Elizabeth Healthcare
With its location near New York and Newark, and its own outstanding array of hospitals in Elizabeth and Union County, Elizabeth residents are assured of the finest healthcare available anywhere in the world.
TRINITAS HOSPITAL
Trinitas Hospital was established in January 2000 upon the consolidation of St. Elizabeth Hospital and Elizabeth General Medical Center. Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, in partnership with Elizabethtown Healthcare Foundation, Trinitas Hospital is a Catholic teaching hospital serving those who live and work in Union County and surrounding areas.
Operating on two major campuses, Trinitas Hospital has 531 beds, including a 120-bed long-term care center. Trinitas Hospital provides comprehensive medical/surgical services, emergency services, senior services, adult and child/adolescent psychiatric care, cardiac care, cancer services, renal services, maternal/child health services including a high-risk newborn nursery, inpatient pediatric care, diabetes management center, a wound healing center, and a sleep disorders center.
Trinitas is a teaching hospital and serves as a major clinical site for the Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education Internal Medicine Residency Program. The accredited, three-year program is part of a rotation that includes St. Michaels Medical Center. A leader in nursing education, the Trinitas School of Nursing currently enrolls over 1,800 students in its full and part-time programs of study. The School of Nursing is part of a cooperative education program with Union County College.
Trinitas Hospital’s main service area consists primarily of the City of Elizabeth, which is the fourth largest city in New Jersey. Its 125,000 residents represent a broad ethnic range – in fact, roughly half of the city’s residents are of Hispanic descent. Additional communities served by Trinitas include Linden, Hillside, Union, Roselle, Roselle Park, Rahway, Cranford, Clark and Colonia. The hospital’s primary and secondary service areas comprise over 300,000 residents.
Trinitas Hospital serves over 17,000 inpatients, 65,000 emergency patients, 1,800 newborns and 300,000 outpatients each year. The hospital family includes 2,400 employees, 450 physicians, and 200 volunteers and Auxilians. Trinitas Hospital was named as “Outstanding Employer” by the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, and was selected as one of the “Best Places to Work in New Jersey” by NJBIZ.
Recent developments at Trinitas include the introduction of hyperbaric medicine to the Wound Healing Center, the initiation of elective angioplasty services, and the completion of the $28 million Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center.
To learn more about Trinitas Hospital please visit www.TrinitasHospital.org.
UNION HOSPITAL
Originally founded as Memorial Hospital in 1944 by five physicians, the 23-bed hospital was originally housed in a Victorian mansion in Elizabeth. In 1962, it expanded to an 82-bed facility in the “Five Points” section of Union, where, for the last 45 years, Union Hospital has grown to serve the healthcare needs of the community.
Today, Union Hospital stands as a 174-bed teaching hospital committed to providing the highest quality medical care with compassion and personalized treatment.
More than 65,000 people annually trust Union Hospital’s team of doctors and nurses for their care. And, as an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, the largest and most comprehensive healthcare network in New Jersey, patients have access to the most advanced technology available.
Union Hospital nurses are exceptionally skilled in meeting the psychological and emotional needs of their patients. In 2005, Union Hospital implemented the NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders) program in collaboration with the John A. Hartford Foundation. NICHE is an evidence-based initiative that focuses on improving geriatric nursing care by offering nurses advanced training in senior related issues ranging from age sensitivity to pain management.
In 2006, the Balance and Falls Prevention Center was created to provide patients at risk of falls with greater treatment options. A comprehensive assessment encompassing strength, range of motion, age, and psychological responses are used to evaluate and manage a patient’s risk for falls.
Union Hospital has also received numerous honors from community and healthcare organizations such as The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey and the Institute of Nursing. Their radiology department was granted accreditation by the American College of Radiology as a result of their high practice standards. Just recently, the Union Hospital Foundation was presented with the “Best of the Best” award by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Union County for their significant impact in the lives of area youth.
Union Hospital is located at 1000 Galloping Hill Road in Union. For more information, call 1-888-SBHS-123 or visit www.saintbarnabas.com.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Less than 15 minutes away is one of New Jersey’s most comprehensive hospitals, the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School’s University Hospital. This facility is the center of referral for many of the state’s most advanced medical services and specialty care programs. The hospital’s commitment to education, primary care and specialized referral services has produced the most extensive array of inpatient and outpatient services available in the state of New Jersey.
The University Hospital offers a wide range of specialty services including northern New Jersey’s only Level 1 Trauma Center (incorporating a trauma-intensive care unit and the NorthSTAR helicopter emergency and critical care transport system;) a regional center for neonatal intensive care; the Obesity Treatment Center; the Cochlear Implant Program; a neurosurgical intensive care unit and a special Brain Tumor Program; the Neurological Institute of New Jersey; a federally designated spinal cord injury program, The University Center for Bloodless Surgery and Medicine; and New Jersey’s only Liver Transplant Program.
The hospital is staffed by 300 full-time attending physicians who also serve as faculty members of the New Jersey Medical School. The University Hospital has more than 19,000 admissions, 2,700 births, and 215,000 out-patient visits annually.
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