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Why should I care about charity care cuts?When you or a loved one is injured or ill, you expect to find quality healthcare nearby. In case of emergencies and threats to public welfare, you expect your community will be equipped to respond. Are you prepared to be disappointed? The Governor's proposed budget eliminates even more reimbursement for services that your local medical center by statute must provide. For some communities, this could mean their nearest hospital will close, sending them to other communities for care. For others, the result could be elimination of services and increased demands on their own local hospital. Click here to find out what you can do to help protect your vital healthcare resources.
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Read All About It!Have you seen the latest issue of Healthy Directions magazine? Click on the cover image at left to view the complete issue. (Please allow several seconds for the file to download.) |
The American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer has presented CentraState Medical Center an Outstanding Achievement Award for high-quality cancer care. After conducting an on-site survey last November, the commission in April announced a three-year reaccreditation with commendation through 2010 for CentraState as a Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program. This is CentraState’s second consecutive Outstanding Achievement Award from the commission, which sets the standards for cancer care nationwide. Click here for more on this story.
From treatment options for knee injuries to maintaining youthful skin, cooking nutritiously, or saving a choking victim, the medical professionals and educators at CentraState are offering a free or low-cost lecture or class this spring to help you and your family live healthier and safer.
Click here for a list of upcoming lectures. Click here for a list of upcoming classes.
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| Anthony Emanuel, MD, (third from left) and Sandra M. Connolly, MD, (second from left) have been named “Physicians of the Year” by the CentraState Medical Center medical and nursing staffs, respectively. They are pictured with Steven Mishkin, MD, chief of staff, (far left) and John Gribbin, president & CEO, CentraState Healthcare System. For more on this story, click here. |
Nothing means more to us than the way people feel about the care they receive at CentraState. That’s why recent results from Press Ganey, the healthcare industry’s leading evaluator of patient satisfaction, have us holding our heads high.
Click on the lefthand image for details.
We are also pleased with findings from the recently released Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS)—the first national report of patients’ perceptions of their hospital experience. Our scores for nurse and physician communication with patients and our overall rating by patients exceed both the state and national averages, while our scores for staff responsiveness, pain management, cleanliness, quietness and patient willingness to recommend the hospital exceed the state average.
The HCAHPS data is another tool for measuring and refining our ongoing quality improvement efforts. Click here for details of the results. For more information on the HCAHPS survey, visit the HCAHPS Web site at www.hcahpsonline.org/.
New dining
option: Shore Grille & Deli
Now
open on the main floor of the Ambulatory Campus, the Shore Grille & Deli offers a new dining option for patients and visitors. The Ambulatory
Campus is easily accessible from the hospital through an enclosed walkway. For more information, including the menu and hours of operation, click
here.
Sleep Center has new
home
The Center for Sleep Disorders has relocated to brand-new
quarters in the Ambulatory Campus. The telephone number, (732) 303-5070, remains the same. Click
here to read about the Sleep Center. Click
here to listen to a Sleep Center "Medical Minute"
broadcast.
Aquatic and hyperbaric therapies
offered 
If you suffer from chronic
pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, musculoskeletal injuries, or sports- or
work-related injuries, or you need post-surgical rehabilitation, the aquatic therapy
program at OceanFirst Rehabilitation Center can get you back in the
swim of things. Click here to learn more about the program and our Aquatic Center's
three therapeutic pools, including the HydroWorx® with an underwater
treadmill.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO), now
available at the Central Jersey Wound Treatment Center,
is the most sophisticated treatment technology available for promoting
wound healing—often achieving improvements even when other treatments have
failed. Click here to read more, or click here to hear more.
The Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus is located at 901 W. Main St., adjacent to CentraState Medical Center.
New Physicians WelcomedCentraState Medical Center welcomes the following doctors who recently joined the admitting staff (listed alphabetically with their area of practice and medical school). To reach any of these physicians, click here, or call our Physician Finder at (866) CENTRA7. | |
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Rachel Dultz, MD Yuri Volk, MD Melissa Wallach, MD |
Steven Weintraub, DO Zyad Younan, MD |
CentraState Medical Center was awarded Magnet status in December
2005. Only 3 percent of hospitals nationwide have achieved this designation
— considered the gold standard for measuring excellence in nursing and patient
care. Click here to find
out what's so significant about this accomplishment.
 
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Your wakeup call to better sleep
