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SECAUCUS, N.J. and NUTLEY, N.J., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Hackensack Meridian
Health (HMH), the largest, most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world s leading provider of diagnostic information services, are teaming up to enhance the quality and value of diagnostic services to patients and their doctors.
Quest Diagnostics will manage laboratory operations and perform reference testing for 11 Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals under the long-term full laboratory management agreement. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. Our partnership with Quest helps Hackensack Meridian Health continue to live our mission which is to transform health care in New Jersey and beyond, said Robert C. Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian
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.