Healthy Together Magazine Winter 2020
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A Publication of WINTER 2020 NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY together healthy4 SIMPLE EXERCISES FOR A STRONG HEART COMFORT FOOD: MAKE IT HEALTHY! HAVING A BABY AFTER CANCER CRITICAL CARE WHEN EVERY MOMENT COUNTS NBI_Cover_Winter20_final.indd 1 12/12/19 2:59 PM A MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP HEALTH NEWS SAVING LIVES IS OUR NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER LIFE’S WORK EARNS ACCOLADES t arnabas ealth e take the trust people place in us to heart t’s the bedrock o our commitment to your care rom preventive services DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING: The to liesaving emergency treatment Radiology Department has been A designated a Diagnostic Imaging or urgent situations e have to orldclass trauma centers one in ersey Center of Excellence (DICOE), ity and one in e runsick as ell as the only burn center in the state located the highest award for Quality in ivingston n addition e haveexpanded our emergency response capabilities and Safety that the American and have acuiredan advanced emergency helicoptercall sign ie lighteuipped College of Radiology provides and sta ed to provide critical care hile transporting badly inured patients to qualifi ed facilities. Only 120 radiology imaging facilities in New o help people stay healthy and sae e reach out ith education and Jersey have won the DICOE Award. prevention programs or people o all ages e’ve also invested in creating the ne secure and convenient arnabas ealth onnect app available at your ORGAN, EYE AND TISSUE app store ealth onnectlets you access your records store your insurance DONATION: The U.S. Department inormation search or doctors and make realtime appointments that are of Health and Human Services has automatically added to your phone calendar awarded Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Platinum recognition for its ealth onnect along ith the arnabas ealth eleed app hich efforts to increase enrollment in o ers online access or a physician visit are integral parts oe orts to create a the New Jersey state donor registry truly techorard healthcare organiation ese e orts led to all arnabas and spread the lifesaving message ealth hospitals earning the ost ired” designation rom the ollege o of organ and tissue donation. ealthcare normation anagement xecutives this year Advocates at NBI worked with NJ t eark eth srael technological innovations are transorming the ay Sharing Network and Donate Life New Jersey to create outreach and e practice medicine arlier this year e began using the most advanced stateo registry campaigns to educate staff, theart technology to perorm cardiac vascular neurological and even breast patients and the community. imaging to detect and diagnose conditions earlier ur robotic surgery program is the most mature program in northern e ersey ith more than surgeons and RESUSCITATION AFTER more than robotic surgeries perormed n addition e are expanding our CARDIAC ARREST: NBI has earned the Get With The Guidelines cardiac procedure rooms e ardiovascular atheteriation aboratory ath Resuscitation Gold Award for ab ill include multidisciplinary suites alloing surgeons and cardiologists to implementing specifi c quality ork together to perorm innovative minimally invasive procedures improvement measures outlined by hether you ace an emergency or have an everyday health uestion e’re the American Heart Association and committed to providing convenient access to the highestuality carehenever the American Stroke Association for and herever you need it the treatment of patients who suffer cardiac arrests in the hospital. ours in good health BARRY H. OSTROWSKY DARRELL K. TERRY, SR. PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RWJBARNABAS HEALTH NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY 201 Lyons Ave. at Osborne Terrace, Newark, NJ 07112 973.926.7000 | www.rwjbh.org/newarkbeth CONNECT WITH US ON @NewarkBethIsraelMedicalCenter @Newark_Beth RWJBarnabas Health Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark Beth Israel Medical Center complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. For more information, see link on our home page at www.rwjbh.org/newarkbeth. NBI cumple con las leyes federales de derechos civiles aplicables y no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, nacionalidad, edad, discapacidad o sexo. ATENCIÓN: Si usted habla español, servicios de asistencia lingüística, de forma gratuita, están disponibles para usted. Llame al 973.926.7000. NBI konfòm ak lwa sou dwa sivil federal ki aplikab yo e li pa fè diskriminasyon sou baz ras, koulè, peyi orijin, laj, enfi mite oswa sèks. ATANSYON: Si w pale Kreyòl Ayisyen, gen sèvis èd pou lang ki disponib gratis pou ou. Rele 973.926.7000. Healthy Together | 2 | Winter 2020 NBIMC_Memo_Winter20_REV1.indd 2 12/16/19 9:35 AM healthytogether contents WINTER 2020 2. WELCOME LETTER. 13. LEARNING TO CRAWL 19. A BATTLE FOR TIME. A community update AGAIN. A baby Talent and technology from our CEOs. rebounds from a kept a woman alive as traumatic brain injury. she waited for a lung 4. BIGGER, BETTER, NEWER. donation. A transformational 14. A STRANGER’S GIFT. renovation will reflect A blood stem cell 20. 4 SIMPLE MOVES FOR Newark Beth Israel’s 9. HOW TO SAVE A LIFE. Is it donation—and a A HEALTHY HEART. commitment to the a heart attack or cardiac powerful medical Exercises can help you community. arrest—and what can a partnership—save the recover from a heart bystander do? 6. A BABY AFTER CANCER. life of a Toms River problem, or prevent one A Maplewood woman’s 10. TRAUMA WITHOUT DRAMA. woman. from happening. medical team has seen Top RWJBarnabas Health her through it all, from trauma and burn centers 16. YOU CAN BEAT THE 22. EAT FOOD YOU LOVE, serious illness to a stand ready to save severely WINTER BLUES. Seasonal THE HEALTHY WAY. healthy birth. injured patients. depression is a struggle, Handy tips, plus an but help is available. irresistible recipe. 8. GIVING TO DO GOOD. 12. MAKING MATERNITY SAFER. Friends and neighbors A strong focus on women’s 18. NEW HEART VALVE, 23. THE MAGIC OF FRESH honor loved ones through health before, during and RENEWED LIFE. An FOOD. A superstar meaningful donations to after pregnancy aims to innovative alternative to drops by to promote Newark Beth Israel. save lives. open-heart surgery. healthy habits. PB | Healthy Together | Fall 2018 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 3 NBI_TOC_Winter20_final.indd 3 12/12/19 3:08 PM 1 BIGGER, BETTER, NEWER A TRANSFORMATIONAL RENOVATION WILL REFLECT NEWARK BETH ISRAEL’S DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. n ambitious $100 million renovation project 2 by Newark Beth Israel Medical Center A (NBI) will literally change the face of the medical center and the Lyons Avenue landscape, as the renderings on these pages show. “We are an anchor institution in Newark that is providing world-class care to the residents of the South Ward, the greater Newark area and beyond. t is important that our appearance reect our commitment to the communities we serve,” says Darrell K. Terry, Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE, President and hie xecutive fficer o and hildren’s Hospital of New Jersey. “Our patients and the general public will be able to see the progress we are making as they travel along Lyons Avenue.” In addition to the images shown here, the renovation will include continued remodeling of the Maternity Unit, renovated Intensive Care Units and new Advanced Heart Failure Treatment and ransplant acilities e groundbreaking ill take place this spring. Healthy Together | 4 | Winter 2020 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 5 NBI_Expansion_Winter20_final.indd 4 12/12/19 3:09 PM 3 6 1. e hospital’s ne main lobby ill be a suareoot glassenclosed space that includes modern seating areas, community meeting spaces, 4 an expansive registration area and cas is transormation ill create a more elcoming space lled ith transparency and natural light. It will invoke a sense of wellness and renewal for our patients, their families and our community,” says Terry. 2. e lobby interior ill have a signature wall with a prismatic acrylic panel system and color-changing LED lights. 3. e mergency epartment ill increase by suare eet including a new fast-track treatment area. A TRANSFORMATIONAL RENOVATION WILL REFLECT NEWARK BETH ISRAEL’S DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. 4. e ediatric mergency epartment 5 will have a separate entrance and waiting room for young patients and their families. 5. The reimagined Emergency Department entrance on Lyons Avenue will have new exterior signage. “For many of our patients, the Emergency Department may be their first experience ith our acility and we want them to know we value that experience,” Terry says. 6. e medical center campus as it ill appear from the corner of Lyons Avenue and Schuyler Avenue. To learn about ways to support Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, visit www.newarkbethgiving.org. Healthy Together | 4 | Winter 2020 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | RWJBH.ORG/NEWARKBETH 5 NBI_Expansion_Winter20_final.indd 5 12/12/19 3:09 PM Nefertiti Jackson and baby Kalahia visit Yvonne Wright-Cadet, MD. ast year, when Nefertiti Jackson A BABY discovered she was pregnant at age L 37, she was floored. And ecstatic. The Maplewood resident had been through extensive treatments for a life- threatening cancer scare as a child, and AFTER then for cancer again as a young adult. “I was shocked,” she says with a laugh. “We weren’t necessarily trying to have a baby. And after all I’d been through, I didn’t even know I could!” CANCER Nefertiti and her longtime partner, Daniel Plaisimond, were excited to start A MAPLEWOOD WOMAN’S MEDICAL TEAM AT NEWARK BETH a family.