WELCOME LETTER

Rising to the Challenge

During the COVID-19 pandemic, changes in healthcare have been unprecedented. Fighting a new and unpredictable virus and making it safe for patients to receive all types of care under these extraordinary conditions have become our top priorities.

We’re proud of how RWJBarnabas Health has risen to these challenges, as stories in this issue show. From new mothers who need help with breastfeeding to seniors looking for advice on how and whether to have social interactions, we’re here for you with support and guidance.

We off er telehealth services for children and adults through RWJBarnabas Health TeleMed®, which makes virtual visits available for many issues in both primary and specialty care. If an in-person doctor visit is required, know that all physicians in our RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group have implemented additional safety standards for their offi ces, including social distancing, mask wearing, intensifi ed disinfection protocols and COVID-19 screening of patients and staff .

Of course, in the event you or a loved one need to go to the hospital, you can rest assured that each facility in the RWJBarnabas Health system has taken every precaution for the safety of patients, visitors and team members.

At Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, we continue to take every precaution to ensure the safety of our patients, visitors and staff , including universal masking, specialized disinfection procedures and ensuring social distancing throughout the facility. In addition, in the midst of this pandemic, we continue to expand. Earlier this year, we completed the renovation of our maternity unit, and this fall we will break ground on the largest expansion of our facility in the past 50 years. In this issue, you will read about the project that promises to transform the face of our facility and the Lyons Avenue corridor.

At RWJBarnabas Health, caring for the community is our mission and our passion. Please take good care of yourselves by wearing a mask when needed, washing your hands frequently and practicing social distancing.

Yours in good health,

WORLD’S BEST HOSPITAL—AGAIN

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) has been named one of the World’s Best Hospitals 2020 by Newsweek magazine, marking two years in a row that the medical center has received this recognition. Newark Beth Israel has long been a center of excellence and a destination center for the most advanced cardiac care, heart and lung transplant, comprehensive cancer care and pediatric specialties at Children’s Hospital of New Jersey.

BEST MATERNITY CARE HOSPITAL

NBI is one of 231 hospitals across the country named a Best Maternity Care Hospital as part of Newsweek’s Best Health Care series. NBI has fully met The Leapfrog Group’s standards for maternity care on evidence-based, nationally standardized metrics.

GOLD ACHIEVEMENT FOR CARDIAC RESUSCITATION

NBI has received the Get With The Guidelines Resuscitation Gold Award for the third year in a row. This achievement is given to medical centers that have implemented specifi c quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer cardiac arrests in the hospital.

HIGH-QUALITY CANCER CARE

The Frederick B. Cohen, MD, Comprehensive Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at NBI recently earned the Association for Clinical Oncology’s Quality Oncology Practice Initiative, a three-year certifi cation recognizing high-quality care for outpatient hematology-oncology practices within the U.S.

BARRY H. OSTROWSKY

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RWJBARNABAS HEALTH

DARRELL K. TERRY, SR.

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY

201 Lyons Ave. at Osborne Terrace, Newark, NJ 07112

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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. For more information, see link on our home page at www.rwjbh.org/newarkbeth. NBI cumple con las leyes federales de derechos civiles aplicables y no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, nacionalidad, edad, discapacidad o sexo. ATENCIÓN: Si usted habla español, servicios de asistencia lingüística, de forma gratuita, están disponibles para usted. Llame al 973.926.7000. NBI konfòm ak lwa sou dwa sivil federal ki aplikab yo e li pa fè diskriminasyon sou baz ras, koulè, peyi orijin, laj, enfi mite oswa sèks. ATANSYON: Si w pale Kreyòl Ayisyen, gen sèvis èd pou lang ki disponib gratis pou ou. Rele 973.926.7000.

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FALL 2020

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2. WELCOME LETTER.

A community update from our CEOs.

4. TAKING CARE OF

TEETH (AND MORE).

The Chivian Dental

Health Center serves the community.

5. IS IT A COLD, FLU OR COVID-19? Help for telling the difference.

6. TWO TIMES LUCKY.

Weight loss surgery and a heart transplant saved a man’s life.

8. SPECIAL DELIVERIES.

The best care in the newly renovated

Mother-Baby Unit.

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9. GOING OUT: WHAT’S

SAFE FOR SENIORS?

When it comes to

COVID-19 and social contact, it pays to weigh the risks and benefi ts.

10. NEW MOTHERS, NEW

CHALLENGES. Virtual support is helping new and expecting moms get safely through the pandemic.

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12. RADIATION ONCOLOGY:

IT TAKES A TEAM.

Patients throughout the

RWJBarnabas Health system have access to the most advanced cancer treatments.

14. EVERYDAY JOYS. Expert care provides a young patient with the best possible quality of life.

15. HOW STRESS HARMS THE

HEART. Heart muscle disease is increasing, and experts think emotional distress is a major cause.

16. GETTING THE MOST OUT OF

TELEHEALTH. Virtual visits can provide big benefi ts.

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17. NEW RULES FOR SCHOOL.

Meeting your child’s needs during a very different school year.

18. TRANSFORMING OUR

NEIGHBORHOOD. A major renovation project is designed for community interaction.

20. TWO LUNG CANCERS,

TWO APPROACHES. A husband and wife require very different types of treatment.

22. FOOD THAT LIFTS YOUR

MOOD. One of the most powerful “medicines” may be what you put on your plate.