Barnabas Health Happenings... News From Our Facilities

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Friday, July 31, 2015
Following is a recap of recent news and happenings at Barnabas Health and its facilities rounded up from the most current editions of our Barnabas News employee
newsletters.
Barnabas Health Happenings...
Barnabas Health Hospitals Recognized for
Organ Donor Enrollment Achievements
Seven Barnabas Health facilities: Clara Maass Medical Center, Community
Medical Center, Jersey City Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center,
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
and Saint Barnabas Medical Center, are among a select group of hospitals and
transplant centers nationwide recognized by the US Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) for conducting activities that promoted enrollment in
state organ donor registries. The hospitals are part of the national Workplace
Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign, sponsored by HHS’s Health Resources and
Services Administration.
Barnabas Health’s awareness and registry campaigns educated staff, patients,
visitors, and community members on the critical need for organ, eye, and tissue
donors and thereby increased the number of potential donors on the state’s
donor registry. The hospitals earned points for each activity implemented during
Phase IV of the campaign, between August 1, 2014, and April 30, 2015, and
each were awarded bronze recognition by the Health Resources and Services
Administration.
To see the full list by state of hospitals and transplant centers recognized go to:
http://www.organdonor.gov/howhelp/recognitionlist2015.pdf.
Barnabas Health to Partner With National
Surgery Center Leader
Barnabas Health has finalized a partnership with AMSURG to offer patients
enhanced access to and best practices in outpatient surgery services. Through
the new partnership, called Jersey ASC Ventures, LLC, we will together acquire
and manage a number of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers in an effort to
smartly grow our network of outpatient care so we can provide more and easier
access points for care at convenient locations for the populations we serve.
“AMSURG is a nationally recognized leader in the development, management
and operation of outpatient surgery centers,” said Matthew Fulton, Senior Vice
President, Business Development, Barnabas Health. “Partnering with a company
of this caliber will help us meet the health care needs of the communities we
serve and take our outpatient surgery capabilities to the next level.”
The first ambulatory surgery centers we will co-own and manage with AMSURG
include the Ambulatory Surgery Center at Barnabas Health Ambulatory Care
Center, the Women’s Center Ambulatory Surgery Center at Saint Barnabas
Medical Center, and five AMSURG surgery centers in Florham Park, Hanover,
West Orange, Edison and Toms River.
Barnabas Health Staff Lend Their Expertise at the
Blackfeet Reservation in Montana
The Life is Great (LIG) Global Foundation with several BH physicians and staff
members recently embarked on a week-long mission to provide medical
and wellness services to the residents of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in
Browning Montana. The LIG Global Foundation was co-founded by Barnabas
Health Cardiologist and Director of Global Health, Ernani Sadural, MD, in 2010.
The nonprofit organization is dedicated to bringing medical and non-medical
volunteers to underserved populations and creating sustainable change by
providing education and training to local residents. LIG teams have made more
than 30 trips to 10 different countries to bring medical and other services to
impoverished communities. For more information about the LIG Foundation go
to: http://ligglobal.org/.
Pictured are participants
in the Life is Great (LIG)
Global Foundation’s
recent mission to the
Blackfeet Reservation in
Browning Montana, July
10 to July 17. From left to
right: Jeffrey Bourne, MD,
Pediatrics, SBMC; Donna
Laudati, Office Manager,
OB/GYN, SBMC; Debbra
Keegan, MD, Institute of
Reproductive Medicine and
Science, SBMC; Claudine
Sylvester, MD, OB/GYN,
SBMC; Robert Rabinowitz,
MD, Pediatrics, SBMC;
Serena Chen, MD, Institute
of Reproductive Medicine and Science, SBMC; Ernani Sadural, MD, Director, Global Health,
Barnabas Health.
News From Our Facilities...
Barnabas Health Behavioral Health Center
BHBHC to Participate in Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease – Staff members from
Barnabas Health Behavioral Health have teamed up to take part in the southern
regional Walk to End Alzheimer’s, a three-mile walk to raise awareness and funds
for Alzheimer’s research on Saturday, September 26, in Point Pleasant, NJ.
Clara Maass Medical Center
CMMC Behavioral Health
Celebrates Adjunct
Therapy Week – Clara
Maass Medical Center
recently recognized staff
from adjunct therapies
that promote wellness and
recovery including, drama,
music, art, movement
therapists, and counselors.
CMMC Adjunct Therapy
counselors and staff celebrate
Adjunct Therapy Week.
Community Medical Center
CMC Celebrates J. Phillip Citta Regional Cancer Center’s Award – Community
Medical Center applauded the efforts of staff members from the J. Phillip Citta
Regional Cancer Center’s recently, for recognition by the Commission on Cancer
with the 2014 Outstanding Achievement Award. CMC was one of two hospitals in
New Jersey, and one of only 75 in the country to receive the award.
CMC Promotes Skin Cancer Awareness – Staff from Community Medical Center
participated in Choose Your Cover, a skin cancer screening and awareness
program, last weekend at Island Beach State Park. The program, sponsored
by the Ocean Monmouth Health Alliance, targets beachgoers with free skin
cancer screenings,
complimentary
sunscreen and a
wealth of vital skin
safety information on
cancer detection and
prevention.
Staff members from CMC
spend a day at Island Beach
State Park, providing free
skin cancer screenings,
complimentary sunscreen,
and information on skin
cancer detection and
prevention to beachgoers.
Barnabas Health Home Care and Hospice
Monmouth Medical Center
MMC Physician Inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology
– Richard B. Ruchman, MD, Radiology Chairman and Program Director, has
been inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR). The
induction took place at a formal convocation ceremony during the May ACR 2015
meeting held in Washington, DC. Dr. Ruchman is on the Board of Trustees of
the Association of Program Directors in Radiology, the
Monmouth Medical Center Foundation and Barnabas
Health. He is also a faculty advisor to the American
Alliance of Academic Chief Residents in Radiology.
Recognition as a fellow is one of the highest honors the
ACR can bestow, and it demonstrates a history of service
to the College, organized radiology, teaching or research.
Approximately 10 percent of ACR members achieve this
distinction.
Richard B. Ruchman, MD
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
NBIMC Holds Precyse University ICD-10 Training Demonstration Day – Last
week, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center physicians, schedulers, registrars,
coders, billers, revenue managers, practice managers and case managers took
advantage of the computers and staff available during the Precyse ICD-10
Training Demonstration Day and checked their Precyse University access. The
event was one in a
series of activities
underway at NBIMC
to ensure they are
prepared for the
transition to ICD10 by October 1,
when ICD-10 codes
must be used on all
transactions.
Pictured are
participants in the
Precyse University
ICD-10 Training
Demonstration Day with
(on right) John A. Brennan, MD, MPH, President and CEO, NBIMC & CHoNJ and Executive Vice
President, Barnabas Health.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
SBMC Miracle Walk Marks 15th Year Anniversary – Saint Barnabas Medical
Center recently held a Miracle Walk kickoff to launch the 15th anniversary of the
walk, which has raised over 4.5 million to purchase advanced medical technology
for SBMC’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The 15th Anniversary Miracle Walk
will be held on October 4 at Verona Park. In addition to the traditional walk, the
event includes face painting, balloon artists, a DJ and a carnival to celebrate the
special anniversary. For more information, registration or to make a donation,
go to miraclewalk.com.
Barnabas Health Van Dyke Hospice 8th Annual Poker Run – Ocean County PBA
258 will host its 8th Annual Hospice Poker Run in Manchester, NJ, on Sunday,
August 2. Proceeds will benefit the Barnabas Health Van Dyke Hospice and
Palliative Care Center. Donations are $25 per bike, $5 per passenger and $10 for
walk‐ins. For more information, please call 732‐581‐9308.
Jersey City Medical Center
JCMC Awarded Grant to Enhance Community Health – Jersey City Medical
Center has been named a grant partner with the City of Jersey City. The city
will receive a $200,000 grant from New Jersey Health Initiatives and the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation to support its Partnership for a HealthierJC initiative.
The grant will support enhancing community health across Jersey City and
have an impact on behavioral, environmental and socioeconomic factors that
influence public health. JCMC’s community outreach and health programs will
be integral in fulfilling the goals of the grant, along with four other grant partner
organizations.
Pictured at the Miracle Walk kickoff event are members of the Miracle Walk Committee
(from left): Eileen Steffen; Nish and Sage Gajarawala; Jonathan and Hayley Hirschman; Merle
Hirschmann; Kamtorn Vangvanichyakorn, MD; Tara and Richard Heyderman; Shyan Sun, MD;
Chrissy Andrascik, and Kathleen Keating.