The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a hospital with 965 American beds with campuses in New Brunswick (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick), and Somerville, New Jersey ( Somerset Medical Center), and serves as the main hospital of RWJBarnabas Health.
RWJUH New Brunswick is the main cancer hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the main hospital of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. The Center of Excellence includes cardiovascular care from minimally invasive cardiac surgery to transplantation, cancer treatments and care for women and children including Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital in RWJUH, which has several childcare areas. The hospital is also a center of Level 1 trauma and serves as a national resource in innovative approaches to emergency preparedness.
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History
The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital was founded as Brunswick New Town Hospital in 1884, but it was renamed the John Wells Memorial Hospital in 1889 when community leader and volunteer Grace Tileston Wells donated a building on the corner Somerset and Division roads in honor of her late husband, John Wells. The first small building was expanded in 1916 to accommodate the growing and renamed area of ​​ Middlesex General Hospital . In 1958, an additional hospital was built that housed the first vascular laboratory in New Jersey, an intensive care unit, a cardiopulmonary laboratory, a thirteen-room operating room, and increased the number of beds by 287. At this time, the Department of Clinical Research was established, -X begins, and additional hospitals are established.
In 1986, the hospital was renamed Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital after Robert Wood Johnson II, former president and chairman of the board Johnson & amp; Johnson.
In 2014, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Somerset Medical Center officially completed their merger.
In 2015, Barnabas Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Health System signed an agreement outlining the merging of the two health systems. Once completed, the transaction will create the largest health care system in New Jersey and one of the largest in the country. New Jersey Attorney General should review the agreement before the official, in the hope that the merger will be completed by 2016. On March 30, 2016, the two official health systems merged and formed RWJBarnabas.
In addition, by 2015, the hospital opened The Laurie Proton Therapy Center. Possible thanks to the top prizes of Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation as well as support from individual donors, it is now home to the Third S2VII S2 S2 S2 Proton System in the world. This center treats prostate, breast, lung, head and neck, brain, pediatric, pancreas, and other cancers with what is currently considered the most appropriate form of cancer treatment. Instead of using conventional radiation therapy to go away destroying cancer cells, proton therapy uses proton beams that can be directed directly at the tumor. There is less damage to surrounding tissue, and doctors may use higher radiation doses than conventional therapy. This treatment is painless, has mild side effects, and has minimal risk. Proton therapy is part of a complete range of advanced cancer treatment options offered by RWJ in partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and private physicians in the community.
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Awards and acknowledgments
RWJUH New Brunswick has been ranked among the best hospitals in America by US. News & amp; World Report seven times and has been selected by publication as a high performing hospital in several specializations. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital is also ranked among the Best Children's Hospitals in America by US. News & amp; World Report for three consecutive years. The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has rated RWJUH among the country's best comprehensive cancer centers and the Comprehensive Stroke Center at the hospital is certified by the Joint Commission to provide complex stroke treatments. The Harvard University researchers, in a study commissioned by The Commonwealth Fund, identified RWJUH as one of the top ten best hospitals in America for clinical quality. RWJUH also receives four times of Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence. The Institute for Diversity and Health Management, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association (AHA), has recognized RWJUH as the "Best of Class" hospital for diversity management and addressing health inequalities.
RWJUH Somerset is nationally recognized as a MagnetÃ,® hospital for nursing excellence. The Steeplechase Cancer Center was designated a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer - a difference achieved by only one of four national hospitals treating cancer patients. The Joint Surgery Institute at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset has obtained the Approval of Gold Approval from the Joint Commission for total and total knee replacement surgery. The medical center is designated as the Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. This is one of nine Medical Coordination Centers established by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to coordinate communication among emergency responders during disaster situations.
See also
- List of hospitals in New Jersey
- List of educational hospitals
References
External links
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
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