Raritan Bay Medical Center to Hold Annual Public Meeting in October
PERTH AMBOY, NJ, September 17, 2010…Raritan Bay Medical Center (RBMC), with locations in Old Bridge and Perth Amboy and outpatient centers in Edison and Woodbridge, is holding its Annual Public Meeting Thursday, October 7, 6 to 7 p.m., in Centennial Hall, at the medical center’s Perth Amboy location 530 New Brunswick Ave. Raritan Bay administrators will share information about the operations of the medical center, its contributions to the community and the latest developments in RBMC’s comprehensive growth and renewal plan Vision 2011. The meeting is open to all members of the public where there will be the opportunity to ask questions. The meeting begins promptly at 6 p.m.
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About Raritan Bay Medical Center (RBMC)
A New Jersey state-designated primary stroke center, Raritan Bay Medical Center, located in Perth Amboy and Old Bridge, is ranked among the nation’s top ten percent of hospitals in the care of stroke patients*, a position the hospital has held for five consecutive years. RBMC is also one of less than two percent of hospitals nationally to achieve re-designation as a Magnet Hospital, recognizing nursing excellence, and has received the New Jersey Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield patient care quality award for the past three years.
Licensed for 501 beds with a medical staff of more than 500, RBMC provides medical-surgical, maternity, pediatric, diagnostic imaging, laboratory and general and critical care, as well as adult behavioral health, emergency and interventional cardiac and same day surgery services. A leader in cardiovascular care, RBMC is one of only 12 New Jersey hospitals currently participating in a national Johns Hopkins University Medical Center demonstration project studying the benefits of providing elective angioplasty in hospitals without onsite cardiac surgery. The hospital’s newly launched Human Motion Institute is devoted to providing superior outcomes and patient satisfaction in all areas of musculoskeletal treatment.
Other specialty services include the Center for Wound Healing, Center for Sleep Medicine, Center for Women, Center for Continence and Pelvic Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation programs. RBMC’s Medical Pavilion at Woodbridge provides urgent care services, without an appointment 365 days a year, obstetrics and gynecology and physical therapy services.
RBMC is a major clinical affiliate of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Health Network and affiliate of the Cancer Institute of New Jersey. For more information about services, visit www.rbmc.org. For a free physician referral call 1-800-DOCTORS.
*HealthGrades, Inc. 2009 ratings