Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ
Investment in the Long Branch Campus
RWJBarnabas Health is proud of its longstanding commitment to Monmouth Medical Center. The Long Branch campus will continue to provide patients with vital services and an enhanced patient experience. This transformation will directly benefit patients, caregivers, and families and ensure that Monmouth Medical Center continues to meet the evolving needs of the community, including underserved populations, for decades to come. Plans to redesign the Long Branch campus include facility improvements focused on centralizing services for greater efficiency and ease of access, ultimately enhancing the patient experience. These planned renovations feature updates to the largest patient care tower and the building’s façade, along with added parking and green space, all designed to improve the experience for patients, visitors, and staff. Moreover, a future transition to private rooms will provide the highest standards of privacy, comfort, and dignity.
Renovated Radiology Suite and the Latest in CT and MRI Scanning Technology
This year MMC introduced the latest technology in MRI and CT imaging, offering increased patient comfort as well as more precise imaging and reporting for even the most complex cases.
MMC's comprehensive Diagnostic Radiology Department offers state-of-the-art imaging facilities and equipment and a team of highly qualified radiologists, specializing in traditional diagnostic radiology and the most advanced interventional radiological procedures. Most recently the hospital added a SOMATOM Pro.Pulse CT Scan, the latest innovation in CT scanning that offers precise positioning technology, mood lighting, and innovative visual instructions to keep patients at ease while generating consistent scan results, in a completely renovate CT suite designed for the ultimate in patient comfort.
Additionally, MMC has introduced the MAGNETOM Aera 1.5T MRI system, advanced technology that helps overcome the challenges of body MRI with motion technology and offers free-breathing examinations to those with limited breath-hold capacity. This paradigm shift in MR imaging makes it possible to perform advanced neurological examinations, previously excluded from routine imaging.
Read more: Monmouth Medical Center Introduces Latest Technology in CT, MRI Imaging
Renovated Main Lobby and Entrance Foyer
A major renovation of the hospital’s entrance foyer was recently completed as a part of an ambitious renovation of the main lobby. In recognition of the gift from the Grunin Foundation, the foyer was named the Linda Grunin Entry Hall. Additionally, main lobby staff at MMC are now welcoming patients, visitors and staff from the confines of a modern, beautifully appointed and easily accessible reception desk that offers ease of access with a 360-degree design. The Fran and Don Welcome Reception Desk, a signature element of the recent sweeping renovation of the hospital’s main lobby, is named for lifelong Long Branch area residents, and career public school teachers, H. Donald and the late Frances Welcome.