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No hospital in New Jersey received a failing grade in the latest round of safety scoring released by The Leapfrog Group. But more than a dozen facilities fell short of an A or B grade.
In the spring 2021 report released Thursday, 26 of New Jersey s 68 acute-care hospitals (38%) received an A for their ability to protect patients from avoidable infections, injuries and errors. Another 38% received a B from Leapfrog, a nonprofit watchdog organization representing health care consumers and purchasers.
Ten hospitals improved upon their grade from fall 2020, and four hospitals moved down a grade.
Based on the percentage of A grade hospitals, New Jersey moved from 17th to 14th in the nation. Saint Barnabas Medical Center, located in Livingston, is one of just 27 hospitals in the country to have achieved straight A grades since Leapfrog began grading in 2012.
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N.J.’s largest nurses union filed 24 worker safety complaints during pandemic
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Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen faces more than $65,000 in fines for employee safety violations issued by the federal government.EJA
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The state’s largest nurse and health care worker union filed 24 complaints over employee safety violations during the pandemic, and will seek a larger role through contract negotiations in determining how hospitals, nursing homes and other health care employers respond to emergencies, its president said.
HPAE, Health Professionals and Allied Employees learned a lot over the last year, namely, “We were not prepared at all for any pandemic or crisis situation and we need to have worker input,” HPAE President Debbie White said.
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Mariekarl Vilceus-Talty, Senior Director of Nursing and Patient Experience, Nursing Administration, was among the first group of JCMC employees to be given the COVID-19 vaccine.
As vaccines for COVID-19 roll out in Hudson County, the virus continues to surge in North Hudson municipalities.
Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen was the first hospital in the county to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, administering it to frontline healthcare workers on Dec. 18. Jersey City Medical Center gave the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to employees beginning on Dec. 21.
CarePoint Health’s three hospitals, Bayonne Medical Center, Hoboken University Medical Center and Christ Hospital began administering the Moderna vaccine to employees on Dec. 21 and 22. Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus began distributing the Moderna vaccine to employees on Dec. 22.