RWJUH Wins 'Hospital of the Year Award' From NJBIZ
Friday, June 26, 2009
New Brunswick, NJ - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is proud to announce that it has been named Hospital of the Year by NJBIZ as part of the business publication's 2009 Healthcare Heroes Awards program.
 Colleen Matthews, Director, Network Hospital Relations for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, presents Vince Joseph, Executive Vice President of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, with the "Hospital of the Year" award for Healthcare Heroes, a program of NJBIZ. |
"This award is testament to the teamwork, dedication and commitment to excellence demonstrated by our entire team of faculty and private physicians, nurses, allied health professionals and staff," said Stephen K. Jones, president and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. "I would also like to thank our board members for their vision and support, which allows us to provide exceptional care and achieve excellence."
NJBIZ, the state's leading business publication, selected RWJUH as Hospital of the Year from a group of the state's premiere health care organizations. In choosing RWJUH for the top award, NJBIZ said it honors "hospitals making extraordinary strides and exceptional achievements within health care."
In addition to the Hospital of the Year award, RWJUH is privileged to have several other Healthcare Heroes finalists. Margie McDonald, RN, Director of Volunteer Services and RWJUH's Breast Care Connection, was named finalist for Nurse of the Year; Joseph Barone, MD, Surgeon-in-Chief at The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at RWJUH and Chief of the Division of Urology for the Department of Surgery at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) was a finalist in the Innovation Hero category.
Alan M. Graham, MD, FACS, Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery for RWJUH and Norman and Ruth Rosenberg Professor of Vascular Surgery and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS, and Michael J. Nissenblatt, MD, clinical professor of oncology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and associate director of oncology at RWJUH, were named finalists in the Physician of the Year category.
Children's Specialized Hospital, also a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Health System, was a finalist in the Physical Therapy/Rehabilitation Center of the Year category.
The finalists and winners in all eight categories of NJBIZ's Third Annual Healthcare Heroes Awards program were honored at an awards breakfast at The Palace at Somerset Park in Somerset on June 26.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a 600-bed academic medical center and the principal hospital of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ. Robert Wood Johnson is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care. RWJUH is the first hospital in the nation to implant the AbioCor self-contained artificial heart since the device received FDA approval in 2006. RWJUH is one of only three sites in the nation approved to offer this groundbreaking technology. Its Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, and women’s and children’s care including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.bmsch.org). The hospital is also a Level 1 Trauma Center and serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness. The hospital has earned significant national recognition for clinical quality and patient safety. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the nation for heart and heart surgery (No. 36), cancer (No. 40) respiratory disorders (No. 50), according to U.S.News & World Report’s 2009 ranking of “America’s Best Hospitals.” The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer has rated RWJUH among the nation's best comprehensive cancer centers. The Leapfrog Group rated RWJUH as one of the 50 exceptional U.S. hospitals, as published in Consumers Digest magazine. Harvard University researchers, in a study commissioned by The Commonwealth Fund, identified RWJUH as one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation for clinical quality. RWJUH is also a recipient of the prestigious Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence for more than 10 consecutive years. Visit us online at www.rwjuh.edu.
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