Jersey City Medical Center

355 Grand Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
http://www.libertyhealth.org

Liberty HealthCare System is an integrated network of three hospitals and other health care facilities providing critical services for the Hudson Valley region. The system is a member of The Mount Sinai/NYU Health System.

Liberty HealthCare System comprises:

• Jersey City Medical Center, the tertiary care "anchor" teaching hospital of the System licensed for 618 beds. It is the State-designated regional Trauma Center and Perinatal Center for Hudson County
• Greenville Hospital, an 86-bed community hospital in Jersey City
• Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, a 200-bed community hospital in Secaucus
• Jersey City Family Health Center, a division of Jersey City Medical Center, is an off-site, primary care center in Jersey City that provides routine and specialized adult and pediatric medical care in two Jersey City locations and one site in northern Hudson County's city of West New York. The Health Center also provides school-based health clinics located at area schools. In 1997 the Jersey City Family Health Center provided a total of 64,644 patient visits which included 23,753 pediatric primary care visits to its three sites.
• Liberty Health Plan, a managed care program
• Liberty Home Care, a home health care provider
• Hudson Cradle, a Jersey City home-like facility providing around-the-clock care for infants without parents or guardians to provide for their needs.
• Horizon Health Care, a Jersey City full-service primary care center with specialized programs for women and teens.
• Jersey City Medical Center Faculty Practice Plans, a network of physician provider practices offering general medical and specialty services.
• Liberty HealthCare System Foundation, the philanthropic arm that raises funds to support Liberty HealthCare System's comprehensive array of programs and services.

Jersey City Medical Center is an urban full-service acute care major teaching facility in Jersey City. The Medical Center has traditionally assumed a leadership role as Hudson County's major provider of care to the medically indigent population of Jersey City.

The Medical Center provides a broad range of essential acute and ambulatory care services and programs. These programs include regional referral programs in perinatal care, child development, renal dialysis, and cardiac catheterization. The Medical Center is also the regional Perinatal Center for prenatal and neonatal care for high-risk mothers and infants as well as one of New Jersey's nine Level II Trauma Centers. The Medical Center's Emergency Medical Services Department provides Advanced Life Support for Hudson County and Basic Life Support for Jersey City and Secaucus.

The highly urban catchment area of Hudson County is ethnically diverse, and the majority of those served are from economically disadvantaged and underserved groups. To illustrate the needs of Jersey City and its surrounding areas, the following demographic factors and health indicators characterize this community:

• a substantial minority population, many of whom reside below the poverty level
• a high percentage of women in their reproductive years
• a large number of families with children living in poverty
• a disproportionate number of substance abusers, which has increased the number of individuals at risk for HIV infection

In 1997 there were 18,128 total admissions to the Hospital. Its most active departments include Medicine (4,988 admissions), Obstetrics/Gynecology (3,335 admissions and 2,170 newborns) and Pediatrics (2,488 admissions). During 1997, the Medical Center had 49,049 Emergency Department visits and 114,343 ambulatory visits, of which 4,192 were visits to pediatric primary and specialty clinics at Jersey City Medical Center. The majority of the Medical Center's admissions originate from the Emergency Department and other outpatient services.

Residency Training Programs

• Internal Medicine
• OBGYN
• Pediatrics