Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a 950-bed
non-profit
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, research and
teaching hospital
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providing
tertiary
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and healthcare needs located west of
New York City
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Bergen County
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, 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
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is an American network of healthcare providers in New Jersey, based out of Edison. Members include academic centers, acute care facilities, and research hospitals. Hackensack Meridian Health aims to create one ...
Health System. It is affiliated with the
New Jersey Medical School
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of
Rutgers University
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Bergen County
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patient safety organization
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.
About
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
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' New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals (NJCTH).
On March 4, 2020,
Phil Murphy
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and
Sheila Oliver
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announced the first confirmed
COVID-19
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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
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.
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.
Facilities
Campus
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
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.
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.
Key facilities by specialty include:
Medical arts and learning
The Alfred N. Sanzari Medical Arts Building and Learning Center (built in 2002)
Children and pediatric
* The
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Children's House, a state-designated Regional Diagnostic Center for Child Abuse and Neglect (built in 2002)
* David Joseph Jurist Research Center for Tomorrows Children, which houses the David and Alice Jurist Institute for Research and the Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology (built in 2000)
*
Don Imus
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/WFAN Pediatric Center for Tomorrows Children (built in 1994)
*The Sarkis Gabrellian Women's and Children's Pavilion, which houses The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital (built in 2006)
*The Donna A. Sanzari Women's Hospital, and The Mark Messier Skyway for Tomorrow's Children (built in 2006)
*The Sarkis and Siran Child Care and Learning Center (built in 1994)
Diabetes
The MOLLY Diabetes Center for Adults (established in 1996)
Off-campus facilities
HUMC maintains offices around the perimeter of its campus as well as in downtown Hackensack. These include the Center for Trauma Recovery, the QUEST Adult Outpatient Program, Health Awareness Regional Program (HARP), the Geriatric Assessment Program, the Hospice Program, and HUMC's Home Health Agency.
Affiliations
HUMC at Pascack Valley ("HPV")
HPV is a full-service hospital established in 2013 partnered with for-profit partner LHP Hospital Group (now
Ardent Health Services
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The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital is a 105-bed pediatric acute care hospital connected to Hackensack University Medical Center.
HUMC at Mountainside
Mountainside Hospital (also known as HackensackUMC Mountainside), located in
Montclair, New Jersey
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, became part of the Hackensack network when it was acquired by Hackensack and Ardent Health Services jointly in 2012 from Merit Health Systems.
Dave Winfield
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Nutrition Center, established in 1986 by Dave Winfield and the Community Health Center located in a branch of the HUMC's Geriatrics Clinic. The Dave Winfield Nutrition Center has an additional location at Hackensack University Medical Center, in the Hackensack University Medical Plaza.
The Centers at Franklin Lakes
The Centers at Franklin Lakes houses HUMC's ''The Cancer Center'' and a branch of The Betty Torricelli Institute for Breast Care.
John Theurer Cancer Center
The John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC) at HUMC performs research and
oncology
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services. Areas of concentration include blood and marrow
stem cell
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transplantation,
lymphoma
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,
leukemia
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,
multiple myeloma
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,
neuro-oncology
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,
cutaneous
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malignancy,
gastrointestinal
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,
geriatric
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, head and neck,
thoracic
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,
urologic
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,
breast
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, and gynecologic.
In 2019 it received approval from the
National Cancer Institute
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bone marrow transplant
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(BMT) program and in 2014 performed 400 transplants.
Mobile intensive care unit
As of 2007, Hackensack University Medical Center provides
advanced life support
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Components
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coverage to 35 municipalities and operates five paramedic fly-cars. Four are in service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. One full-time unit is stationed a few blocks away from the main campus; another full-time unit is located in
East Rutherford
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on Paterson Avenue; two additional units are stationed at Hackensack University Medical Center North at Pascack Valley; and its fifth, which is a part-time unit, is stationed in Lodi at the Volunteer Ambulance Corps during its hours of operation. A sixth unit is stationed in
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is a hybrid ALS unit and Specialty Care Transport Unit. That unit is in a specially equipped ambulance and is transport capable.