Two shore area hospitals get the green light to perform angioplasties today. According to NJ.com, Community Medical Center in Toms River and Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank are two of 11 hospitals in New Jersey that will be allowed to perform the elective artery-clearing procedure without having a license to perform heart surgery...
Not all hospitals are created equal, and patients can protect themselves from harm by demanding the best possible care. That message goes along with an updated scorecard on hospital safety.
Hospitals across the Garden State are way behind the times when it comes to inter-department communication and reaching out to vital personnel when they're needed.
This week is always a fun one for me...It's Nurses Appreciation Week here at The Ocean Breakfast Show and I get to visit a couple of hospitals here in Ocean County.
A pilot program launched in a dozen New Jersey hospitals in 2009 which was designed to save money, especially among Medicare patients, is now expanding to 33 hospitals across the state.
For years, we've been hearing about how Jersey had a nursing shortage. But now, word is many nursing graduates are struggling to find employment in their profession.