CentraState Healthcare System is hosting its fifth annual Cancer Survivors Day event on Sunday, June 10 from 12:30-3 p.m. The free event is open to anyone who has been touched by cancer and will be held at CentraState’s Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus. The event will also include music, a luncheon, mini-health fair, cooking demonstration, sharing of survivor stories, and other activities. Click here for more information.
CentraState Medical Center hosted a week-long training program for physicians from China on comprehensive imaging and interventional techniques for diagnosing breast cancer. Click here for more.
The Novo Nordisk Diabetes Center at CentraState Medical Center has recently received the Community Partner of the Year Award from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Serving Greater New York. Click here to read more.
The CentraState Family Medicine Residency Program has graduated its fourth class of fellows and fifth class of resident physicians. Click here to read the list of graduates.
CentraState Healthcare System is now a leader in the national initiative to Image Wisely™. Sponsored by the American College of Radiology and others, this program seeks to raise awareness of opportunities to eliminate unnecessary imaging and to lower radiation in necessary imaging examinations. Click here to read more.
CentraState Healthcare System’s assisted living residence, Monmouth Crossing, has received a Highest Honors Award for 90th percentile achievement in a recent comprehensive health care resident satisfaction survey conducted by Holleran—an independent research company specializing in senior service communities. Click here to read more.
CentraState Healthcare System is now offering sports nutrition consultations for anyone interested in optimizing their health and workouts and improving their competitive edge. Clients can meet with registered dietitians who will personalize dietary solutions based on the client’s needs. They will learn about better techniques to lose weight and improve endurance. Consultations are also available for learning about proper hydration, heart-healthy eating, exercise practices, weight management, and metabolic analysis. Click here to read more.
CentraState Medical Center now performs the minimally invasive, cardiac catheterization technique, called radial artery cardiac catheterization, or wrist-access catheterization. Wrist-access cardiac catheterization uses a patient’s wrist, rather than the groin, to access blood vessels leading to the heart. This technique significantly reduces recovery time and complications, including bleeding and bruising. Click here to read more.
The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) has granted three-year accreditation with commendation through 2014 to the Cancer Program at CentraState. Accreditation was awarded following an on-site evaluation by a physician surveyor during which CentraState demonstrated a commendation level of compliance with one or more standards that represent the full scope of the cancer program, including cancer committee leadership, cancer data management, clinical services, research, community outreach, and quality improvement. Click here to read more.
Modern Healthcare Magazine and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have awarded the CEO IT Achievement Award to John T. Gribbin, president and CEO of CentraState Healthcare System. This award recognizes healthcare CEOs who have demonstrated leadership and commitment in using IT to advance their organizations' strategic goals. Click here to read more.
CentraState Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Two-Year Accreditation for its Total Joint Program by demonstrating compliance with The Commission’s national standards for health care quality and safety in disease-specific care. Achieving Joint Commission certification means that CentraState has demonstrated a commitment to the highest level of care for its patients, and is a major step toward maintaining excellence and continually improving the care it provides. Learn More
CentraState officials unveiled a timeline exhibit at the hospital tracing the founding and growth of CentraState Healthcare System over the last five decades at a ceremony on May 4. They were joined by current and former hospital Trustees, employees and physicians, public officials, civic leaders, community volunteers and other guests. The 84-foot long exhibit is located in the walkway that connects CentraState Medical Center to the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus. Read complete story here.
The cyclotron, the core of what will soon be New Jersey’s most advanced radiation treatment for cancer, is delivered to the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset, N.J., on Tuesday, March 1. Weighing in at 220 tons, the cyclotron accelerates protons to two-thirds the speed of light before sending them down the beam line on its way to the patient’s tumor. Read more here.
CentraState officials unveiled a timeline exhibit at the hospital tracing the founding and growth of CentraState Healthcare System over the last five decades at a ceremony on May 4. They were joined by current and former hospital Trustees, employees and physicians, public officials, civic leaders, community volunteers and other guests. The 84-foot long exhibit is located in the walkway that connects CentraState Medical Center to the Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus. 
