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“Smart Food Choices for Healthy Aging” Presented at the Ridgewood YWCA

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April 29,2016
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Ridgewood NJ, It’s never too late to make health lifestyle choices so that you can stay active. Seniors and active older adults are invited to “Smart Food Choices for Healthy Aging” presentation by Registered Nurse Joanne Wendolowski on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at YWCA Bergen County, 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood, NJ. This free event will be held from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Making smart food choices can be simpler than you think, learn facts and tips to help you make wise choices with this talk.
Joanne Wendolowski, RN, BC, MS is the Public Health Nurse Supervisor of Health Awareness Regional Program (HARP) at HackensackUMC. HARP has a long history of providing health promotion programs to participants throughout Bergen County. Health education programs focus on the prevention of chronic illness by teaching the community to eat healthy, be active, avoid tobacco, and manage stress. These programs are designed to help the community increase control over their health with an opportunity to learn positive coping strategies and healthy habits.
To register, please visit https://ywca-smart-food-choices.eventbrite.com. For more information about this presentation, please contact Barrie Lynn Lifton at 201-345-4614, emailblifton@ywcabergencounty.org or visit www.ywcabergencounty.org.

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New Proposed Teterboro Flight Approach moves Jet Traffic closer Ridgewood

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March 30,2016

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Ridgewood NJ, Look in the sky its a bird no its a plane and the new flight path to Teterboro Airport, intended to reduce noise around Hackensack University Medical Center, could take jets over Valley Hospital and Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood . This according to a map of the new flight procedure published by a navigational aid company ahead of a six-month trial of the route, which is due to begin on Monday.

The Bergen Record is reporting that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has emphasized that its new they call it the “quiet visual” approach for Teterboro Airport shifts aircraft west of their current route to track Route 17 south from Mahwah to Rochelle Park. The idea is to minimize noise pollution by keeping aircraft over or close to the highway, itself a source of noise.

But the new flight procedure, published by Jeppesen, a Boeing company, shows that a significant portion of the approach takes pilots west of Route 17, particularly between Waldwick and Paramus.

The new flight path according to Jeppesen’s chart has jets approaching Teterboro dropping to a minimum of 3,000 feet around Mahwah, passing over Mahwah and Ramsey high schools. The next descend brings flights to about 2,000 feet, as they approach Julia A Traphagen Elementary School in Waldwick. Then planes would continue south, passing Ho-Ho-Kus Elementary School and, in Ridgewood, Benjamin Franklin Middle School and The Valley Hospital.

As flights continue over Paramus, jets will fly over Stony Lane School and Midland Elementary School as well as close by Bergen Community College, before coming in to land over the top of IKEA and the Westfield Garden State Plaza, while staying more than 1 mile west of Hackensack University Medical Center.

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Is Valley Hospital of Ridgewood Using the so called ‘Pac-Man Defense “to fend off Hostile bids?

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March 21,2016

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Ridgewood Nj, Sources speculate that Valley’s Hospitals recent buying binge of property in or around the Ridgewood area is nothing more than creating what was often called by investment bankers the 1980’s as the “Pac-Man Defense “.

What is the ‘Pac-Man Defense’ ;The Pac-Man defense is a defensive tactic used by a targeted firm in a hostile takeover situation. In a Pac-Man defense, the target firm turns around and tries to acquire the other company that has made the hostile takeover attempt. This term has been accredited to Bruce Wasserstein, chairman of Wasserstein & Co.Read more: Pac-Man Defense Definition | Investopedia https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/pac-man-defense.asp#ixzz43TAEGdAC

As The Valley Hospital has struggled for years to expand its campus in Ridgewood, it has been quietly buying real estate in Bergen County, assembling a portfolio that includes a string of properties on North Maple Avenue in Ridgewood and the building that houses the New Jersey Children’s Museum in Paramus.

Over the past two years, the hospital, in some cases through holding companies, has spent at least $54 million to acquire roughly a half-dozen sites in the village and neighboring Paramus as potential future locations for doctors’ offices, along with outpatient and other services that would be moved from its main campus. Some of these newly acquired properties are already operating as off-site hospital facilities.

But the hospital’s plans for some of its other new properties remain unclear, and Valley’s real estate shopping doesn’t appear to be over. Recently, it has been in talks to purchase buildings that the global parcel deliverer UPS will be vacating on Winters Avenue in Paramus, as reported by The Record. If that deal closes, it would add another property to a medical-services cluster that the hospital has been creating in Paramus, near the Fashion Center mall.

Valley’s push to expand comes on the heels of a bitter, losing battle in which it joined with Englewood Hospital and Medical Center to keep Hackensack University Medical Center from opening the former Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood. Now, Valley, Englewood and Hackensack are fiercely competing for the aging and affluent Bergen County population, offering hotel-like amenities combined with top-notch expertise and technology in a rapidly changing health care terrain influenced by Obamacare.

The Valley Hospital, which has not commented on the UPS negotiations beyond saying it has not purchased the property, describes its recent real estate buys as “strategic property acquisitions to ensure its ability to develop outpatient and ambulatory programs and services needed by the community.”

Megan Fraser, the hospital’s vice president for communications and marketing, said in an email that the hospital will share its plans for properties it has acquired “as they are finalized.” She said plans may include a health and wellness center and new facilities for Valley Medical Group, a group of family and urgent-care centers with seven sites in North Jersey.

Among properties already being used by the hospital is Parkview Plaza, a three-story office building at 1200 E. Ridgewood Ave. — near the hospital’s main campus — where it is expanding its cardiac center. The building was purchased last November for $28 million

In 2012, the hospital paid $4.8 million for a building at 970 Linwood Ave. in Paramus that in one section currently houses a regional blood center that will be moving out in March. Valley has established a research program there, in what is now the Bolger Medical Arts Building.

Moving outpatient services off campus to reduce traffic to and from the hospital was among the promises Valley made to village residents during contentious expansion hearings that date back to 2002. Valley has been trying nearly to double the square footage on its main campus, nestled on North Van Dien Avenue in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Its first proposal was rejected by the Ridgewood Village Council and a slightly scaled-back project totaling 995,000 square feet has been before the Village Planning Board almost a year. https://www.northjersey.com/news/valley-hospital-buying-up-string-of-properties-near-its-ridgewood-site-1.671045

Valley is looking to bulk up on assents making any unsolicited take over bid of the hospital by local competitors too expensive.

Rumors have been floated in the past of a imminent take over attempt by Hackensack University Medical Center but so far have never materialized.

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New era begins at Palisades Medical Center as part of Hackensack’s network

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BY LINDY WASHBURN
STAFF WRITER |
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Signs with a new name for Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen went up on the waterfront campus Saturday after a judge late Friday approved Hackensack University Health Network’s acquisition of the Hudson County hospital.

HackensackUMC Palisades, as it will now be known, will become a fully owned part of the system that includes the flagship Hackensack University Medical Center, two jointly owned hospitals in Westwood and Montclair, and the affiliated Englewood Hospital Medical Center, when the deal is officially signed on Tuesday.

With its million-dollar views of the Manhattan skyline and access to the growing population of young professionals and affluent retirees along the Hudson River “Gold Coast,” Palisades gives Hackensack a prime opportunity to grow in Hudson County and southern Bergen County. Hackensack also acquires its first nursing home, the 245-bed Harborage, located next door on River Road and owned by Palisades.

The sale also marks a reduction in the number of independent community hospitals, as the consolidation of health-care facilities into larger systems continues in New Jersey and the rest of the country. When the Hackensack health network completes its planned merger with the Jersey Shore’s Meridian Health system, expected later this year, it will encompass 11 hospitals and become the largest health system in the state.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/judge-oks-hackensack-univer-health-s-acquisition-of-palisades-medical-center-1.1519148

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Runaway Van Crashes on North Maple Ave in Ridgewood

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Runaway Van Crashes on North Maple Ave in Ridgewood
November 11,2015
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Ridgewood NJ, An employee of a Cliffside Park based construction company was seriously injured on Wednesday evening, 11/11, after he unsuccessfully attempted to stop a runaway van and was struck after he jumped into the driver’s seat and then fell out of the moving vehicle. The incident occurred in front of 472 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood at approximately 5:15 PM. The victim had been part of a crew performing maintenance/repair work on the home of noted author Harlan Coben. An ambulance transported the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with the assistance of a paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital. The van was removed from the scene by a tow truck. Ridgewood Police are conducting an investigation. It is not know whether Mr. Coben, or his wife Anne Armstrong-Coben, were at home when the incident occurred.

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Police Respond to Shooting in Midland Park

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Police Respond to Shooting in Midland Park
October 15,2015
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Midland Park NJ, An adult male shooting victim was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center from a home located at 29 Post Street, Midland Park shortly after 12 midnight on Friday, 10/16. The victim was reportedly shot in the abdomen. A paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital assisted Midland Park EMS.
The victim was conscious and alert at the time of transport. A bloodied white tee shirt could be seen on the victim as he was being loaded into the ambulance. Police officers from Wyckoff and Midland Park were observed at the scene shining flashlights inside the first floor of the home. No other information about the nature of the shooting was immediately available.
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4 Vehicle Crash in Paramus temporarily Closes Lanes on 17 North at Century Road

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4 Vehicle Crash in Paramus  temporarily Closes Lanes on 17 North at Century Road
September 19,2015
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Paramus NJ, Four (4) vehicles collided on Route 17 northbound between Century Road and the Garden State Parkway at approximately 7:00 PM on Thursday, 09/17. At least two (2) adult victims were transported by separate ambulances to Hackensack University Medical Center’s (HUMC) main campus.

Two (2) of the four (4) vehicles involved in the crash, a Toyota Prius and a Nissan Altima, were heavily damaged and removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. The right travel lane and right shoulder of the roadway were closed while crews worked at the scene removing debris and the vehicles. Paramus PD and EMS responded along with a paramedic unit from HUMC.
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Pascack Valley hospital seeks Approval to Expand ER

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Pascack Valley hospital in Westwood seeks to move ER

JULY 2, 2015    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015, 12:30 AM
BY SARAH NOLAN
MANAGING EDITOR |
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Two years after reopening its doors as Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) at Pascack Valley, the hospital is before the Westwood Planning Board with an application to relocate its emergency room.

During a June 25 public hearing, hospital chief executive officer (CEO) Emily Holliman said the updates are part of HUMC at Pascack Valley’s “long-range plan to expand,” and will include relocating the emergency department from the rear of the building, to the front, which she said will “provide for a much-enhanced department for patients” with better access.

The plans also call for dedicated, separate entrances for emergency medical vehicles and walk-in patients or visitors, a security vestibule and bereavement room, as well as a drop-off area for patients or visitors, and continued valet parking, a service the hospital currently offers.

The new location will essentially double the square footage of the emergency department to 22,000 square feet, Holliman said, and provide 25 private patient rooms, including five pediatric treatment rooms, which the hospital does not currently have.

It will allow for direct access to several other departments, from the emergency department, improving the flow of the department.

Holliman said that while the hospital currently sees six or seven inbound ambulances per 24 hours, she anticipates with the new department it will be able to handle 14 a day, and double annual Emergency Room visits from 18,000 a year to 37,000. The new emergency department will be located in an area of the hospital that is not currently being utilized – the old obstetrics unit, Holliman said.

“This new department will allow us to grow and expand in the future and continue to provide high quality, efficient service,” she said.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/hospital-seeks-to-move-er-1.1366722

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Patrick A. Roth, MD, FACS of Ridgewood Recognized by Who’s Who Worldwide Publication

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Patrick A. Roth, MD, FACS of Ridgewood Recognized by Who’s Who Worldwide Publication
March 21, 2015
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Ridgewood, NJ, Patrick A. Roth, MD, FACS of Ridgewood, New Jersey has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of healthcare.

Patrick A. Roth, MD, FACS resume includes over 20 years experience in the healthcare field. He is the Chairman of Neurosurgery at Hackensack University Medical Center and the Founding Partner of North Jersey Brain and Spine which is a medical practice in Oradell, New Jersey. He specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery and conservative treatments for back pain. Dr. Roth runs the residency program at St. Barnabas Hospital. He has published one book, “The End of Back Pain”, as well as book chapters and textbooks. He is affiliated with A.A.N.S. and C.N.S. Dr. Roth was born in Bethesda, Maryland and obtained a M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1987. In his spare time he enjoys tennis, triathlons and physical fitness. For further information contactwww.patrickrothmd.com.

Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide highlights the professional lives of individuals from every significant field or industry including business, medicine, law, education, art, government and entertainment. Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide is both an online and hard cover publication where we provide our members’ current and pertinent business information. It is also a biographical information source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms throughout the world. Our goal is to ensure that our members receive all of the networking, exposure and recognition capabilities to potentially increase their business.

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Feds reject Hackensack University Medical Center’s mobile unit for Ebola care

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Feds reject Hackensack University Medical Center’s mobile unit for Ebola care

NOVEMBER 4, 2014, 7:51 PM    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014, 7:59 AM
BY MARY JO LAYTON
STAFF WRITER |
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Federal health officials have rejected Hackensack University Medical Center’s plan to treat potential Ebola patients in a mobile satellite emergency unit parked down the street from the hospital, preferring instead to have patients cared for inside the hospital itself, officials said Tuesday.

Experts from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials inspected the unit, comprising three trailers recently after Governor Christie designated Hackensack as one of three primary Ebola treatment centers in the state. CDC officials did not give a reason for their refusal to approve the unit.

“Both agencies feel confident that Hackensack UMC is well prepared to treat a suspected or confirmed Ebola patient and prefer the patient be directed to our quarantined and secluded area on our main campus to receive any care,” hospital spokes­woman Nancy Rad­win said in a statement.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/feds-reject-hackensack-university-medical-center-s-mobile-unit-for-ebola-care-1.1126388

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Hackensack among 3 NJ hospitals to be trained to receive Ebola patients

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Hackensack among 3 NJ hospitals to be trained to receive Ebola patients

OCTOBER 22, 2014, 6:03 PM    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2014, 6:50 AM
BY LINDY WASHBURN AND MELISSA HAYES
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Governor Christie named three hospitals Wednesday – including Hackensack University Medical Center – to receive intensive training and support so they are prepared to treat any Ebola patients in New Jersey.

The three volunteered to be designated as the state’s treatment centers for patients with the highly contagious disease, the state Health Department said. Officials at the hospitals say they’ll learn from both the good and bad experiences of medical centers around the country that have treated Ebola patients.

Naming three hospitals out of the 72 in the state allows officials to concentrate resources, as nurses’ groups and a state lawmaker have recommended. The three — Hackensack, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick and Newark’s University Hospital – will have help from a group of experts from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scheduled to visit this week.

Ebola is most likely to enter New Jersey via a passenger arriving at the airport or at the port, officials believe, so hospitals located relatively nearby with the resources to handle the disease were chosen. University Hospital already has served as the receiving hospital for any passengers from Newark Liberty International Airport considered to have potential cases of Ebola or other communicable diseases, under an agreement with the CDC.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/hackensack-among-3-nj-hospitals-to-be-trained-to-receive-ebola-patients-1.1115108#sthash.nfbEnLOv.dpuf

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Reader says Valley has already lost to HUMC

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Reader says Valley has already lost to HUMC

Valley has already lost to HUMC. They’ve wasted 8 years trying to railroad a plan through that never had a shot at passing. Now at best they’ll get a watered down version of their plan which will be way too little and way too late to compete with Hackensack and Meridian.

If your kid falls off his bike take him to Valley – a boycott won’t accomplish anything. Sure, go ahead and have your babies at Valley too. Valley is a decent neighborhood hospital – run by people whose ambitions greatly exceed their abilities.

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North Jersey hospitals vigilant after Ebola advisory

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North Jersey hospitals vigilant after Ebola advisory

AUGUST 1, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY COLLEEN DISKIN
STAFF WRITER
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The U.S. government warned Americans on Thursday not to travel to West African nations in the grip of an Ebola outbreak, while local hospitals and airports were also advised to be on the alert for travelers showing signs of the deadly virus.

But health officials, while stressing the need for providers to exercise vigilance as always, said there’s little reason to believe an Ebola case would walk through the doors of any New Jersey hospitals.

“It’s very low risk right now for the United States,” said Dr. Gary Munk, director of clinical virology at Hackensack University Medical Center, who said medical institutions are nonetheless engaging in a campaign of “information and awareness.”

The state Department of Health this week issued an advisory reminding hospitals and health care providers of the symptoms to watch for and steps to take with a patient who reports having traveled within the last three weeks to Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia.

“We have carefully reviewed the health advisory from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and have alerted our entire emergency service team regarding the signs and symptoms,” said Stacie Newton, spokeswoman for University Hospital in Newark. “They are fully prepared to respond to any patients who come to University Hospital and may have symptoms of the disease.”

The CDC, which routinely has officers stationed at international terminals, like the ones at Newark Liberty and John F. Kennedy airports, have been posting updated travel alerts since the disease, which has now killed more than 700 people in the worst recorded outbreak in history, first appeared in March. When outbreaks like this occur in other countries, the CDC works with international organizations to identify sick travelers and, if necessary, restrict them from continuing on their journeys.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/nj-state-news/local-hospitals-vigilant-after-ebola-advisory-1.1060872#sthash.bnw5V1Z0.dpuf

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Rear end collision on Linwood Avenue sends one to HUMC

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Rear end collision on Linwood Avenue sends one to HUMC
July 28th ,2014
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A front seat passenger of a black Toyota Camry was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center after being injured in a rear end crash on Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood just before 6 PM on Monday, 07/28.  The driver of the other vehicle involved, a black Cadillac, complained of chest pains but refused medical assistance.  Both vehicles were able to be driven from the scene.  Ridgewood PD, FD, and EMS all responded.  Injuries to the victim were reported to be non-life threatening.

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