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Get to know the rich history of NJHA and healthcare in New Jersey through images from the distant – and not-too-distant – past.

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1910

Christ Hospital, Jersey City, now CarePoint Health Christ Hospital

Christ Hospital

 Elizabeth General Hospital, now Trinitas Regional Medical Center

Elizabeth General Hospital

 Morristown Memorial Hospital, now Morristown Medical Center

Morristown Memorial Hospital
Muhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield, now an ambulatory center for Hackensack Meridian Health

Muhlenberg HospitalMuhlenberg Hospital, Plainfield, now an ambulatory center for Hackensack Meridian Health

 Paterson General Hospital, now St. Joseph’s Wayne Hospital

Paterson General Hospital

 City Hospital, Newark, now University Hospital

City Hospital
Hudson County Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Secaucus

Hudson County Sanitorium

1920

A program from the first NJHA Annual Meeting, in Newark.

First NJHA Annual Meeting

 The Betty Bacharach Home for Crippled Children opened in Longport in 1924 to serve children with polio.

Betty Bacharach Home for Crippled Children

 The first new members of NJHA joined in 1921 and 1922, including Cooper Hospital in Camden, Middlesex General Hospital in New Brunswick and the Atlantic County Tuberculosis Hospital.

Cooper Hospital

1930

The Autumn 1934 edition of the NJHA Quarterly Bulletin, featuring a letter from William J. Ellis, president of NJHA and commissioner of the New Jersey State Department of Institutions and Agencies.

NJHA Quarterly BulletinThe Autumn 1934 edition of the NJHA Quarterly Bulletin, featuring a letter from William J. Ellis, president of NJHA and commissioner of the New Jersey State Department of Institutions and Agencies.

 The Mountainside Hospital in Montclair completed its West Wing addition in 1931, bringing the total number of beds to 350 (Courtesy of Heritage of Caring by Robert D.B. Carlisle)

The Mountainside HospitalThe Mountainside Hospital in Montclair completed its West Wing addition in 1931, bringing the total number of beds to 350 (Courtesy of Heritage of Caring by Robert D.B. Carlisle)

 President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the completed Jersey City Medical Center complex Oct. 2, 1936. The Medical Center was one of the largest healthcare centers in the nation.

Jersey City Medical Center
The 13th Annual Meeting for NJHA was held in Atlantic City, as had two previous American Hospital Association annual meetings.

13th NJHA Annual Meeting

1940

In 1947, NJHA hired J. Harold Johnston as the Association’s first full-time executive.

J. Harold Johnston

 With the large number of soldiers returning to New Jersey, the federal government began construction on the Veterans Administration Hospital in East Orange. The Art Deco main hospital building is the centerpiece of the 34-acre campus.

Veterans Administration Hospital

 Beach goers and Atlantic County residents welcomed Shore Memorial Hospital, now Shore Medical Center, in Somers Point in 1940. The origins of the hospital go back to 1928, when Atlantic Shores Hospital and Sanitarium was built to treat substance use disorders.

Shore Memorial Hospital

1950

Post-war prosperity meant growing families as well as growing hospitals. In 1951, when this photo of a child at The Valley Hospital was taken, New Jersey saw 105,218 births, an increase of 7,484 babies from the prior year and an increase of 38,114 from 1941.

The Valley Hospital

 Kessler Rehabilitation, founded by World War II orthopedic surgeon Henry H. Kessler, opened its new location in West Orange in 1953. The building, which had a large gymnasium and prosthetics shop on site, was dedicated by Mme. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, the first woman president of the UN General Assembly.

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

 Operation Good Neighbor was carried out Aug. 18, 1957, when the last 42 remaining patients at Newark German Hospital were moved to the new Clara Maass Hospital in Belleville. More than 160 volunteers helped move the patients to the new building.

Clara Maass Medical Center
The Hill-Burton Act, passed in 1946, provided hospitals and nursing homes access to funding to expand and modernize. Hospitals like Our Lady of Lourdes in Camden were built the following decade through the program.

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center

1960

Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington became one of the first hospitals in the nation to allow fathers into the delivery room by the hospital’s 10th anniversary in 1963.

Hunterdon Medical Center

 NJHA’s second president, Jack W. Owen, created the Health Research and Educational Trust (HRET) in the 1960s to explore innovative ways to solve healthcare problems.

Jack Owens

 During the middle of the 20th Century, NJHA’s participation in Middle Atlantic Hospital Conference – later the Middle Atlantic Health Congress – allowed for wider sharing of new ideas and technology among leaders in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Middle Atlantic Hospital Conference
Princeton became the home to NJHA during this era; as the complexity of healthcare delivery grew, so did the Association.

NJHA’s Second Building

1970

The Center for Health Affairs opened as the current home to NJHA in 1977.

Center for Health Affairs

 The Center for Health Affairs opened as the current home to NJHA in 1977.

Center for Health Affairs

 The Center for Health Affairs opened as the current home to NJHA in 1977.

Center for Health Affairs

1980

Ed Bradley, third from left, the popular 60 Minutes correspondent, spoke at the 1988 NJHA Annual Meeting. Donald Davis, CEO of Hunterdon Medical Center and immediate-past Chair of the NJHA Board, left, is photographed with NJHA President and CEO Lou Scibetta, Bradley and incoming chair, Kenneth Courey, president of St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville.

1988 NJHA Annual MeetingEd Bradley, third from left, the popular 60 Minutes correspondent, spoke at the 1988 NJHA Annual Meeting. Donald Davis, CEO of Hunterdon Medical Center and immediate-past Chair of the NJHA Board, left, is photographed with NJHA President and CEO Lou Scibetta, Bradley and incoming chair, Kenneth Courey, president of St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville.

 New Jersey became one of the first two states in the nation to legislate that no one can ever be turned away from an acute care hospital because of an inability to pay with the 1987 Uncompensated Care Trust Fund Act.

Uncompensated Care

 Another innovation that set New Jersey ahead in the 1980s was the implementation of Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) to a reimbursement model, which eventually became the model for the federal Medicare program.

Diagnostic Related Groups
NJHA President and CEO Lou Scibetta holds up a copy of the 1981 annual report for the Association.

1981 Annual Report

1990

New Jersey hospitals collaborated to aid their Russian counterparts and NJHA organized Operation Carelift, which sent 40 tons of medical supplies to five Russian hospitals.

Operation Carelift

 Gov. Christie Whitman appeared in a poster touting bicycle helmets in partnership with NJHA, the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame and the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey. Bicycle-related fatalities for children under the age of 13 decreased 60 percent in the first five years of New Jersey’s helmet law.

Helmet Safety

 NJHA celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1993. In addition to the annual meeting, a celebratory gala was held, as well as an educational symposium featuring distinguished speakers from around the nation and keynoted by Charles Kuralt. NJHA also worked with schools and community partners around the state to provide a health and safety curriculum called PRO-KIDS – Keeping Individual Decisions Smart.

NJHA 75th Anniversary
As a way of reaching more people around the state with the latest information, a traveling exhibit called HealthWise gave communities access to health education materials.

HealthWise

 Vincent Joseph and John K. Lloyd, both of Meridian Health, celebrate an award at the NJHA Annual Meeting.

Annual Meeting

2000

On Sept. 11, 2001, New Jersey’s hospitals leapt into action in response to the terrorist attacks across the Hudson River. Frontline facilities like Jersey City Medical Center and Christ Hospital in Jersey City tended to the wounded, while the NJHA staff helped create a hotline for families to call in search of New Jersey victims. After the initial response, NJHA created a dedicated Emergency Preparedness department, which has created best-practices for emergencies ranging from Hurricane Sandy to Ebola.

September 11, 2001

 The New York Yankees skipper Joe Torre spoke to the NJHA Annual Meeting in June 2001, sharing wisdom from his many years on championship baseball teams.

Torre at Annual Meeting

 The Quality Institute, now the NJHA Institute for Quality and Patient Safety, was formed in 2002 to centralize all of the quality improvement work done by New Jersey’s hospitals and to disseminate best practices from around the country.

NJHA’s Quality Institute
Gov. Jon Corzine and Commissioner of Health Heather Howard visited NJHA in 2009, photographed here with NJHA President and CEO Betsy Ryan and John T. Gribbin, president and CEO of CentraState Healthcare System and NJHA Board Chair.

Governor’s Visit

 Richard P. Miller, president and CEO of Viruta, receives an award from Adrienne Kirby, then-COO of Virtua, now CEO of Cooper University Health Care, at the annual American College of Healthcare Executives breakfast in 2004.

American College of Healthcare Executives

2010

The H stands for more than just hospital and it was especially true when Superstorm Sandy landed on New Jersey’s shores Oct. 29, 2012. While the storm raged, healthcare providers at facilities across the state continued to serve their communities any way they knew how.

Jersey Strong

 Healthcare reform dominated the political sphere of the 2010s, with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the attempts to repeal the landmark law. NJHA worked with state and federal law makers to ensure providers’ voices were heard, then shared their knowledge with members to ease implementation.

Healthcare Reform

 NJHA took on a new mission of helping the state’s veterans find employment and healthcare. Initially, the Association trained unemployed veterans to serve as healthcare navigators, helping their communities sign up for health insurance. As the program evolved, the navigators, seen here with NJHA President and CEO Betsy Ryan, were trained in Mental Health First Aid and other ways to help their fellow vets in need of help.

Veterans
President and CEO Betsy Ryan and Health Commissioner Cathy Bennett chat at the 2016 Mother-Baby Summit. Bennett succeeded Ryan in leading NJHA starting in November 2017.

New Leadership

 NJHA staff and representatives from member organizations attend the 2017 American Hospital Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. In addition to meeting with contemporaries from around the country, meetings were held with the New Jersey Congressional delegation to advocate for a healthier Garden State.

National Advocacy

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