News Around Saint Clare's Health

​Saint Clare’s Health has received a number of honors and recognitions. The hospital was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes Saint Clare’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. It received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

​Saint Clare’s has been recognized by the American Heart Association as a Mission: Lifeline-STEMI Receiving Center-Gold Plus Achievement Award hospital. The American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline STEMI accreditation denotes the highest level of commitment to consistent and optimal STEMI care at the system level. This accreditation was developed in conjunction with Mission: Lifeline and recognizes hospitals that meet specific standards as STEMI (heart attack) receiving centers or referring hospitals. In addition, Saint Clare’s Denville Hospital for the second year in a row received a Healthgrades (2018-2019) Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award. Healthgrades is the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals. This award places Saint Clare’s Denville Hospital in the top 5 percent of all hospitals evaluated for providing outstanding quality outcomes in gynecologic surgery. The Center for Cancer Care at Saint Clare’s Denville Hospital also announced it has acquired the TruBeam Advanced Radiation Treatment System for cancer. The TruBeam system’s patented radial therapy beam technology targets tumors with a high degree of power and precision, enabling users to treat cancer without surgery using powerful, state of-the-art radiation therapy, delivered precisely and accurately and individualized for each patient.

In addition, Saint Clare’s sponsored its annual Survivor’s Day Brunch at the Rockaway River Country Club. More than 140 survivors and their guests were treated to a brunch, complimentary medicine, a basket raffle and encouraging words from Christine Ferdinand, founder of the Operation Bling Foundation, which supports cancer patients by giving them sparkling jewels free during their cancer journey. Saint Clare’s staff and community friends volunteered to support the event.