President and CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Again Named to List of 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives
Thursday, May 04, 2006
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – A national health care magazine has again included Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital President and CEO Clifton R. Lacy, MD, on its annual ranking of the nation’s 50 most powerful physician executives.
Dr. Lacy was ranked number 20 on the list, which was published in the April 24 issue of Modern Healthcare and its sister publication, Modern Physician.
Other top finishers included U.S. Senator William Frist, MD, of Tennessee, and Mark McClellan, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Baltimore, Maryland.
Prior to becoming president and CEO of RWJUH, Dr. Lacy served as commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. As commissioner, Dr. Lacy was characterized as a dynamic leader and visionary whose efforts helped New Jersey become a national leader in health care quality and patient safety, scientific research, and preparedness for the health-related consequences of terrorism.
Under Dr. Lacy’s leadership, RWJUH has earned significant national recognition. Consumers Digest magazine ranked the hospital fifth in the nation in patient safety initiatives in 2005. A recent study by researchers at Harvard University published by The Commonwealth Fund rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital sixth in the nation in quality of care. RWJUH was also ranked as one of the nation’s top 10 health care facilities in its use of technology by Health Imaging & IT Magazine. Furthermore, the American Nurses Credentialing Center recently gave the hospital its highest level of recognition, the prestigious Magnet Award, for the third consecutive time.
About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Selected as one of four hospitals nationwide to offer the world's first self-contained implantable artificial heart, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (www.rwjuh.edu) 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 in medicine. 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 both heart and heart surgery and respiratory disorders, according to U.S.News & World Report's 2008 ranking of "America's Best Hospitals." The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital among the nation's best comprehensive cancer centers. The Leapfrog Group rated Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital 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 Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital as one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation for clinical quality. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is also a recipient of the prestigious Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence for more than 10 consecutive years.
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