Newswise Focus Channel: Hidden - New Jersey

RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Receive $2Million Grant from Merck Foundation to Advance Equitable Cancer Care in New Jersey

Rutgers Cancer Institute — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:05:09 EST

RWJBarnabas Health, in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the state's leading cancer center and only National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, announced today that it is a grantee supported through the Alliance for Equity in Cancer Care (the Alliance), an initiative funded by the Merck Foundation (the Foundation) and designed to make cancer care more equitable in the United States by helping patients living in underserved communities receive timely access to high-quality, culturally responsive care. RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey have been awarded a $2 million grant over five years.

Granting Temporary Health Care Licenses in Pandemic Expanded Health Access for Public and Maintained Worker Supply for Hospitals

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 22:05:12 EST

New Jersey's effort during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to grant temporary health care practitioner licenses to out-of-state physicians, nurses, psychologists and other licensed workers proved effective, according to an analysis conducted by Rutgers University with data provided by the N.J. Division of Consumer Affairs.

Hackensack University Medical Center Becomes First Hospital in New Jersey to Implant 'Smart Knee' Joint Replacement Component

Hackensack Meridian Health — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 11:05:04 EST

Persona IQ Smart Knee captures and transmits knee motion data that can optimize patient monitoring, recovery and research after knee replacement surgery

Hackensack University Medical Center received funding to provide artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy technology to underserved communities

Hackensack Meridian Health — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 15:55:12 EST

Only hospital in New Jersey to offer GI Genius(tm) intelligent endoscopy modules through Medtronic and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Health Equity Assistance Program, supported by American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) selection of sites.

Hackensack University Medical Center Installs the First Intraoperative MRI System in New Jersey

Hackensack Meridian Health — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:05:00 EST

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center became the first hospital in New Jersey to acquire an intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system installed in the Helena Theurer Pavilion in June. The Siemens Healthineers MAGNETOM Combi Suite allows for MR images to be taken before surgery, enhancing presurgical planning, as well as during the procedure, to improve the accuracy of brain tumor removal. When not in use during surgery, the MRI suite is available for diagnostic imaging, adding to the hospital's existing arsenal of imaging tools.

Hackensack University Medical Center Expands World-Class Organ Transplant Program to Physician Satellite Offices at Jersey Shore University Medical Center and JFK University Medical Center

Hackensack Meridian Health — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:50:59 EST

The Organ Transplantation Division at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center, one of only a few certified transplant centers in New Jersey, is bringing its world-class services to satellite locations in the central and southern regions of New Jersey. Consultations, testing and follow up care of transplants are now available at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune and JFK University Medical Center in Edison.

Humpback Whales That Visit New York, New Jersey Stay Longer and Visit Again

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:00:29 EST

Humpback whales spotted along the Jersey Shore and the waters off New York often stay for an extended period of time and return year after year, according to a study co-authored by Rutgers University, Gotham Whale, the Center for Coastal Studies and 21 other organizations in the western North Atlantic.

Mark Mascarenhas, M.D., who implanted the first dual-chamber leadless pacemakers at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, is available to speak to media

Hackensack Meridian Health — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:20:53 EST

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and its top research leader Dr. Eileen White selected to lead global Cancer Grand Challenges team taking on cancer cachexia

Rutgers Cancer Institute — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:00:00 EST

A world-class team of researchers assembled and led by Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and its Deputy Director and Chief Scientific Officer Eileen White, PhD, has been awarded a $25 million Cancer Grand Challenges grant to tackle the condition of cancer cachexia.

Hackensack Meridian Children's Health Hospitals Earn Top Rankings Second Year in a Row in U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Children's Hospitals Report

Hackensack Meridian Health — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:35:13 EST

Hackensack Meridian Children's Health is again ranked a top provider of pediatric health care in the state. Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, and K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University Medical Center - which make up the Hackensack Meridian Children's Health network - are ranked #1 in the state and top 20 in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Children's Hospital Report.

Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Raises $5 Million at Network-Wide Celebration on May 21

Hackensack Meridian Health — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 15:05:29 EST

Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Raises $5 Million at Network-Wide Celebration on May 21

New Jersey Health Data Project Tackles State's Pressing Health Needs

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:00:19 EST

Rutgers Center for State Health Policy launched the New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) Project this week to address some of the state's most pressing health care issues with a virtual Research Consortium.

Remote Teaching During the Pandemic Disadvantages Students in New Jersey's Lower-Income School Districts

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Wed, 18 May 2022 13:05:13 EST

The rollout of remote teaching in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic was haphazard, under-resourced, inequitably delivered, contributed to student and teacher stress and may exacerbate digital and social inequality, according to a Rutgers study.

Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation to Host Inaugural Network-Wide Celebration on May 21

Hackensack Meridian Health — Tue, 10 May 2022 14:20:34 EST

Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation to Host Inaugural Network-Wide Celebration on May 21

Future Physicians at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and New Jersey Communities to Benefit from $1 Million Gift to School's Human Dimension Program

Hackensack Meridian Health — Tue, 10 May 2022 10:05:28 EST

Future Physicians at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine and New Jersey Communities to Benefit from $1 Million Gift to School's Human Dimension Program

Hackensack Meridian Health Seeks Disruptive Health Solutions through NJ Innovation Challenge

Hackensack Meridian Health — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:30:59 EST

The Challenge seeks to reduce 30-day readmissions for: acute myocardial infarction (AMI); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); heart failure (HF); pneumonia; coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery; and elective primary total hip arthroplasty and/or total knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA).

Disparities Remain in End-of-Life Care in New Jersey

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:05:32 EST

Minority patient groups - including those whose primary language is not English and those who have lower middle-income economic status - with a diagnosis of metastatic cancer, are less likely to receive end-of-life palliative care or a hospice referral, according to Rutgers researchers who say more standardized policies are needed to diminish gaps in care.

New Jersey Organist Looks Forward to Performing at Easter Sunday Services Thanks to Cutting Edge Technology that Treated His Hand Tremors

Hackensack Meridian Health — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 15:05:44 EST

Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert C. Garrett Addresses the Importance of Health Care Equity at Inaugural POLITICO Health Summit in Washington, D.C.

Hackensack Meridian Health — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:55:36 EST

Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert C. Garrett Addresses the Importance of Health Care Equity at Inaugural POLITICO Health Summit in Washington, D.C.

Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center Opens Satellite Outpatient Rehabilitation in East Brunswick

Hackensack Meridian Health — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 08:05:47 EST

"Our goal is to help both adults and children improve their quality of life after injury, illness or surgery," said Anthony Cuzzola, vice president, Rehabilitation Care Transformation Services, Hackensack Meridian Health. "Our dedicated medical professionals will assess your condition and develop a personalized treatment program."