ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following partners led the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (RWJUH Hamilton) Community Health Needs Assessment: RWJUH HAMILTON HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES AND SENIOR TEAM • Richard Freeman, President & CEO • Diane Grillo, VP Health Promotion • Seth Rosenbaum, CMO • Lisa Breza, CNO • Joan Becari, VP Quality • Matt Benjamin, AVP Surgical & Clinical Services • Tonya Davis, AVP Cancer Service Line • Jan Stout, AVP Risk Management GREATER MERCER PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP The RWJUH Hamilton Community Needs Assessment was developed in conjunction with the Greater Mercer Public Health Partnership Board and Membership Organization, and under the leadership of its Project Director, Carol Nicholas, BA, RN. GMPHP Board Members • • Mary Jo Abbondanza, St. Francis Medical Center Yvette Graffie Cooper, Health Officer, Trenton Health Department • • Karen Buda, Community Member Darlene Hanley, St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center • • Stephanie Carey, Health Officer, Evelyn Hawrylak, St. Francis Medical Center Hopewell/Pennington Borough • • Carol Chamberlain, Health Officer, Lawrence Health Barbara Johnson, Community Member Department • • Jeremye Cohen, Capital Health Medical Center Jane Millner, St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center • • Peter Crowley, Community Member Steve Papenberg, Community Member • • Ann Dorocki, Mercer County Human Services Jeff Plunkett, Health Officer, Hamilton Health Department • • Robert English, Health Officer, Hopewell Health Kristen Reed, Ewing Health Department/Mercer Department County • • Diane Grillo, RWJ Hamilton, GMPHP President Lauren Stabinsky, RWJ Hamilton • • Jeff Grosser, Health Officer, Princeton Health Jill Swanson, West Windsor/Hightstown/ Department Robbinsville Health Department • Giovanna Guarraggi, Hamilton Health Department Community Health Needs Assessment Page i Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton RWJ BARNABAS HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT STEERING COMMITTEE The RWJ Barnabas Health CHNA Steering Committee oversees the 2018-2019 CNA process to update Hospitals CNAs and create new Implementation/Community Health Improvement Plans. The key tasks of the Steering Committee include: • Oversight and guidance of CHNA implementation plan development • Review facility implementation/health improvement plans and results • Review of suggested priorities for facility implementation planning • Share strategies and best practices Members of the RWJ Barnabas Health CHNA Steering Committee include: • Jen Velez, Executive Vice President, Community and Behavioral Health, Committee Chair • Michellene Davis, Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs • Bryan Soltes, System Vice President, Network Development, Oncology Services • Connie Greene, Behavioral Health/Preventive Care • Joseph Jaeger, DrPH, Chief Academic Officer • Barbara Mintz, Senior Vice President, Health and Wellness • Jessica Israel, M.D., Corporate Chair, Geriatrics • Michael Knecht, Corporate Vice President, Strategic Messaging and Marketing • Ernani Sadural, M.D., Director of Global Health for Barnabas Health • Richard Henwood, Vice President, Finance • Tamara Cunningham, Vice President, System Development/Planning • Hospital Representatives: o Darrell K. Terry, Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE, President and CEO, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (Designee: Kim Cook, Director, Community Relations & Volunteer Services) o Frank Mazzarella, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Clara Maass Medical Center (Designee: Fran Monteleone, Director, Physician Relations and Community Outreach) o Judy Colorado, Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus o Anna Burian, Vice President of Ambulatory Care Services, Monmouth Medical Center (Designee: Jean McKinney, Community Education Department) o Teri Kubiel, DNP, Vice President, Patient Experience and Community Affairs o Shari Beirne, Director of Marketing and Patient Satisfaction, Barnabas Health Behavioral Health Center o Serena Collado, Director, Community Health, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset o Lauren Stabinsky, Director Community & Corporate Health, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton o Mariam Merced, Director, Community Health Promotions, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick o Ceu Cirne Neves, Vice President, Physician and Support Services, Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Designee: Margie Heller, System Administrator for Global Health, RWJ Barnabas Health and Administrative Director Community Outreach, Saint Barnabas Medical Center) o Donna Mancuso, Manager, Public & Community Affairs, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway o Ruth Bash, Vice President & Chief Culture Officer, Children’s Specialized Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment Page ii Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton o Brenda Hall, Senior Vice President, Quality and Standards, Jersey City Medical Center o Diane Grillo, Vice President, Health Promotion, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton GREATER MERCER PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERSHIP MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS • Advancing Opportunities • ETS • Mercer County Parks • Advocate for Mom and Dad • Ewing Health Department Naturalist • Aging Advisors LLC • GMPHP • Montgomery Health • AHA Senior Director • Greater Mercer TMA Department - Educator Community Health • Gwynedd Mercy University • NAMI of Mercer County • Aim Coordinator - Henry J • Hamilton Area YMCA • New Jersey Partnership for Austin • Hamilton Health Officer Healthy Kids • Attitudes in Reverse • Health Coach • NJ Futures Program • Big Brother Big Sister of • Healthcare Quality Manager Mercer County Strategies Inc. • PACF • Cancer Society • Home Front • Pastor New Gen Church • Capital Health - Community • Hopewell Borough Health • Pennington Board of Health Health Department • Phoenix - Program Director • Capital Health Alcohol and • Hopewell Public Health • Physician Drug Counselor Nurse/Capital Health Comm. • Presbyterian Church • Capital Health Community Education Lawrenceville Relations • Hopewell Valley Health • Prevention Specialist - Rider • Capital Health- Director of Department University Planning • Hunterdon County & Mercer • Princeton Chamber of • Capital Health Foundation Chronic Disease Coalition Commerce • Capital Health-Dir. Clinical • Interfaith Caregivers of • Princeton Community Integration Mercer County Housing • Catholic Charities • Jewish Family Services • Princeton Health • Central Jersey Family Health • Lakeview Child Center Department Consortium • Lawrence Hopewell Trail • Princeton Health Officer • Central Jersey Family Health • Lawrence Public Health • Princeton House Consortium Substance Nurse • Retired Health Educator Abuse • Lawrence Township Health • Retired lawyer, Ellarslie • Chief of Addiction Services, Department Museum Mercer County • Lawrenceville Presbyterian • Robert Wood Johnson • Chief of Police Hopewell Church Community Education • Children's Home Society • Lawrenceville School Board • Rutgers - Adjunct Professor • CHOP • Manager Senior and Social of Epidemiology • Christina Seix Academy Services • Rutgers University • Community Activist • Medina Community Clinic • RWJ Hamilton • Community Resident • Mental Health Educator • St Francis Medical Center • CSN Pond Road MS • Mercer Council Alcoholism • St Lawrence Rehabilitation • Director Mercer County and Drug Addiction Center TRADE Transportation • Mercer County Freeholder • St. Francis Medical Center • Director Phoenix Behavioral • Mercer County Human • TCNJ – Substance Abuse Health Services • TCNJ Professor • Director Senior Center • Mercer County Mental • TCNJ Public Health Robbinsville Health Administrator • TCNJ School of Nursing • EmPower Mercer • Mercer County Office of • TCNJ's Alcohol and Drug • Encourage Kids Economic Development Education Program Community Health Needs Assessment Page iii Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton • Terhune Orchards • Trenton School Nurse • West Windsor Health • The Watershed • Trinity Cathedral Church Department • Thomas Edison State College • United Way of Greater • West Windsor Health • Trenton Health Department Mercer County Educator • Trenton Health Team • United Way of Mercer • West Windsor Public Health • Trenton Health Team County Nurse Population Health - Manager • Viocare RWJUH HAMILTON STEERING COMMITTEE CONSULTANT ADVISORS Steering Committee Technical Advisors: • Withum, Smith & Brown (Scott Mariani) • New Solutions Inc. (Nancy Erickson1) Questions regarding the Community Needs Assessments should be directed to Barnabas Health System Development & Planning at [email protected]. 1 The CHA’s development consultants, New Solutions, Inc., have planned and conducted numerous community needs assessments and implementation plans with multiple organizations including individual hospitals, health systems, other health care and community organizations such as consortia comprised of a wide range of participant organizations. The NSI team, of which two are Ph.D. prepared, includes: planning consultants, market researchers, epidemiologists, computer programmers and data analysts. NSI has extensive regional and local community knowledge of health issues, community services and provider resources for the community reviewed by this assessment. This expertise, as well as the methodological and technical skills of the entire staff, was brought to bear in conducting this Community Health Needs Assessment. Community Health Needs Assessment Page iv Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary