Saint Clare's Hospital - Boonton, located at 130 Powervile Road
Boonton Township, New Jersey
Boonton Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 4,380, an increase of 117 (2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 4,263, which in turn reflected a de ...
, is a 100-bed
psychiatric
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Initial psy ...
facility.
Description
The hospital has children
crisis intervention
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Implementation
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services (CCIS), adult crisis intervention services (ACIS), alcohol &
chemical dependency
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unit (ACDU), and psychiatric
intensive care
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unit (PICU). The hospital also several
outpatient
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programs, for adults and children. The hospital was once called Riverside Hospital. About 20 years after the hospital started, Saint Clare's merged with it to create Saint Clare's Riverside Hospital.
St. Clare's Hospital was acquired by Prime Healthcare Services on July 31, 2015. The effective date of the sale was deferred until October 1, 2015.
The hospital also serves as a base for two Saint Clare's EMS ambulances, part of the larger Saint Clare's Health EMS Department.
See also
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In re Quinlan'': court case for a patient
References
External links
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Companies based in Morris County, New Jersey
Psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey
Hospitals with year of establishment missing
Boonton Township, New Jersey
Prime Healthcare Services
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