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Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a 950-bed non-profit, research and teaching hospital providing tertiary and healthcare needs located seven miles (11 km) west of New York City, in Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of 2019, it ranks as the second-largest hospital in New Jersey and No. 59 in the US. HUMC is the largest hospital in the Hackensack Meridian Health Health System. It is affiliated with the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers University and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. The medical center was founded in 1888 as Bergen County's first hospital, with 12 beds. The hospital is an ACS verified level 1 trauma center, one of five in the state. In 2021 it was given a grade A by the Leapfrog patient safety organization.
As of 2021, HUMC is Bergen County's largest employer with around 9,000 employees and an annual budget of $1 billion. The hospital's staff of 1,400 physicians and dentists covers the full range of medical and dental specialties and sub-specialties. It is the largest inpatient/outpatient provider in the state, attending to more than 100,000 patients annually.
HUMC is a designated Magnet Hospital, recognized for nursing excellence by the ANA. It is the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation to receive this recognition. HUMC has a New Jersey state-designated Children's Hospital (Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital) that is a full-voting member in the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). It is also a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges' New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals (NJCTH).
On March 4, 2020, Phil Murphy and Sheila Oliver announced the first confirmed COVID-19 case in New Jersey. The patient was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center. On March 6, 2020, a second case of COVID-19 was confirmed at HUMC and four days later it was announced that the patient died.
Hackensack University Medical Center has a Health Awareness Regional Program and an Employee Assistance Program Development both located at 2 Sears Drive in Paramus. Two programs are located Westwood; the Geriatric Assessment Program and The Home Health Agency. HUMC also maintains an office for The Home Health Agency in East Rutherford.
In September 2021, the hospital administration announced that they were upgraded to level 1 trauma center status by the American College of Surgeons. The hospital was previously a level 2 trauma center. Also that year, U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital Ranking listed HUMC #1 in New Jersey and #7 in New York Metro.
HUMC's campus houses the Hackensack University Medical Plaza building, which was constructed in 1998, and opened on September 21, 1998, and is one of the largest adult ambulatory care facilities in the United States.
Other campus buildings are the Jeffrey M. Creamer Trauma Center; the Dr. John Apovian Prompt Care Center; the Hekemian Conference Center; The Hillcrest Building; the George Link Jr. Pavilion, which houses the Banta Lobby, Emil Buehler Helipad, and the Samuel Toscano Sr. Surgical Suite; Johnson Hall; The Patient Pavilion; and St. John's Building.
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Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a 950-bed non-profit, research and teaching hospital providing tertiary and healthcare needs located seven miles (11 km) west of New York City, in Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of 2019, it ranks as the second-largest hospital in New Jersey and No. 59 in the US. HUMC is the largest hospital in the Hackensack Meridian Health Health System. It is affiliated with the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers University and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. The medical center was founded in 1888 as Bergen County's first hospital, with 12 beds. The hospital is an ACS verified level 1 trauma center, one of five in the state. In 2021 it was given a grade A by the Leapfrog patient safety organization.
As of 2021, HUMC is Bergen County's largest employer with around 9,000 employees and an annual budget of $1 billion. The hospital's staff of 1,400 physicians and dentists covers the full range of medical and dental specialties and sub-specialties. It is the largest inpatient/outpatient provider in the state, attending to more than 100,000 patients annually.
HUMC is a designated Magnet Hospital, recognized for nursing excellence by the ANA. It is the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation to receive this recognition. HUMC has a New Jersey state-designated Children's Hospital (Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital) that is a full-voting member in the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI). It is also a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges' New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals (NJCTH).
On March 4, 2020, Phil Murphy and Sheila Oliver announced the first confirmed COVID-19 case in New Jersey. The patient was treated at Hackensack University Medical Center. On March 6, 2020, a second case of COVID-19 was confirmed at HUMC and four days later it was announced that the patient died.
Hackensack University Medical Center has a Health Awareness Regional Program and an Employee Assistance Program Development both located at 2 Sears Drive in Paramus. Two programs are located Westwood; the Geriatric Assessment Program and The Home Health Agency. HUMC also maintains an office for The Home Health Agency in East Rutherford.
In September 2021, the hospital administration announced that they were upgraded to level 1 trauma center status by the American College of Surgeons. The hospital was previously a level 2 trauma center. Also that year, U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital Ranking listed HUMC #1 in New Jersey and #7 in New York Metro.
HUMC's campus houses the Hackensack University Medical Plaza building, which was constructed in 1998, and opened on September 21, 1998, and is one of the largest adult ambulatory care facilities in the United States.
Other campus buildings are the Jeffrey M. Creamer Trauma Center; the Dr. John Apovian Prompt Care Center; the Hekemian Conference Center; The Hillcrest Building; the George Link Jr. Pavilion, which houses the Banta Lobby, Emil Buehler Helipad, and the Samuel Toscano Sr. Surgical Suite; Johnson Hall; The Patient Pavilion; and St. John's Building.