Pascack Valley Medical Center formerly known as Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley is a full-service boutique
hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
located in
Westwood, New Jersey
Westwood (known as "The Hub of the Pascack Valley") is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,908,Pascack Valley Hospital
Pascack Valley Hospital (PVH) is a former 291-bed hospital, located at 250 Old Hook Road, Westwood, New Jersey.
History
Pascack Valley Hospital opened on June 1, 1959, as an 86-bed community hospital. It underwent several expansions and grew to ...
. Owned 35% by
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a 781-bed non-profit, research and teaching hospital providing tertiary and healthcare needs located seven miles (11 km) west of New York City, in Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey. As of 2 ...
(HackensackUMC) and 65% by
Ardent Health Services
Ardent Health Services, formerly known as Behavioral Healthcare Corporation is a healthcare company based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
History
The Behavioral Healthcare Corporation was founded in 1993 by dward Stack Until 2001, it ...
, HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley serves the
Pascack Valley The Pascack Valley is the name for a region of New Jersey, United States, contained within Bergen County. It is named for the Pascack Brook. The region consists of eight municipalities: Montvale, Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake, Hillsdale, Westwood ...
and Northern Valley communities in northern
Bergen County
Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.patient safety organization
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Pascack Valley Hospital
Pascack Valley Hospital (PVH) is a former 291-bed hospital, located at 250 Old Hook Road, Westwood, New Jersey.
History
Pascack Valley Hospital opened on June 1, 1959, as an 86-bed community hospital. It underwent several expansions and grew to ...
(PVH), located in
Westwood, New Jersey
Westwood (known as "The Hub of the Pascack Valley") is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,908,Touro University College of Medicine
Touro University College of Medicine was a proposed medical school to be based out of Hackensack, New Jersey. Its hospital affiliate was to be Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC). The medical school disbanded in December 2009.
Proposal ...
, which had plans to open a medical school on the site, had sought to advance the planned March 2008 bidding so that it could meet a requirement for preliminary accreditation. The medical school planned to bid together with Hackensack University Medical Center. The other bidders were, in a joint offer, Ridgewood's Valley Hospital and
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood Health is an acute care 289-bed teaching hospital in Englewood, New Jersey. In 2021 it was given a grade A by the Leapfrog patient safety organization.
History
It was incorporated in 1888 as a "non-profit, non-sectarian voluntary health ...
in which urgent care would be offered, but no overnight beds would be maintained. Paradigm Physician Partners planned to reopen the facility as a community hospital with 100 to 150 beds. In a fevered auction at the
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.
Special Care Nursery
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staffed by Onsite Neonatal Partners. Current clinical services include:
*Cardiovascular
*Emergency
*ICU
*Neuroscience
*Orthopedic
*Radiology
*Rehabilitation
*Surgery
*Wound Care
Acknowledgements
The 55th Annual New Good Neighbor Awards competition (''New Jersey Business'' magazine) recognized HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley in 2014 for working to bring about an improved economy in New Jersey by building or renovating a commercial facility.
HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley has been named a finalist in the hospital of the year category in the 2014 NJBIZ awards program.
According to ''U.S. News & World Report'', in 2021 it ranks among New Jersey's top 15 hospitals for maternity care.