For the fourth consecutive year, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey awarded University Medical Center of Princeton for its safety and quality of care.
Horizon BCBSBJ presented the $234,700 Hospital Recognition Award to Princeton HealthCare System president and CEO Barry S. Rabner.
The recognition awards reflect hospitals’ performance on surveys by The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based coalition working to improve the safety, quality and affordability of health care.
Earlier this year, UMCP received an “A” grade in The Leapfrog Group’s most recent Hospital Safety Score, which is published twice yearly based on data related to preventable errors, injuries, accidents and infections. UMCP has earned all A’s since the grading began in the spring of 2012.
Princeton HealthCare System is a comprehensive, integrated healthcare system that strives to anticipate and serve the lifelong needs of central New Jersey residents, including acute care hospital services through UMCP, behavioral healthcare through Princeton House Behavioral Health, rehabilitation, home care, hospice care, ambulatory surgery, a primary and specialty medical practice, and fitness and wellness services.
More information is online at princetonhcs.org.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey presents its Hospital Recognition Award to University Medical Center of Princeton. Pictured are Princeton HealthCare System director of Nursing and Peri-operative Services Kathleen Ryan, Horizon BCBSNJ network hospital specialist Jill Van Rooyen, Horizon BCBSNJ network relations manager Michelle Merchant, PHCS president and CEO Barry S. Rabner, Horizon BCBSJNJ vice president of network management and Horizon Healthcare Innovations James Albano, Healthcare Innovations senior medical director Dr. Steven Peskin and Horizon BCBSNJ medical director Dr. Eliane Schwartz.,
