2020 Greatest Hits

Best Quality

• Provided over 21,000 COVID-19 tests to the southern New Jersey Community. • ARMC completed a successful four-day Triennial Joint Commission Survey in September. • Awarded an $800,000 Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Grant – “COVID-19 Emergency Response for Suicide Prevention” – to enhance established suicide prevention and risk reduction services, including victims of domestic violence, in Atlantic County. • Provided a Skin and Pressure Injury Prevention Summit for skin champion education in collaboration with the Wound Healing Center, Physical Therapy, and Food & Nutrition Team. • Provided 26,250 Behavioral Health telehealth visits (January – September 2020). • Continued to expand Virtual Desktop technology (VDI) and Imprivata tap-and-go technology, resulting in an improved and seamless workflow, increased speed and a reduction in hardware costs. • Initiated our first Obstetric Internist Program aimed at reducing maternal mortality and morbidity in the “4th Trimester.” specifically in the African American community. • The Federally Qualified Health Center (“FQHC”) achieved National Quality Leader recognition by the U.S. Department of Health/Human Services’ (HRSA) for increasing quality and access to care, reducing health disparities and

decreasing cost, which ranks the Health Center in the top 1 to 2 percent of all Health Centers in the country. • Supported the Department of Defense Medical Team in the opening of a Field Medical Station at the Atlantic City Convention Center. • Recruited Palliative Care Medical Director and implemented General Inpatient Care (GIP) Program (Hospice Inpatient). • Health Grades 2020 Hospital Ratings & Awards include top honors for: – 100 Best in Cardiac Care, Coronary Intervention, Gastrointestinal Care, Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Replacement and Spine Surgery. • Successfully Completed Surveys: – Life Connection (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) third annual survey. – Oncology Care Model team completed a successful virtual audit by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid’s third-party contractor. • Participated in the COVID-19 Expanded Access trial for the use of convalescent plasma treatment for COVID-19 patients. • Implemented Remdisivir at ARMC, a proven COVID-19 treatment, reducing the length of stay for these patients.

• Received a “B” safety grade in the Leapfrog Spring Safety Survey. • Ranked 9th by US News & World Report Best Hospitals in NJ.

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