS BLOOD DISORDERS; AND IMMUNE SYSTEM DEFICIENCIES. |
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CLINICAL TRIALS OFFER INNOVATIVE TREATMENTS ------------------------------------------- AS A WORLD-CLASS FACILITY AND ACADEMIC HOSPITAL, THE CANCER CENTER IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN CLINICAL TRIALS THAT BRING RESEARCH ADVANCES DIRECTLY TO PATIENTS. THE CANCER CENTER PARTICIPATES IN MORE THAN 100 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS THAT GIVE PATIENTS ACCESS TO PROMISING INVESTIGATIONAL MEDICATIONS, TREATMENT PROTOCOLS, AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES THAT ARE OFTEN NOT AVAILABLE AT OTHER FACILITIES IN NEW JERSEY. KEY AREAS OF CANCER RESEARCH THAT ARE CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE INCLUDE TARGETED THERAPIES THAT PINPOINT CANCER CELLS AND SPARE NORMAL CELLS, GENE THERAPY TO MUTATE CANCER, ADVANCES IN STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION, NEW COMBINATIONS OF CHEMOTHERAPY, NEW RADIATION ONCOLOGY CANCER CELLS AND SAFE VIRUSES TO MAKE VACCINES THAT COMBAT CANCER. BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM ----------------------------------- THE ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM PROVIDES AUTOLOGOUS AND ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT DISEASES INCLUDING USE OF BONE MARROW, PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELLS, AND UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD STEM CELLS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO SERVES AS A COLLECTION FACILITY FOR NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM DONOR CENTERS. THE ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PROGRAM, WAS THE FIRST CENTER IN THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT DISEASE SPECIFIC RECOGNITION BY THE JOINT COMMISSION (FORMERLY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, THE "JOINT COMMISSION") A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT ACCREDITS AND CERTIFIES OVER 15,000 HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. AN AFFILIATION HAS BEEN FORMED WITH THE TRANSPLANT PROGRAM AT THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, WHICH ENABLES SHARING OF PROTOCOLS. THIS PROGRAM HAS OVER TWENTY-ONE OPEN TRANSPLANT PROTOCOLS IN USE AT THIS TIME AND EIGHT MORE AWAIT APPROVAL. THE INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE ----------------------------- STAFFED BY RADIOLOGISTS, PATHOLOGISTS, NURSES AND TECHNOLOGISTS SPECIALLY TRAINED IN BREAST CARE, THE INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE BREAST DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAPHY, BREAST ULTRASOUND, BREAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ("MRI"), STEREOTACTIC GUIDED CORE BIOPSIES, ULTRASOUND GUIDED PROCEDURES (FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION AND CORE BIOPSY), NEEDLE LOCALIZATIONS FOR EXCISIONAL BIOPSIES, AND RADIOLOGIC SECOND OPINIONS. THE ONSITE PATHOLOGY LABORATORY PERMITS IMMEDIATE EVALUATION OF THE SPECIMENS WHEN NEEDED. THE INSTITUTE FOR BREAST CARE ALSO CONDUCTS BREAST CANCER RESEARCH, INCLUDING PREVENTION, AND PROVIDES PATIENT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT. SPECIALIZED PEDIATRIC CARE -------------------------- THE MEDICAL CENTER IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN ITS SERVICE AREA THAT OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY AND SUBSPECIALTY SERVICES AT ONE LOCATION. AS A RESULT OF ITS EXTENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES, THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS, AS A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BY THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES (NJDHSS), AS A REGIONAL PERINATAL CENTER BY NJDHSS AND AS A REGIONAL DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER FOR ABUSED CHILDREN BY THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW JERSEY. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S PEDIATRIC SERVICES AND PROGRAMS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, NEONATOLOGY AND PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCES, RHEUMATOLOGY, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, RENAL TRANSPLANTATION, NEPHROLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, CHILD DEVELOPMENT (AUTISM), AND THE ONLY BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT PROGRAM IN NEW JERSEY. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN BERGEN COUNTY THAT IS DESIGNATED AS A REGIONAL PERINATAL CENTER. A REGIONAL PERINATAL CENTER PROVIDES ALL LEVELS OF PRE- AND POST-NATAL MEDICAL, SURGICAL, AND SUBSPECIALTY SERVICES FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS EQUIPPED AND STAFFED TO HANDLE HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES AND COMPLICATIONS OF FULL-TERM AND PREMATURE NEWBORNS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES 24-HOUR, SEVEN-DAY-A-WEEK COVERAGE BY PERINATOLOGISTS, NEONATOLOGISTS, AND PEDIATRICIANS. THE MEDICAL CENTER OPERATES A NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) WHICH PROVIDES 24-HOUR COVERAGE BY BOARD-CERTIFIED NEONATOLOGISTS. THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO OPERATES A PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (PICU), WHICH PROVIDES CARE FOR CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE CRITICAL MONITORING AND INTENSIVE MEDICAL INTERVENTION. TRANSPORT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN FROM OUTLYING HOSPITALS WHO ARE REFERRED TO BOTH THE PICU AND THE NICU. AN ADJACENT PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY MONITORING UNIT TO THE PICU IS THE ONLY LEVEL 4 (THE HIGHEST LEVEL) EPILEPSY CENTER IN THE STATE ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EPILEPSY CENTERS. THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA PROGRAM PROVIDES EMERGENCY CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH ACUTE ILLNESSES AND TRAUMATIC INJURIES. IT IS PHYSICALLY SEPARATE FROM THE ADULT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND IS STAFFED BY TRAINED PEDIATRIC PHYSICIANS AND NURSES. IN 2010, THERE WERE 31,819 VISITS TO THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM. THE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS PROVIDES SPECIALIZED CARE TO CHILDREN WITH HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY DISORDERS. THE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE RECORDED 16,126 VISITS/CONSULTS IN 2010. THE INSTITUTE FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS. THIS INSTITUTE HAS THE LARGEST PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE NEW JERSEY-NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA, WITH 29,458 VISITS IN 2010. IT IS ALSO A STATE-FUNDED CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. THE PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY PROGRAM IS THE LARGEST IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA. THE PROGRAM PRIMARILY RECEIVES REFERRALS FROM PHYSICIANS IN BERGEN, HUDSON, AND PASSAIC COUNTIES BUT ALSO ATTRACTS PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE MEDICAL CENTER IS A REGIONAL DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTER FOR ABUSED CHILDREN, AND IS ONE OF THREE SUCH CENTERS IN THE STATE. THIS CENTER IS HOUSED IN ITS OWN FACILITY, KNOWN AS AUDREY HEPBURN CHILDREN'S HOUSE, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER. THERE, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE SUSPECTED VICTIMS OF ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT RECEIVE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES AND UNDERGO EVALUATION BY A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN UNDERGOING A TRAUMATIC PROCESS OF MULTIPLE EVALUATIONS IN A HOSPITAL SETTING. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S OTHER ASSOCIATED/SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INCLUDE THE C.J. FOUNDATION FOR SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME ("SIDS") AND THE NEW JERSEY SIDS CENTER, DEDICATED TO FUNDING RESEARCH INTO AND COUNSELING FAMILIES STRICKEN BY SIDS; THE MOLLY FOUNDATION FOR DIABETES RESEARCH, WHICH FUNDS RESEARCH IN THE TREATMENT AND POSSIBLE CURE FOR JUVENILE DIABETES; THE RICHARD AND STEVEN BADER IMMUNOLOGICAL CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SUSPECTED OR PROVEN DIFFICULTIES IN FIGHTING INFECTION BECAUSE OF IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS; AND THE JUDY CENTER FOR DOWN'S SYNDROME, WHICH PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH THIS GENETIC DISORDER GERIATRIC CARE -------------- ALMOST 41 PERCENT OF THE BED-DAYS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER ARE COVERED BY MEDICARE. GIVEN THE NEED TO PROVIDE PERSON-SPECIFIC RATHER THAN SITE-SPECIFIC CARE, THE GERIATRIC SERVICE CARES FOR ELDERS AT THE GERIATRIC CENTER, IN THE HOSPITAL, IN POST-ACUTE CARE AND LONG TERM CARE SETTINGS AND AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION --------------------- THE MEDICAL CENTER PERFORMS ADULT KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, PEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANTS (IN CONJUNCTION WITH KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS). THE KIDNEY AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANT PROGRAMS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER ARE THE ONLY SUCH PROGRAMS IN BERGEN, PASSAIC OR HUDSON COUNTY. IN 2010 THE MEDICAL CENTER PERFORMED 42 ADULT KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, THREE PEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS, AND THREE COMBINED KIDNEY/PANCREAS TRANSPLANTS. |
| COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT (CONTINUED) |
CORE FORM, PART III |
THE CENTER FOR ALLERGY, ASTHMA AND IMMUNE DISEASES -------------------------------------------------- THE CENTER OFFERS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND MANAGEMENT OF DISORDERS AND ILLNESSES OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. STAFFED BY A TEAM OF BOARD-CERTIFIED ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY SPECIALISTS, IT PROVIDES EXPERT CARE IN RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES, FOOD AND DRUG ALLERGIES, ASTHMA, PERSISTENT SINUSITIS AND OTHER RECURRENT INFECTIONS IN ONE LOCATION. SERVICES ALSO INCLUDE PATIENT EDUCATION PROVIDED BY CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATORS AND LICENSED NUTRITIONISTS; THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN CLINICAL RESEARCH TRIALS; DOUBLE BLIND ORAL FOOD CHALLENGES, ASPIRIN CHALLENGES AND DESENSITIZATION; AND ASSESSMENT OF MEDICATION REACTIONS. THE CENTER RECEIVED 5,782 VISITS IN 2010. UROLOGY AND UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY ----------------------------- THE DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC, THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR PATIENTS WITH BOTH MALIGNANT AND NONMALIGNANT GENITOURINARY DISORDERS. CENTERS FOR BLADDER, PROSTATE AND PELVIC FLOOR HEALTH, MALE REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE AND HUMAN SEXUALITY, ENDOUROLOGY AND STONE DISEASE, CRYOSURGERY, PEDIATRIC UROLOGY AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE UROLOGIC SURGERY ARE ESTABLISHED TO TREAT BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT POPULATIONS. THE DAVINCI ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM IS USED FOR UROLOGIC SURGERY AND FOR TRAINING OF SURGEONS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROSTATE HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND AND FLUORESCENCE BASED CYSTOSCOPY FOR BLADDER CANCER. THE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN CLINICAL TRIALS WITH PROVENGE, A NEWLY APPROVED DRUG FOR THE TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER, AND IS USING NEW RADIATION BASED TECHNOLOGY WITH TRUE BEAM SOFTWARE AND WIRELESS RADIATION SENSORS KNOWN AS DVS. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES --------------------------- THE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING DEPARTMENT PROVIDES A FULL SPECTRUM OF IMAGING SERVICES. THESE INCLUDE 3T (MAGNET STRENGTH) MRI, 64-SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ("CT"), POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY ("PET/CT"), BREAST MRI, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, ULTRASOUND, AND DIGITAL X-RAY. THE DEPARTMENT OPERATES IN A FULLY INTEGRATED PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ("PACS"), A FILM-LESS ENVIRONMENT. PHYSICIANS CAN LOG INTO THE PACS REMOTELY TO VIEW IMAGING STUDIES ANYWHERE THERE IS INTERNET ACCESS. THE STAFF PERFORMS COMPLEX ADVANCED PROCEDURES SUCH AS CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY, CARDIAC MRI, AND ADVANCED PET/CT APPLICATIONS. ALL RADIOLOGISTS ARE FELLOWSHIP TRAINED IN VARIOUS SUBSPECIALTIES AND AN ATTENDING RADIOLOGIST (NOT A RESIDENT IN TRAINING) IS ON SITE AT ALL TIMES FOR INTERPRETATION AND CONSULTATION, PRODUCING VERY RAPID REPORT TURN-AROUND TIMES. EMERGENCY SERVICES / TRAUMA --------------------------- THE JEFFREY M. CREAMER EMERGENCY/TRAUMA DEPARTMENT ("ETD") IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND TREATS ALL AGES AND ALL MEDICAL CONDITIONS. IN 2010, 74,314 PATIENTS VISITED THE ETD WHICH RESULTED IN 21,840 ADMISSIONS. THERE IS ALSO A SEPARATE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM THAT SAW 31,819 VISITS IN 2010, WHICH RESULTED IN 2,540 ADMISSIONS. THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY ROOM IS STAFFED BY PHYSICIANS AND NURSES SPECIALTY-TRAINED IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE. EMERGENCY SERVICES OPENED A SATELLITE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT HUMC NORTH IN OCTOBER 2008. SEE "HUMC NORTH" HEREIN. IN 2010, THIS SITE HAD 11,472 VISITS, WITH 399 ADMISSIONS SENT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER. THE EMERGENCY TRAUMA DEPARTMENT IS DESIGNATED BY THE STATE AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS A LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER, IS CERTIFIED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND IS AN ACCREDITED CHEST PAIN CENTER, BY THE SOCIETY OF CHEST PAIN CENTERS. SINCE 2006, THE ETD HAS RECEIVED $12.8 MILLION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM THAT WILL ENHANCE THE LEVEL OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE MOBILE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOTYPE PRODUCED ENCOMPASSES TWO 7-BED MOBILE EMERGENCY TRAUMA UNITS, A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLE AND A BIOLOGICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, IN THE THIRD PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT, A MOBILE OPERATING ROOM IS BEING DESIGNED AND BUILT AND THE DEPARTMENT WILL UNDERTAKE TRAUMA-RELATED RESEARCH DESIGNED FOR TRANSITION TO A MILITARY APPLICATION. AMBULATORY SURGERY ------------------ THE MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES SAME DAY SURGERY SERVICES ON ITS MAIN CAMPUS IN THREE DISTINCT LOCATIONS; THE CENTER FOR AMBULATORY SURGERY, THE PEDIATRIC SURGICAL SUITE, AND THE CENTER FOR PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY. SPECIALTIES INCLUDE DENTAL, GENERAL, PLASTIC, ORTHOPEDIC, PEDIATRIC, VASCULAR, GYNECOLOGICAL, UROLOGICAL AND PODIATRIC SURGERY; NEUROSURGERY; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; AND OPHTHALMOLOGY. THE MEDICAL CENTER PERFORMED 16,704 SAME DAY SURGERIES IN 2010. RENAL DIALYSIS -------------- THE MEDICAL CENTER OFFERS INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HEMODIALYSIS TREATMENTS, OUTPATIENT HOME PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT AND INPATIENT/OUTPATIENT PHERESIS TREATMENTS TO PATIENTS OF ALL AGES. THE UNIT ALSO HAS A NINE-PATIENT NOCTURNAL HEMODIALYSIS PROGRAM WHERE THE PATIENTS RECEIVE LONGER TREATMENTS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER THREE NIGHTS A WEEK WHILE THEY SLEEP. THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS ARE FROM BERGEN COUNTY, WITH A PORTION FROM PASSAIC AND HUDSON COUNTIES. THE MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED 46,409 HEMODIALYSIS OUTPATIENT TREATMENTS, 4,383 INPATIENT TREATMENTS AND 361 PHERESIS TREATMENTS IN 2010. RESEARCH -------- RESEARCH IS WHAT DISTINGUISHES HUMC FROM AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. RESEARCH GIVES HUMC'S STAFF THE ABILITY TO EXPLORE THE NEWEST AND MOST PROMISING MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS PURSUIT GIVES HUMC AND OTHER ALLIED STAFF THE EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO EXPLORE NEW AND BETTER APPROACHES TO MEDICINE - TO UNCOVER AND DELIVER NOVEL TREATMENT BREAKTHROUGHS. RESEARCH CENTERS ATTRACT GIFTED PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS WHO COLLABORATE WITH LEADING INVESTIGATORS IN THEIR FIELD. THIS IS TRUE OF RESEARCHERS AT HUMC. THE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN IS A FIVE-STORY, 55,000-SQUARE-FOOT BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE DAVID AND ALICE JURIST INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH. THE RESEARCH CENTER CONSOLIDATES ALL OF HUMC'S ONGOING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INTO ONE LOCATION. THE FACILITY ENHANCES THE TIRELESS WORK THAT THE HUMC'S SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIAN-INVESTIGATORS ARE PURSUING AS PARTNERS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CENTER TRIALS. THE RESEARCH CENTER IS ALSO HOME TO THE DEIRDRE IMUS ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER FOR PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY. THE JURIST INSTITUTE IS NAMED FOR DAVID JOSEPH JURIST, CO-PRESIDENT OF THE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S FUND FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER AND THE FATHER OF EILEEN JURIST, WHO WAS TREATED FOR HODGKIN'S DISEASE AT HUMC'S TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOR CANCER AND BLOOD DISORDERS. MR. JURIST AND HIS WIFE, ALICE, ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN ALL OF THE TOMORROW'S CHILDREN'S FUND'S INITIATIVES. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN INCLUDE LABORATORIES FOR BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH; ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES; A "VIVARIUM". STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERATING ROOMS; AND A LECTURE HALL EQUIPPED WITH AUDIO-VISUAL TECHNOLOGY AND A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS AT HUMC FREQUENTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DISEASES, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, TREATMENT ADVANCES, TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, QUALITY-OF-LIFE ISSUES, AND OTHER PERTINENT RESEARCH ISSUES THROUGH PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS, ABSTRACTS, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND OTHER WRITTEN MATERIALS. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE HUMC'S MISSION AND A VITAL COMPONENT OF THE WORLD-CLASS CARE AVAILABLE AT HUMC. HUMC'S CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAMS HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE OPENING IN 2000 OF THE DAVID JOSEPH JURIST RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN. RESEARCH STUDIES GREW FROM 75 IN 1987 TO TODAY'S 475 OPEN PROTOCOLS. HUMC PROTOCOLS ARE SUPPORTED. BY SOME OF THE NATION'S TOP FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, AND FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS SUCH AS PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION ----------------------- THE DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH CONSOLIDATES ALL BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH THAT IS UNDER WAY AT HUMC. THE DEPARTMENT CENTRALIZES THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS OF RESEARCH, INCLUDING FINANCIAL, LEGAL, AND PROFESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, AND GUIDES THE INVESTIGATOR THROUGH THE MAZE OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REGULATION. |
| COMMUNITY BENEFIT STATEMENT (CONTINUED) |
CORE FORM, PART III |
RESEARCH PARTNERS ----------------- SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY THROUGH RESEARCH IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF HUMC'S MISSION. RESEARCH AT HUMC IS CONDUCTED IN NEARLY EVERY FIELD, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PEDIATRIC AND ADULT CANCERS, CHILDHOOD DISEASES, CARDIOLOGY, ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, UROLOGY, PULMONARY MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY, AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES. INVESTIGATORS AT HUMC COLLABORATE WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT OTHER HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ("CUNY") MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, AND ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY. OUTSTANDING RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS ALSO ARISE FROM HUMC'S ROLE AS A MAJOR TEACHING AFFILIATE OF UMDNJ-NJMS. HUMC IS DESIGNATED BY THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, AS A COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM SITE, ONE OF ONLY 50 IN THE NATION AND THE ONLY SUCH PROGRAM IN NEW JERSEY. CLINICAL TRIALS, PROTOCOL STUDIES, AND CANCER CONTROL GROUP RESEARCH ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH THE EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP, THE SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP, THE CHILDREN'S ONCOLOGY GROUP, THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER CANCER CENTER, AND THE NATIONAL SURGICAL ADJUVANT BREAST AND BOWEL PROJECT. |
| GOVERNANCE, MANAGEMENT, AND DISCLOSURE |
CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION A; QUESTION 2 |
STEPHEN T. BOSWELL AND J. FLETCHER CREAMER, JR. - BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. JOSEPH M. SANZARI AND J. FLETCHER CREAMER, JR. - BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. |
| DISCLOSURE INFORMATION |
CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 11A |
THE ORGANIZATION IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO AND MADE AVAILABLE TO EACH VOTING MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING BODY, ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PRIOR TO ITS FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE, REVIEW AND APPROVE THE FEDERAL FORM 990, INCLUDING THE PREPARATION, REVIEW AND FILING PROCESS. AS PART OF THE TAX RETURN PREPARATION PROCESS THE ORGANIZATION HIRED A PROFESSIONAL CPA FIRM WITH EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN BOTH HEALTHCARE AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT TAX RETURN PREPARATION TO PREPARE THE FEDERAL FORM 990. THE CPA FIRM'S TAX PROFESSIONALS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND VARIOUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE SYSTEM TO OBTAIN THE INFORMATION NEEDED IN ORDER TO PREPARE A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE TAX RETURN. THE CPA FIRM PREPARED A DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND FURNISHED IT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR REVIEW. THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS REVIEWED THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 AND DISCUSSED QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WITH THE CPA FIRM. REVISIONS WERE MADE TO THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 WHERE NECESSARY AND A FINAL DRAFT WAS FURNISHED BY THE CPA FIRM TO THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCE PERSONNEL AND VARIOUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO PRESENTATION OF THE FEDERAL FORM 990 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. |
| DISCLOSURE INFORMATION |
CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 12 |
THE ORGANIZATION IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ("HUMC"). THE OFFICERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION ARE ALSO OFFICERS OF HUMC. HUMC REGULARLY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH ITS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. ANNUALLY ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE EXISTING CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE. THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES ARE RETURNED TO THE HUMC'S CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR REVIEW. THEREAFTER THE CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER PREPARES A SUMMARY OF THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES WHICH CONTAINS INFORMATION DISCLOSED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BY INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND PRESENTS THIS SUMMARY TO HUMC'S GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE FOR ITS REVIEW AND DISCUSSION. |
| DISCLOSURE INFORMATION |
CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION B; QUESTION 15 |
HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. ("HILLCREST") IS THE PARENT ENTITY OF A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. HILLCREST'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS AN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE ("COMMITTEE"). THE COMMITTEE HAS ADOPTED A WRITTEN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY WHICH IT FOLLOWS WHEN IT REVIEWS AND APPROVES OF THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SENIOR MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE "TOTAL COMPENSATION" OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHICH IS INTENDED TO INCLUDE BOTH CURRENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND ALL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, BOTH QUALIFIED AND NON-QUALIFIED. THE COMMITTEE CONDUCTS ITS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS AT LEAST ANNUALLY OVER SEVERAL MEETINGS, AND APPROVES ONLY "TOTAL COMPENSATION" THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS CONCLUDED DOES NOT EXCEED WHAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS TO BE REASONABLE COMPENSATION. THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURES AND CONDUCTS ITS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS SO AS TO QUALIFY FOR THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS UNDER THE INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS RULES OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAW. THIS REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS APPLIES TO ALL FORMS OF COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE THREE FACTORS WHICH MUST BE SATISFIED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS ARE THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT IS APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY AN "AUTHORIZED BODY" OF THE APPLICABLE TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION WHICH IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE A "CONFLICT OF INTEREST" WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT; 2. THE AUTHORIZED BODY OBTAINED AND RELIED UPON "APPROPRIATE DATA AS TO COMPARABILITY" PRIOR TO MAKING ITS DETERMINATION; AND 3. THE AUTHORIZED BODY "ADEQUATELY DOCUMENTED THE BASIS FOR ITS DETERMINATION" CONCURRENTLY WITH MAKING THAT DETERMINATION. THE COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES EACH OF WHO ARE INDEPENDENT AND ARE FREE FROM ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THE COMMITTEE RELIED UPON APPROPRIATE COMPARABLE DATA; SPECIFICALLY THE COMMITTEE OBTAINED A WRITTEN COMPENSATION STUDY FROM AN INDEPENDENT FIRM WHICH SPECIALIZES IN THE REVIEWING OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. THIS DETAILED STUDY USES COMPARABLE GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC MARKET DATA FOR TAX-EXEMPT HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS OF A SIMILAR LEVEL OF NET ANNUAL OPERATING REVENUE IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION. NO DATA FROM FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES ARE USED. THE COMMITTEE ADEQUATELY DOCUMENTED ITS BASIS FOR ITS DETERMINATION THROUGH THE TIMELY PREPARATION OF WRITTEN MINUTES OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING WHICH THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS WAS REVIEWED AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED. THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS USED BY THE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING ALL ACTIONS DESIGNED TO QUALIFY FOR THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS, IS APPLIED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE ORGANIZATION, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED 'DISQUALIFIED PERSONS' UNDER THE INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS RULES. IN ADDITION TO RELYING ON MARKET DATA, THE COMMITTEE APPLIES A WIDE RANGE OF BUSINESS JUDGMENT FACTORS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE, INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FACTORS, AND THE UNIQUE DEMANDS OF PARTICULAR POSITIONS. |
| DISCLOSURE INFORMATION |
CORE FORM, PART VI, SECTION C; QUESTION 19 |
THE ORGANIZATION'S FILED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND ANY AMENDMENTS CAN BE OBTAINED AND REVIEWED THROUGH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY SECRETARY OF STATE. THE ORGANIZATION IS THE TAX-EXEMPT PARENT OF HILLCREST HEALTH SERVICE SYSTEM, INC. AND AFFILIATES; A TAX-EXEMPT INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ("HUMC"). HUMC MAKES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC VIA ITS WEBSITE, WWW.HUMED.COM, ITS COMPLIANCE PLAN DOCUMENTS, CODE OF CONDUCT AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. THE ORGANIZATION IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING ITS WEBSITE TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ITS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. |
| COMPENSATION INFORMATION DISCLOSURE |
CORE FORM, PART VII AND SCHEDULE J |
PART VII AND SCHEDULE J REFLECT CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVING COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FROM A RELATED ORGANIZATION. PLEASE NOTE THIS REMUNERATION WAS FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF THE RELATED ORGANIZATION AND NOT FOR SERVICES RENDERED AS A VOTING MEMBER OF THIS ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES. |
| AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
CORE FORM, PART XI; QUESTION 2 |
AN INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM AUDITED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 AND 2009; RESPECTIVELY, AND ISSUED A CERTIFIED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT. AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION WAS ISSUED BY THE INDEPENDENT CPA FIRM EACH YEAR. THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE SELECTION OF ITS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:JAMES R NAPOLITANO ESQ TITLE:CHAIRMAN - TRUSTEE HOURS: |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:JOSEPH SIMUNOVICH TITLE:VICE CHAIRMAN - TRUSTEE HOURS:6 |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:MARVIN GOLDSTEIN ESQ TITLE:SECRETARY/TREASURER - TRUSTEE HOURS: |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:STEPHEN T BOSWELL PHD TITLE:TRUSTEE HOURS: |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:J FLETCHER CREAMER JR TITLE:TRUSTEE HOURS:9 |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:JUSTICE MARIE L GARIBALDI TITLE:TRUSTEE HOURS:8 |
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FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:PETER O HANSON TITLE:TRUSTEE HOURS: |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:JOSEPH M SANZARI TITLE:TRUSTEE HOURS:16 |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:ANTHONY SCARDINO JR TITLE:TRUSTEE HOURS:6 |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:MORTIMER S STEINBERG TITLE:TRUSTEE HOURS: |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:SCOTT TARRIFF TITLE:TRUSTEE HOURS: |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:ROBERT C GARRETT TITLE:PRESIDENT/CEO HOURS:60 |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:ROBERT L GLENNING TITLE:CHEIF FINANCIAL OFFICER HOURS:60 |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:AUDREY C MURPHY RN ESQ TITLE:SR VP/GENERAL COUNCEL HOURS:60 |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:KETUL J PATEL TITLE:EVP - CHIEF STRATEGY & OPER. HOURS:60 |
| HOURS DEVOTED FOR RELATED ORGANIZATION |
FORM 990 PART VII |
NAME:JOHN P FERGUSON TITLE:FORMER PRESIDENT/CEO HOURS: |
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Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.