Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC), previously Newark Beth Israel Hospital is a 665-bed quaternary care, teaching hospital located in Newark, New Jersey serving the healthcare needs for Newark and the Northern Jersey area. NBIMC is the one of the region's only academic university-level teaching centers. The hospital is owned by the RWJBarnabas Health System and is the third largest hospital in the system. NBIMC is affiliated with the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers University and features over 100 residents NBIMC also features an adult and pediatric emergency department but serious trauma is usually handled by the nearby University Hospital. Attached to the medical center is the Children's Hospital of New Jersey that treats infants, children, adolescents, and young adults up to the age of 21.

History 
It was run under auspices of the Newark Jewish Community and its suburban successors from its inception in 1900-1901 until its purchase by Barnabas Health in 1996. In 2011, the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center was ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the United States for specialty care in cardiology and heart surgery. and the following year remained highly ranked but not in the top 50 hospitals nationwide.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is home to one of the nation’s 10 largest heart transplant centers according to Becker's Hospital Review.

In 2020, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center was rated as an "A" by the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.

Services 

 Cancer
 Heart and Vascular Care
 Men's Health
 Mental Health and Behavioral Health
 Neuroscience
 Orthopedics
 Pediatrics
 Senior Health
 Transplant Services
 Weight Loss and Bariatric Surgery
 Wellness
 Women's Health

Controversy 
In 2019 Federal regulators announced that Newark Beth Israel Medical Center put patients in “Immediate Jeopardy” before the hospital began to implement corrective measures, according to federal regulators. The investigation was started after reporters from ProPublica found that its transplant team was failing to learn from surgical errors. According to Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, regulators found a series of incidents in which the hospital recognized areas for improvement following botched surgeries but didn’t carry out its own recommendations leading to mistakes on subsequent operations. Regulators also uncovered stories of hospital staff failing to obtain informed consent and to seek information from patients and family members do not resuscitate orders. Weeks later, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. issued a statement about the corrective actions taken by the hospital "Based on my communications with the hospital, I believe the situation is moving in the right direction at this time and I will continue to monitor it."

References

External Links 
Children's Hospital of New Jersey

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

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