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NJ Ranks Among Top States For Hospital Safety In Fall 2024, Leapfrog Report Finds NJ Ranks Among Top States For Hospital Safety In Fall 2024, Leapfrog Report Finds
NJ Ranks Among Top States For Hospital Safety In Fall 2024, Leapfrog Report Finds New Jersey hospitals are among the safest in the nation, according to the fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grade report from The Leapfrog Group.  The Garden State ranks in the top 10 states for the highest percentage of "A" hospitals, joining states like Utah, Virginia, and Connecticut. The grades, which are updated twice a year, assess nearly 3,000 hospitals across the country on their effectiveness at preventing medical errors, accidents, and infections. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 30 performance measures to assign grades ranging from "A" to "F," offering patients and fami…

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by Cecilia Levine
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See How North Jersey Hospitals Rank For Safety In America See How North Jersey Hospitals Rank For Safety In America
See How North Jersey Hospitals Rank For Safety In America Several hospitals across North Jersey were graded for safety by a hospital safety watchdog group. The Leapfrog Group released the Fall 2023 hospital grades on Tuesday, Dec. 5. An expert panel of doctors selects 22 evidence-based measures of patient safety to come up with grades for the nearly 3,000 hospitals and acute care centers nationwide. Click here for more on the methodology. Here's how hospitals in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Union, and Essex counties were graded for safety by the Leapfrog Group this year: A: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Hackensac…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hudson Regional Hospital Fined $63K After Worker's Weapons Cache Found In Closet: Officials Hudson Regional Hospital Fined $63K After Worker's Weapons Cache Found In Closet: Officials
Hudson Regional Hospital Fined $63K After Worker's Weapons Cache Found In Closet: Officials Months after police found an executive had stockpiled dozens of guns in his office closet, state officials are fining Hudson Regional Hospital $63,000 for failing to keep a "safe environment."  As Daily Voice has previously reported, Secaucus police were called to the hospital on July 18 after administrators received a bomb threat over the phone.  While sweeping the building for explosives with K9 units, investigators found a trove of ammunition and nearly 40 firearms in the locked office of hospital marketing director Reuven Alonalayoff. Alonalayoff was charged with multipl…

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by Mac Bullock
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Hospital Marketing Director's 38 Firearms, Loaded Mag Uncovered During Bomb Threat Hoax: PD Hospital Marketing Director's 38 Firearms, Loaded Mag Uncovered During Bomb Threat Hoax: PD
Hospital Marketing Director's 38 Firearms, Loaded Mag Uncovered During Bomb Threat Hoax: PD A Hudson County hospital's marketing director's stash of 38 firearms and a loaded magazine was uncovered in an unlocked closet during a sweep prompted by a bomb threat last month, authorities said. Reuven Alonalayoff's trove was at Hudson Regional Hospital was discovered when the bogus threat was called into Hudson Regional Hospital at 3:10 p.m. July 18, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Canines from the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office helped to sniff out eleven 11 handguns, 27 rifles/shotguns, and a Kriss Vector .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity ma…

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by Cecilia Levine