The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC) its Platinum Level recognition for the hospital’s efforts to increase enrollment in the New Jersey state donor registry and spread the life-saving message of organ and tissue donation awareness.
“Newark Beth Israel is honored to receive this recognition and committed to delivering life-saving transplants, as one of the top 15 heart transplant programs in the nation and the only lung transplant program in New Jersey,” said Darrell K. Terry, Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign presents the Platinum Award, its highest accolade, to hospitals across the country that successfully increase awareness of the importance of organ donation.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center recently welcomed representatives from the NJ Sharing Network who met with Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Darrell K. Terry, and medical center senior leaders to present the award.