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The limits on visitors remain in most Garden State hospitals, as the pandemic s second wave has kept them in the red zone. (Ashley Ludwig/Patch)
NEW JERSEY - The limits on visitors remain in most Garden State hospitals, as the COVID-19 pandemic s second wave has kept them in the red zone.
Months ago, hospitals across the state in adopting visitation guidelines from the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA). This standardized policy for hospital visitation provides color codes based on the level of virus risk (virus risk is determined by COVID-19 levels in the community, the level of COVID-19 patients at each hospital, staffing levels, and inventories of PPE supplies).
RWJBarnabas Health facilities recognized with Get With The Guidelines awards for treatment.
RWJBarnabas Health facilities recognized with Get With The Guidelines awards for treatment of stroke and heart failure patients
RWJBarnabas Health announced several of its facilities have been recognized by The American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association for cardiac and stroke care earning a spot on the 2020 Get With The Guidelines awards list in the stroke, heart failure and resuscitation categories.
The awards recognize each hospitals’ commitment to ensuring stroke and heart failure patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
Here are N.J.’s safest hospitals. See how yours fared in new national report.
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J. is the only hospital in the state to receive straight-A s in the Leapfrog safety report card since the surveys began in 2012.
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New Jersey hospitals rank 17th best in the nation for safety, a drop from eighth place a year ago and a potentially troubling sign as the pandemic continues to make unrelenting demands on healthcare professionals, according to the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety report card.
Six hospitals went up a grade while 15 hospitals went down a grade, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a consumer, research nonprofit that jointly releases the report with Leapfrog.