Meet Our Partners In Pelvic Health Education: Hospital Systems
Community Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, is a 587-bed, fully accredited acute care hospital offering area residents world-class medical treatment with the comforts of hometown care. Opened in 1961, CMC has evolved into the state’s largest non-teaching hospital and Ocean County’s largest and most active healthcare facility—caring for over 28,000 inpatients, 127,700 outpatients and 97,000 emergency patients each year.
At Community Medical Center, you will find a progressive healthcare organization offering a comprehensive array of wellness and medical services including Ocean County’s first robotic surgery program for urologic and gynecologic surgery and world-class cancer, diabetes, emergency, and cardiac care. We are one of the area’s most trusted providers of maternal and child health services, offering superior obstetric services, a Level 2 special care nursery, and a dedicated pediatric unit. We maintain award-winning centers of excellence for women, children and seniors. The centers offer support groups in addition wellness programs, to enhance the overall health of every member of our community. In the fall of 2008, we look forward to the opening of the Joint & Spine Institute designed for healthy individuals wishing to maintain a healthy lifestyle through surgery and recovery.
Community Medical Center is the recipient of the 2005, 2006 2007, and 2008 HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, the 2005, 2006 and 2007 HealthGrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Patient Safety, a Magnet designated hospital for nursing Excellence, and is ranked among the top 25% of hospitals nationwide for the treatment of heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia care based on the Hospital Compare data (2005).
Hahnemann University Hospital is a 541-bed academic medical center at Broad and Vine Streets in Philadelphia, Pa. The hospital is a tertiary care institution that specializes in cardiac services, heart failure and transplantation, OB/GYN, orthopedics, medical, surgical and radiation oncology, bone marrow transplantation, renal dialysis and kidney/pancreas/liver transplantation. Hahnemann has been named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation’s top fifty hospitals for heart care and is also recognized by the American Heart Association as a leader in coronary artery disease and heart failure treatments. The hospital performed one of the city’s first kidney transplants in 1963 and one of the first bone marrow transplants in 1976. Hahnemann became Philadelphia’s first Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center for adults in 1986, and since then has been served by University MedEvac, an aeromedical transport program for critically ill patients. Hahnemann is proud to be the first hospital in Philadelphia to join with The Wellness Community of Philadelphia to offer onsite support and education services to cancer patients and ’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency. Hahnemann University Hospital is an affiliate of Drexel University College of Medicine.
For more information, visit www.hahnemannhospital.com
West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) is comprised of some of the oldest and best-known names in health care in western Pennsylvania. From their inception, the system’s hospitals have been in the vanguard of patient care, medical research and health sciences education.
Comprised of two tertiary and four community hospitals, WPAHS includes Allegheny General Hospital and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, both in Pittsburgh; Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Natrona Heights; Canonsburg General Hospital in Canonsburg; The Western Pennsylvania Hospital — Forbes Regional Campus in Monroeville; and AGH-Suburban Campus in Bellevue. Offering a comprehensive range of medical and surgical services, the hospitals serve Pittsburgh and the surrounding five-state area, house more than 2,000 beds and employ more than 13,000 people. Together, the WPAHS hospitals admit more than 80,000 patients each year, log in excess of 173,000 emergency visits and deliver nearly 6,000 newborns.
WPAHS hospitals have won – and continue to win – both national and international recognition for their programs in numerous specialty areas. Supporting both a charitable and an academic mission, WPAHS has a strong commitment to medical research and education and is also dedicated to training future generations of health-care professionals.
For more information, visit www.wpahs.org
Inova Health System is a not-for-profit health care system based in Northern Virginia that consists of hospitals and other health services including emergency and urgent care centers, home care, nursing homes, mental health and blood donor services, and wellness classes. Governed by a voluntary board of community members, Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research.
For more information, visit www.inova.org
Modern facilities, state-of-the-art technology and commitment to quality make Mount Carmel the second-largest healthcare system in central Ohio. With more than 8,000 employees and 1,500 physicians, Mount Carmel encompasses three hospitals as well as surgery centers, outpatient facilities, physician offices, urgent care centers and community outreach sites. Mount Carmel also offers educational programs for medical students, residents, fellows and allied health professionals in a variety of specialties to accomplish their mission of healing patients’ minds, bodies and spirits and improving the health of the communities they serve.
For more information, visit www.mountcarmelhealth.com
Summa Health System consistently ranks as one of the best healthcare providers in the country and excels in heart, emergency, women’s health, orthopaedics, cancer and geriatric services. Encompassing a network of hospitals, community health centers, a health plan, a physician-hospital organization, an entrepreneurial entity, research and a foundation, Summa is renowned for excellence in patient care and for exceptional approaches to health care delivery. The System represents more than 1,200 licensed, inpatient beds on the Akron City, St. Thomas and Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital campuses and outpatient care in four health centers in surrounding communities.
For more information, visit www.summahealth.org
WRH Health System is a 113-bed acute-care hospital located in Medina County, Ohio. It has provided for the health care needs of Medina, Wayne and Summit county residents since 1970.
For more information, visit www.wrhhs.org