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Teaneck NJ, looks like Aaron Delacruzgainza was the first baby born in 2024 in New Jersey .
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Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit Investigates Death of 2 year Old in Bergenfield
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Bergenfield NJ, the death of a 2-year-old at a home in Bergenfield on Sunday is under investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit and borough police, Prosecutor Mark Musella announced.
7-year-old girl drowns in backyard pool in Teaneck
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Teaneck NJ, Teaneck police have confirmed a child drowned Sunday night in a backyard swimming pool. The incident occurred at a home on Westervelt Place. A 7-year-old girl, who is from Newark, was at a pool party with relatives. Those relatives had apparently rented the backyard space and the pool through an app called Swimply.
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Teaneck Council Votes in Favor of Holy Name Medical Center Expansion
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Teaneck NJ, the Teaneck Township Council voted 6-0-1 in favor of expanding the hospital zoning district surrounding Holy Name on Tuesday. The council moved forward after ignoring a petition signed by 45 residents challenging the hospital expansion .
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Teaneck Planning Board Gives the Go to Major Holy Name Medical Center Expansion
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Teaneck NJ, an amendment to the master plan that could lead to a complete overhaul to the current Holy Name Medical Center was approved by the planning board and sent to the council for consideration Thursday night. The changes could lead to a major expansion of the hospital’s facilities, complete with two nine-story hospital buildings near the existing hospital, three medical office buildings and other changes over the course of the next two decades.
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The Trump Administration Orders hospitals to bypass the CDC when sharing COVID-19 data with the US government
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Ridgewood NJ, the debate has begun to rage over the accuracy of the COVID 19 numbers, both for deaths and number of cases . many claim there is an inconsistency with data collection with some states count presumed coronavirus deaths along with confirmed cases under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance issued last month and other states don’t count those deaths.
RHS sophomore creates”nurse purse” for local nurses
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Ridgewood NJ, RHS sophomore Ani Martirossian created an essential “nurse purse” for local nurses who are serving on the front lines. Each nurse purse contains crucial health and beauty products that can be used on the go. To date, they have delivered over 500 bags to four local hospitals: The Valley Hospital, Holy Name Medical Center, Englewood Hospital, and Hackensack University Medical Center.
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Ridgewood Police Officers Kyle Finch and Jack Knudsen Recognized for bravery and Exceptional Service
photos courtesy of Village of Ridgewood Mayor Ramon Hache
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Ridgewood NJ, A very proud moment as Ridgewood Police Officers Kyle Finch and Jack Knudsen were recognized today for their bravery and exceptional service. They both received the Fifth District Hometown Hero Awards from Congressman Josh Gottheimer.
In the photo Ramon M Hache , Susan Traina Knudsen , Officers Kyle Finch and Jack Knudsen, Chief Jacqueline Luthcke and Congressman Josh Gottheimer at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck.
Five Car Pile Up in Paramus Results in Multiple Injuries
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February 9,2018
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Paramus NJ, A five (5) vehicle, Thursday morning, 02/08, crash on Route 17 southbound near West Century Road in Paramus resulted in multiple injuries and snarled traffic on Route 17 in both directions. Paramus Police responded along with Paramus EMS and mutual aid ambulances from The Valley Hospital and Holy Name Medical Center. All five (5) vehicles involved in the collision required tow trucks to remove them from the highway.
Rollover Collision in New Milford at Intersection of Boulevard and Henley Avenue
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January 19,2017
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New Milford NJ, A Toyota 4 Runner rolled over on its side following a collision at the intersection of Boulevard and Henley Avenue in New Milford on Wednesday afternoon, 01/18. The 4 Runner’s female driver was successfully extricated from the vehicle (through a sunroof) by New Milford FD personnel, The other vehicle involved in the collision, a Toyota Camry sedan, sustained heavy front end damage. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by flatbed tow trucks. No information was available as to the nature of injuries sustained, if any, by either vehicles’ occupants. New Milford PD & FD responded, along with a BLS ambulance from Holy Name Medical Center. A MONOC Emergency Physician’s vehicle was also observed at the incident.
Lung Patients Receive Harmonica Therapy at New Jersey Hospital
‘Harmonicare’ may strengthen diaphragm muscles and improve stamina
By
KATE KING
Jan. 2, 2017 2:15 p.m. ET
TEANECK, N. J.—The group gathered around a conference table at Holy Name Medical Center and flipped through binders until they found the music for Chloe Fernandez’s favorite song. Taking deep breaths, they raised their harmonicas to their lips and blew the first notes of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.”
Chloe, 9 years old, of Ridgewood, N.J., is one of the youngest participants in the hospital’s “Harmonicare” weekly classes. The year-old program provides free harmonica instruction to people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, and other lung ailments.
“We don’t judge when somebody messes up,” said Chloe. “It’s supportive.”
Now Englewood Steps Up with Teaneck to challenge their local hospitals’ exemption from property taxes
BY MARY DIDUCH AND LINDY WASHBURN
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
Both Teaneck and Englewood are challenging the tax-exempt status of their local hospitals, joining a growing list of municipalities who want non-profit hospitals to pay property taxes.
The councils of the two municipalities voted to file tax appeals against Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck. Of 62 non-profit hospitals in the state, 17 others now face similar lawsuits.
Teaneck to legally challenge Holy Name Medical Center’s exemption from local property taxes
BY MARY DIDUCH AND LINDY WASHBURN
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
Teaneck’s township council voted Tuesday to file suit against Holy Name Medical Center’s exemption from local property taxes, as municipal governments around the state take aim at non-profit hospitals for potential tax revenues.
The council voted, 5-1, to authorize the action after two Holy Name executives spoke against the resolution.
“We can avoid all those legal expenses,” said Ryan Kennedy, the hospital’s chief financial officer, appealing to the council to work with the hospital to find a solution.
“It’s a silly route to go,” Michael Maron, the hospital’s president and CEO, said before the meeting. “We’ve had a reasonable relationship over the course of time. We should sit down and talk.” Once a tax appeal is filed, both sides have to hire lawyers and litigation takes years.
The town should wait and negotiate with the hospital, he said. “Worst case scenario, another year goes by,” he said. “Is that the end of the world?”
“We support the town, and we’re willing to consider supporting the town even more,” he said.
Emboldened by a recent state tax court decision, the council took action to “preserve its rights” to potential tax revenues as an Apr. 1 deadline for 2016 tax appeals looms.
Under the current tax rate, if Holy Name’s entire 20-acre property were to be taxed, the liability would be about $2 million. But Maron said the hospital already pays taxes on various smaller properties it owns. It provides free flu vaccines to borough employees, supplies to the ambulance corps, and funds to support special township initiatives, he said.
Northern New Jersey Hospitals Collaborate to Defeat Healthcare-Acquired Infections
March 8th 2016
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Ridgewood NJ, The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, and Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, NJ, are collaborating to defeat a common foe: a dangerous drug-resistant bacterium called Clostridium difficile, or C. difficile.
The two hospitals recently announced the formation of the Valley-Holy Name Joint Healthcare-Acquired Infections/Antibiotic Resistance Collaborative.
C. difficile is a bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon. It was responsible for almost half a million infections and was associated with approximately 29,000 deaths in 2011, according to a study released last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“C. difficile is public enemy No. 1 and it is clear that defeating it will take a cooperative, multi-institutional and multidisciplinary approach, since the infection can be picked up at any point in a patient’s care and can be transmitted from institution to institution, “said Neil Gaffin, M.D., an infectious disease specialist at The Valley Hospital, “No one is going to get anywhere without working together.”
The CDC study found that 65.8 percent of the cases of C. difficile were health care–associated, but only 24.2 percent had onset during hospitalization. The rest originated in a nursing home or were associated with having received outpatient care at a health care facility. The CDC has called upon health care facilities to work together to fight C. difficile, noting that because these infections can be spread inside of and between health care facilities when patients are transferred from one facility to another, a lack of coordination can put patients at risk.
Healthcare organizations are working very hard to meet the challenge of this organism, which is resistant to antibiotics causing overgrowth in the intestine in patients who are receiving antibiotic and produces a spore which persists in the environment, unaffected by soap and water as well as alcohol-based sanitizers. In addition, this organism produces a toxin which causes disease.
“We are employing bleach–based disinfectants, which are the only compounds that will inactivate the spores, and are restricting the use, spectrum and duration of antibiotic therapy to preserve the normal organisms in a patient,” said Thomas Birch, M.D., an infectious disease specialist at Holy Name Medical Center.
Valley has also instituted an aggressive campaign to reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics and a comprehensive environmental disinfection program.
The Valley Hospital and Holy Name Medical Center are following the CDC’s recommendation and taking a collaborative approach to the problem. Representative of both hospitals are meeting regularly to share best practices — including restricting the use of antibiotics, infection control practices and procedures, and diagnosis and treatment protocols — and are working with area nursing homes in an effort to limit the spread of C. difficile throughout the healthcare continuum.
The Valley Hospital, Holy Name Medical Center win right to see report on tiered insurance plan
BY LINDY WASHBURN
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Sixteen months before the state’s largest insurer launched new health plans that steer patients to its preferred hospitals, called Tier 1, a report from its consultants spelled out how the Omnia health plan would work and what it would do to the state’s health care business.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/health-news/excluded-hospitals-win-right-to-tier-report-1.1522657
