Morristown Medical Center

Main entrance of MMC

Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, New Jersey was established in 1892.[1][2] It is part of the Atlantic Health System. With 5,500 employees, it is Morristown's largest employer.

In a ruling issued in June 2015, Tax Court Judge Vito Bianco ruled that the hospital would be required to pay property taxes on nearly all of its 40-acre (16 ha) campus.[3]

About

Part of Atlantic Health System, Morristown Medical Center is a non-profit 687-licensed bed hospital in Morristown.[4] Accredited by the Joint Commission, the hospital was recognized by U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals 2014-15 as a top hospital nationwide for Cardiology and Heart Surgery, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Orthopedics and Pulmonology. U.S. News also recognizes hospitals that represent valuable regional sources of quality care. Morristown Medical Center ranked high-performing regionally in Cancer, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & GI surgery, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery and Urology.
Morristown Medical Center's specialties include cardiology and cardiac surgery, adult and pediatric oncology, orthopedics, critical and emergency care and inpatient rehabilitation and neonatal intensive care services. Morristown Medical Center is also a Level II Regional Trauma Center and a Level III Regional Perinatal Center.
The Department of Orthopedics was recently recognized as number one in the State of New Jersey by an independent hospital evaluation firm. Morristown Medical Center’s Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute performs more cardiac surgeries than any other hospital in New Jersey, placing its cardiac program in the top two percent in the country. Morristown Medical Center has achieved Magnet® recognition for a fourth consecutive time as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care. Magnet recognition is determined by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program, which ensures that rigorous standards for nursing excellence are met. Only seven percent of hospitals worldwide receive the designation, and of those, less than one percent has received it four times.

Morristown Medical Center is the official hospital of the New York Jets football team. The Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park, NJ, is the corporate headquarters for the team franchise. The campus includes a 120,000-square-foot structure to house indoor training facilities and classrooms; and an 86,000-square-foot field house where Jets players practice on a full-size, indoor, artificial turf field.[5]

Atlantic Health System also includes Overlook Medical Center in Summit, New Jersey, Newton Medical Center, in Newton, New Jersey, Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, New Jersey and the Goryeb Children's Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey. Atlantic Health System is the primary academic and clinical affiliate in New Jersey of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Mount Sinai Hospital.

Vital Stats[6]

Awards and Recognitions

Key Services and Certifications

Cardiac Services at Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute

The Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary of performing cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology.[9] Morristown Medical Center’s Department of Cardiovascular Medicine encompasses the largest cardiovascular surgical program in New Jersey, with over 1,400 surgeries in 2013, and has nationally-recognized expertise in each of cardiology’s major disciplines. A state-of-the-art, five-story, 230,000 square-foot building situated on the Morristown Medical Center campus, Gagnon is dedicated to meeting the challenges of adult heart and vascular diseases. It includes eight operating rooms (two hybrid), five catheterization labs, three electrophysiology labs and advanced non-invasive imaging capability. The cardiac rhythm management program at Morristown Medical Center remains at the forefront of established and investigative approaches to the evaluation and management of the most complex abnormal heart disturbances. The cardiac electrophysiologists perform more than 2,000 procedures annually.

In addition to performing more open heart surgeries than any other hospital in New Jersey, Morristown Medical Center has proved itself as a top destination for cardiovascular care in the state and in the New York metropolitan area.[10] The Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center is the only hospital in New Jersey and one of just 20 across the country to offer three minimally-invasive treatment options for heart valve repair and replacement for patients who are ineligible to undergo open heart surgery. The hospital also has been selected as one of 60 hospitals in the country to participate in a new trial that could potentially permanently lower blood pressure for patients with chronic hypertension.

Carol G. Simon Cancer Center

Located at both Morristown and Overlook medical centers, Atlantic Health System’s Carol G. Simon Cancer Center represents the use of cutting-edge research and technology to provide comprehensive treatment of all types of cancer.[11]The Carol G. Simon Cancer Center is recognized for its innovations in cancer treatment, prevention and research.[12] Among the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center’s accolades is certification by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, in addition to its accreditation in Radiation Oncology and recognition as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence, both by the American College of Radiology by the American College of Radiology.[13] Extensive clinical and technological advancements of the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center have earned Morristown Medical Center the rating of “Best Regional Hospital” by US News & World Report in cancer. Its use of pioneering medical technology includes the Cyberknife, MEG, PET/CT, and CT/LINAC, to name a few, which were in use at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center before any other institution in New Jersey.[1]

Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute

The Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute is a 78-bed comprehensive patient care facility that encompasses the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, Subacute Unite, and Outpatient Services. The institute provides care for physically challenged individuals through the use of medical, functional, educational, social and vocational services.[14] The interdisciplinary medical team, which consists of physiatrists, physical and occupational therapists, nurse practitioners, dieticians, internists, speech pathologists, and social workers, enlists goal-oriented treatment to enable patients to return to a fully productive lifestyle. Medical conditions addressed by the Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute may include stroke, major trauma, neurological disorders, amputation, orthopedic, spinal cord injuries, wound care, polyarthritis, and hip fractures.[15]

History

1889 - Myra Brookfield bequeathed her home and property for the purpose of establishing a hospital. She stipulated that the community-at-large raise $15,000 to buy equipment and hire staff within three years of her death. In 1893, the house was too small for the hospital, so it was sold and the profits were put toward the purchase of a bigger facility – a former parsonage in downtown Morristown, used as a makeshift hospital by George Washington more than 100 years earlier. Morristown Memorial Hospital opened its doors on October 17, 1893.[16] Early on, the hospital established an isolation unit for patients with contagious diseases. As large-scale epidemics were a fact of life in 19th century America, that ward helped to slow or prevent the spread of dangerous diseases in the community. By the turn of the century, Morristown Memorial had an operating room, X-ray equipment, a pathology lab and an outpatient clinic. Early milestones - Morristown Memorial hired Dr. Jennie A. Dean, its first female doctor, to run the hospital’s pathological laboratory in 1913—a full seven years before American women had the right to vote. Her sister, Dr. Elvira Dean, was hired to run its x-ray department.

Deaths

References

  1. 1 2 "Carter-Wallace". Encyclopedia of New Jersey. p. 540. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
  2. ↑ Morristown Memorial Hospital: a century of caring, 1892-1992.
  3. ↑ Darragh, Tim. "Morristown hospital loses property tax court case; judge says facility does not meet non-profit status", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 26, 2015. Accessed July 25, 2016. "Morristown Medical Center should pay property taxes on virtually all of its 40-acre property in town, a tax court judge ruled Friday in a decision closely watched by other hospitals across New Jersey.... The hospital, which employs 5,500 people, is the largest employer in Morristown."
  4. ↑ New Jersey.
  5. ↑ "Going Green Atlantic Health becomes the official healthcare provider of the New York Jets.". Overlook View. DHA Publications. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Fact Sheet" (PDF). atlantichealth.org. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Morristown Medical Center Awards & Recognition". atlantichealth.org. Atlantic Health System. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "http://www.atlantichealth.org/morristown/media+center/morristown+memorial+hospital+awards+&+accreditations". atlantichealth.org. Atlantic Health System. Retrieved 17 July 2014. External link in |title= (help)
  9. ↑ Coughlin, Kevin (13 November 2008). "New heart facility rises in Morristown". Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Press, Independent (21 July 2012). "Morristown Medical Center ranks nationally for the first time". New Jersey On-Line LLC. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Morristown Medical Center". Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey. Rutgers. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Morristown Medical Center". Foundation for Morristown Medical Center. Foundation for Morristown Medical Center. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  13. ↑ Smith, Camilo (7 February 2012). "Carol G. Simon Cancer Center Named One of the Best Oncology Programs in the U.S.". Planck LLC. Patch Media. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "Physical Rehabilitation". Atlantichealth.org. Atlantic Health System. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute". Planck LLC. Patch Network. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  16. ↑ Rae, John W. (2002). Morristown: A Military Headquarters of the American Revolution. Great Britain: Arcadia Publishing. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  17. ↑ "Rev. Dr. Powell, Author, 79, Dies. Retired Episcopal Clergyman, Former President of Hobart College, Was Noted Lecturer". New York Times. February 11, 1946. Retrieved 2010-03-05. Dr. Lyman Pierson Powell, retired Episcopal clergyman, author and one-time president of Hobart College, Geneva, NY, died this afternoon in Morristown, NJ [at] Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. His age was 79. His home was at 100 Hanover Road, this place. ...
  18. ↑ "E. Bertram Mott, an Aide in Jersey". The New York Times, September 25, 1961. Accessed March 29, 2008.
  19. ↑ "George Washington Jr. is Dead. Invented an Engraving Device". New York Times. December 27, 1966. Retrieved 2015-02-23. George Washington Jr., former treasurer of the now defunct George Washington Coffee Company and inventor of a photo-electric engraver, a device widely used by newspapers, died today at Morristown Memorial Hospital. He was 67 years old and lived at 10 Harter Road. ...
  20. ↑ Pace, Eric (June 19, 1986). "Edward Cavanagh, Jr. Dies". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-03-25. Edward F. Cavanagh Jr., an innovative New York City Fire Commissioner and later a Deputy Mayor, died Tuesday in Morristown (N.J.) Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 79 years old and lived in Boca Raton, Fla. When Mayor Robert F. Wagner, a close friend, named Mr. Cavanagh, ...
  21. ↑ "Anne Homer Doerflinger. Fiction Writer, 87". The New York Times. May 21, 1995. Anne Homer Doerflinger, a writer whose stories appeared in numerous magazines, died on Tuesday at Morristown Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. She was 87 and lived in Convent Station, N.J. The cause was cancer, her family said. ...

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