Ocean Medical Center

Ocean University Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Health
Map
Geography
Location425 Jack Martin Boulevard
Brick Township, New Jersey, U.S.[1][2]
Organisation
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeShort term acute care
Affiliated universityRobert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds318
History
Former name(s)Point Pleasant Hospital, Ocean Medical Center
Opened1984
Links
WebsiteWebsite

Ocean University Medical Center (OUMC), formerly Ocean Medical Center,[3][4] is a 318-bed non-profit, short-term acute care teaching hospital located in Brick Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, providing tertiary and healthcare needs for the northern Jersey Shore and Central Jersey.

The university as of 2021 has 90 residents and five medical programs.[5][6]

OUMC is part of the Hackensack Meridian Health Health System and is affiliated with the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of Rutgers University.[7] Pediatric patients are under the care of doctors from K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital, and high-risk pediatric cases are transferred to the hospital.[8] In 2021 it was given a grade A by the Leapfrog patient safety organization.[9] In 2021 U.S. News ranked it among the 15 best maternity hospitals in New Jersey.[10]

History

[edit]

Ocean University Medical Center began as Point Pleasant Hospital in 1918 as a four-room facility in the Point Pleasant Beach home of Dr. Frank Denniston, and by the late 1920s expanded to a 16-bed building. It continued to expand and become the largest hospital in the region.[11][12]

In 1982, Point Pleasant Hospital changed its name to Northern Ocean Hospital System. The establishment of Brick Hospital began as grassroots movement in the 1960s.[13] Construction began in 1982 and opened in 1984 with 120 beds. In 1987, the Northern Ocean Hospital System changed its name to Medical Center of Ocean County, comprising Point Pleasant Hospital and Brick Hospital.[14]

When Point Pleasant Hospital closed, it became a standalone emergency department. The Brick Township and Point Pleasant facilities merged with the Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune and Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank on January 1, 1997, into Meridian Health.[15]

The new pavilion at Ocean Medical Center.

In 2013, it began an $82 million expansion project to substantially increase the capacity of its emergency room facilities and add additional basement and third floor space, funded in part by a $5 million donation from the family of Jirair Hovnanian.[16][17] It was completed in March, 2014. The new emergency room contained 49 new emergency beds and a dedicated pediatric emergency area.[18][19][20] In 2016, it opened its cancer center[21] and in 2017, new surgical suites,[22] as well as a "zen room" near the nurses' station where employees could break away from the work environment.[23]

In 2019, the institution started new construction on a heart and vascular center to combine heart and vascular services on one floor.[24] Also that year, Ocean Medical Center greatly expanded its pharmacy to include all needed medical products and to be a "one stop shop" for patients and the public.[25] Its name was changed to Ocean University Medical Center in 2021.

Services

[edit]

OUMC provides Bariatric Surgery, Cancer Care, Critical Care, a CyberKnife Center, The da Vinci Surgical System, a Dialysis Center, Emergency Department, Incontinence Center, Laboratory Services, Laparoscopic Gastric Banding (LAP-Band), Maternity, Orthopedics, Palliative Care, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Services, Same Day Surgery, Sleep Medicine, Surgical Services, Thoracic Surgery, Urologic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery.[26][27]

Rankings and reviews

[edit]

In 2020, the hospital was rated High Performing by U.S. News & World Report for treatment of colon cancer, COPD, and heart failure.

Also in 2020 in U.S. News & World Report, Ocean Medical Center tied with Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, Jefferson Health-Stratford, and Overlook Medical Center as #11 best in New Jersey.[28] The hospital is also recognized in Southern Jersey for its advanced medical care.[29]

The Human Rights Campaign ranked the hospital as one of the best in the state for treating LGBTQ patients.[30]

The Leapfrog Group gave the hospital an "A" rating as teaching hospital in 2019.[31][32] The Leapfrog group also named this hospital along with Jersey Shore University Medical Center as "top teaching hospitals nationally."[33]

Ocean Medical received acknowledgment in the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program.[34]

In 2021 it was listed one of New Jersey's best 15 hospitals for maternity care.[35]

University Teaching Hospital

[edit]

Ocean University Medical Center offers medical residencies for physicians in Internal Medicine (45 residents), Family Medicine (24 residents), Psychiatry (32 residents) and a Transitional year program, all of which are fully accredited. Fellowships include Sleep Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry.[36]

Medical Students from HMSOM, RWJ Medical School and Rowan-Virtua SOM rotate with the residents and attending physicians at OUMC.[37][38]

OUMC also offers PGY1 Pharmacy post graduate training as well.

See also

[edit]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Ocean Medical Center, Brick Township | 1180951 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Ocean Medical Center | CMS". www.cms.gov. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Welcome To Medical Center of Ocean County". 22 December 2002. Archived from the original on 22 December 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Hackensack Meridian changes hospital's name to reflect its university status". www.beckershospitalreview.com. October 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ Ebenau, Vin (October 2021). "Ocean Medical Center in Brick is changing their name: what that means for you". 92.7 WOBM. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ Vosseller, Bob (1 October 2021). "Ocean Medical Center Adds "University" To Its Name". Jersey Shore Online. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Affiliated Hospitals". www.rwjms.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Pediatric Services". Ocean Medical Center. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Hackensack Meridian Ocean University Medical Center - NJ - Hospital Safety Grade". www.hospitalsafetygrade.org. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  10. ^ NJ.com, Elizabeth Llorente | NJ Advance Media for (7 December 2021). "Here are N.J.'s top 15 hospitals for maternity care, says U.S. News". nj. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  11. ^ "1918_Hospital". www.pointpleasanthistory.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  12. ^ "If You're Thinking of Living in: Point Pleasant". The New York Times. 15 April 1984. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
  13. ^ Doyle, John (18 January 2018). "Brick Hospital another Byrne legacy". Asbury Park Press. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Our History". Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  15. ^ Pristin, Terry (4 January 1997). "3 Hospitals Blend Assets". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
  16. ^ "Ocean Medical Center in New Jersey Breaks Ground on $85M ED Expansion". Beckers Hospital Review. 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  17. ^ Breanne McCarthy, "Ocean Medical Center takes on $82 million expansion project", The Ocean Star (March 1, 2013), p. 12.
  18. ^ "Ocean Medical Center to open new building March 5", The Ocean Star (February 21, 2014), p. 19.
  19. ^ Allentoff, Jason (7 March 2014). "Ocean Medical Center Opens New Emergency Department". 92.7 WOBM. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Ocean Medical Center, Hirair & Anna Hovnanian Emergency Care Center | EYP". www.eypae.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  21. ^ Nee, Daniel (17 December 2015). "Construction to Begin Soon on Cancer Center at Ocean Medical Center". Brick, NJ Shorebeat -- News, Real Estate, Events, Community, Sports, Business. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  22. ^ Smestad-Nunn, Judy (14 September 2017). "Ocean Medical Center Unveils New Medical Suite". Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  23. ^ Michael L. Diamond, "Try Meditating", Florida Today (December 28, 2017), p. D1.
  24. ^ Vecchione, Anthony (27 November 2019). "Hackensack Meridian Health Ocean Medical Center unveils plans for heart and vascular center". Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  25. ^ Vecchione, Anthony (2 December 2019). "Ocean Medical Center opens expanded pharmacy". NJBIZ. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  26. ^ "Services A-Z". Ocean Medical Center. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  27. ^ "American Hospital Directory - Ocean Medical Center (310052) - Free Profile". www.ahd.com. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  28. ^ "New Jersey Hospital Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  29. ^ "Best Hospitals". Archived from the original on 23 January 2018.
  30. ^ Matthau, David (27 August 2019). "These 25 NJ hospitals get top ranking for treatment of LGBTQ patients". New Jersey 101.5. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  31. ^ "Jersey Shore University and Ocean Medical Centers Earn 2019 Leapfrog Top Hospital Awards – Shore News Network". 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  32. ^ Kaulessar, Ricardo; Carmody, Dennis P. "Monmouth, Ocean hospitals have good reasons to cheer safety grades". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  33. ^ TJVNews.com (24 January 2020). "Jersey Shore University & Ocean Medical Centers Earn 2019 Leapfrog Top Hospital Awards". The Jewish Voice. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  34. ^ Investigations, United States Congress House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and (7 January 2005). "Rx for VA's Nursing Shortage: Is There More Than One Antidote? : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, October 2, 2003". U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020 – via Google Books.
  35. ^ NJ.com, Elizabeth Llorente | NJ Advance Media for (7 December 2021). "Here are N.J.'s top 15 hospitals for maternity care, says U.S. News". nj. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  36. ^ "Residency and Fellowship programs at Ocean University Medical Center".
  37. ^ "Affiliated Hospitals". Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  38. ^ "Clerkship Clinical Sites". Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2023.

40°04′37″N 74°08′03″W / 40.076892°N 74.1340607°W / 40.076892; -74.1340607

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocean_Medical_Center&oldid=1242427215"