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St. Joseph's Dialysis Units Receive 5 Diamond Patient Safety Status

Paterson, NJ [August 11, 2011] - All three St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) affiliated Dialysis Units – the St. Joseph's Satellite Dialysis Center at 11 Getty Avenue, Paterson, the SJRMC hospital-based unit, and the Willowbrook Dialysis Unit – have received "5 Diamond Patient Safety Status" from Quality Insights Renal Network Three (QIRN3).

This top tier distinction places St. Joseph's Dialysis Units as three of only six programs currently to receive "5 Diamond Status." QIRN3, a member of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services End Stage Renal Disease Network, works with more than 170 dialysis facilities to improve both patient and staff awareness by promoting patient safety values and building a culture of patient safety.

Shabbat Room and Elevator Available at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center

Paterson, NJ [September 27, 2011] - St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center (SJRMC), which includes St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, Paterson, NJ, has announced the availability of its new Shabbat elevator.

Dedicated by Rabbi Michel Gurkov, Co-Director, Chabad Center of Passaic County, the Shabbat elevator, Visitor Elevator #14 located in the Regan Building, will be marked with a sign noting that it is an elevator which stops automatically on each floor on the Jewish Sabbath (sundown Friday to sundown Saturday) and on Jewish holidays. The Shabbat room at the regional medical center, located on the third floor of the Regan Building, is approximately 195 feet away from the Shabbat elevator.

Update to Negotiations with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

Managed Care Update St. Joseph’s will remain in-network with Horizon NJ Health (Medicaid)- December 22, 2011

St. Joseph's Healthcare System has completed mutually agreeable contract negotiations with both Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Horizon NJ Health (Medicaid).

As the result of this latest contract St. Joseph's will remain in-network on January 1, 2012, without a lapse of coverage for all Horizon products.

We truly appreciate your support and efforts on behalf of St. Joseph's Healthcare System during this extended and highly visible eight-month contract negotiation process.

Be assured that St. Joseph's Healthcare System will continue to provide our patients and our community with advanced quality services as we have for nearly 145 years.

St. Joseph's can help you with your questions and concerns related to Horizon coverage.

Please feel free to call us at 973.754.2150, weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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SJRMC Opens State-of-the-Art Critical Care Building

St. Joseph's Healthcare System's four-story state-of-the-art Critical Care Building (CCB) located on the campus of St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, NJ is now open. The CCB officially opened to the public in mid-October 2011 with the Critical Care Units being the first to move into the new building followed by operational transitioning of patients into the remaining units shortly after.

SJHS Among Nation's 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare

PATERSON, NJ [MAY 12, 2011] - St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, Paterson, NJ, is pleased to announce that it has been named one of the 2011 “100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare” in the United States by Becker's Hospital Review/Becker's ASC Review.