An expansion of services increases the options for high-quality health care.
“We are expanding to meet demand,” says Michael Prilutsky, President and Chief Executive Officer of JCMC. “We’ve heard outstanding feedback from the Bayonne community about their experience at our SED, and the volume of visits there continues to grow significantly. “Now, people who need further services after visiting our SED will be able to find 90 percent of those services in the same building at 519 Broadway. In fact, anyone in the community will be able to access high-quality medical services without ever having to leave the Bayonne zip code.”
Comfort and Quality
The second and third floors of the building are being built out in two phases. Phase I will have 25,000 square feet of medical services space. “Phase II will have another 15,000 square feet, including more exam and procedure rooms to accommodate the volume of patients we expect,” Prilutsky says. “It will be a top-notch installation, the kind of space RWJBarnabas Health is known to bring to the marketplace. There will be modern design, high-end finishes, wide, bright hallways and electronic digital displays to govern the flow of traffic.”
Comfort and convenience have been included in the plans. “The parking deck is connected by a covered bridge to the second level of the building,” Prilutsky says. “Having a medical supply shop on-site will make it easier for people to have one-stop health care. There will be a coffee shop so people can relax a little bit if they need to.
”The true distinction of the facility, however, lies in the level of health care provided, Prilutsky says. “What we do is driven by the quality and professionalism of our staff,” he says. “We are recruiting physicians for the expansion through the RWJBarnabas Health medical group, giving us a combination of providers with truly impeccable credentials and training.
“Our primary physicians will be practicing in concert with on-site social workers, mental health specialists, nutritionists and patient navigators. It’s a comprehensive approach to primary care that doesn’t exist anywhere else in Bayonne—or in most places, for that matter.”
Patients at RWJBarnabas Health at Bayonne will also have the benefit of expertise that comes from being part of a large health care system. The RWJBarnabas Health partnership with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey means that JCMC physicians collaborate with the state’s only National Cancer Institute-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. And, of course, they have the advantage of having JCMC nearby.
“Our goal for patients who leave our SED is to offer the convenience of having almost any service they need right in the same building,” Prilutsky says. “And if they do need to be admitted to the main hospital, all the resources of Jersey City Medical Center are available not far down the road.”
New medical services in Bayonne
The expansion of RWJBarnabas Health at Bayonne will include the following services:
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular imaging
- General surgery
- Medical supply shop
- Minor procedures
- Neurology
- OB-GYN and maternal fetal medicine
- Orthopedics
- Primary care, including nutrition and mental health services
- Physical, occupational and speech therapy
- Pulmonary function testing
- Vascular surgery
RWJBarnabas Health at Bayonne is located at 59 Broadway at the corner of 24th Street. To learn more or to find a doctor at RWJBarnabas Health at Bayonne, call: 888.724.7123 or visit: www.rwjbh.org/bayonne.