Posts Tagged ‘Jersey City Medical Center’

Tuesday Morning News Roundup

By • Mar 13th, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save Jersey City Medical Center Moves Into Jersey City Museum Building, Art May Return: The Jersey City Medical Center moved some of its administrative officers into the old Jersey City Museum facility on Montgomery Street, and hospital officials are hopeful they can exhibit some pieces from the shuttered museum’s 10,000-piece collection. Jersey City, Harrison, West [...]



Jersey City Medical Center Nurse Wins 2011 New Jersey Emergency Department Manager Award

By • Mar 2nd, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save The Jersey City Medical Center has been in the news lately for both their efforts to buy Christ Hospital and because of stagnating negotiations with some employees. But in much less publicized news, Christine Ward, RN, won NJ Emergency Nurses Association’s 2011 New Jersey Emergency Department Manager award. “Christine was nominated for the award [...]



Jersey City Medical Center AFSCME Local 2254 Employees Come To City Council To Ask For Help With Labor Negotiations

By • Feb 23rd, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save Representatives from Jersey City Medical Center’s American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Local 2254 came to Wednesday night’s City Council meeting because after over two years of negotiation they still have not seen a raise to keep up with rising costs and they say they need help. “Everything went up, food, rent, [...]



New EP Lab at Jersey City Medical Center Aims to Eliminate Irregular Heartbeats

By • Feb 22nd, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/SaveThe Jersey City Medical Center is now home to Hudson County’s first and only state-certified Cardiac Electrophysiology (or EP) Lab, which allows cardiologists to diagnose and treat irregular heartbeats. The lab, which opened earlier this year and is run by Dr. Roy Sauberman, lets electrophysiologists “see” into a patient’s beating heart — using sophisticated cardiac [...]



Update: CHA Managing Partner Denies Christ Hospital’s Board Chairman’s Claim That Funds For Bid Not Available

By • Feb 3rd, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save“Shocked” and “offended,” William Colgan, the managing partner of Community Healthcare Associates, emphatically denied a charge by Christ Hospital’s Board Chairman Geoff Curtiss that CHA was unprepared to follow through with their bid. Colgan says CHA contacted Christ Hospital immediately after the deal with Prime had “fallen apart, which was literally a couple days ago,” [...]



Updated: Christ Hospital Board of Trustees Unanimously Authorizes Filing Chapter 11 Reorganization If Necessary; Calls Into Question Other Bid Proposals

By • Feb 2nd, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save Following Prime Healthcare’s decision to withdraw a bid for non-profit Christ Hospital, and unconvinced that other bidders are in fact in a position to purchase the struggling hospital, Christ Hospital’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved authorizing filing Chapter 11 reorganization “if necessary.” The flexibility of reorganization would “ensure that Christ Hospital continues to serve [...]



Prime Healthcare, Acknowledging Public Concern, Withdraws Bid For Christ Hospital

By • Feb 1st, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/SaveMark another one down for community resistance: after very loud and very public outcry from concerned residents, local politicians, and church and community groups over the proposed sale of Christ Hospital to California-based health facility chain Prime Healthcare Services, it looks like the hospital will in fact remain in non-profit hands after all. The decision [...]



Monday Morning News Roundup

By • Jan 30th, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save13 People Relocated from Jersey City Building After Car Smashes Into It: Seven adults and six children had to be relocated early Saturday when a vehicle crashed into a three-story building at Martin Luther King Drive and Union Street in Jersey City, officials said. Advocates Conduct Annual County Homeless Count: While this census of the [...]



Jersey City Medical Center Remains Committed To Purchasing Christ Hospital

By • Jan 26th, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save Jersey City Medical Center has officially made an offer to purchase cash-strapped Christ Hospital despite previous reluctance on the part of Christ Hospital’s CEO Peter Kelly to sell to the group. At the time, Kelly cited JCMC’s $100 million debt and questioned the feasibility of the deal. Instead, Kelly had insisted the hospital would [...]



Celebrate Valentine’s Day At Pole Position Raceway And Promote Healthy Hearts

By • Jan 25th, 2012 • Category: Blog, News

Share/Save With American Heart Month beginning February, Pole Position Raceway is partnering up with the Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC) to “Jump Start Your Heart” on health living on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14th. Grab a date with a competitive streak and an interest in the inner-workings of the heart (there will be demonstrations in [...]

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