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Belleville, NJ — December 10, 2008 —Press
Ganey Associates, Inc., the leading provider of health care performance
improvement solutions, awarded Clara
Maass Medical Center Behavioral Health with the prestigious Summit Award.
The Summit Award is presented to facilities that have sustained
a percentile rank of 95 or above in the Press Ganey database, at
the overall level, for a minimum of three consecutive years. Recipients
of the Summit Award set themselves apart from the competition by
demonstrating their dedication to improvement and sustaining excellence
in both quality of care and employee and physician satisfaction.
“We try to give our patients the most comprehensive and
individualized care possible,” said Gale B. de Leon, RN,
Nurse Manager, Behavioral Health Services. “We are so proud
that our efforts have been recognized.”
A 20-bed acute care unit, Behavioral Health at Clara Maass offers
inpatient services to adults ages 18 and over including the geriatric
population. Its treatment approach is based on providing clients
with the most appropriate care in the least restrictive setting
according to their individual needs. Treatment involves assessment,
intervention and medication administration along with a rich therapeutic
program of creative arts therapy, group psychotherapy, illness
education, medication management and pastoral services.
Behavioral Health typically treats a range of patients from those
with behavioral problems and concurrent drug or alcohol dependency
to those with a concurrent medical and psychiatric illness.
The program is comprised of an expert team of behavioral health
professionals that include board-certified psychiatrists, a licensed
psychologist, licensed clinical social workers, registered nurses,
mental health associates, an art therapist, an adjunct therapist,
a discharge coordinator and a case manager.
For more information, please call the Saint Barnabas Behavioral
Health Network Access Center at 1.800.300.0628.
Download the Behavioral Health Brochure (PDF)
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