Hackensack University Medical Center
| Hackensack University Medical Center | |
|---|---|
| Hackensack Meridian Health | |
"Where Medicine Meets Innovation" | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°53′03″N 74°03′27″W / 40.88417°N 74.05750°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Medicare (US), Medicaid, Charity care |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Rutgers University - New Jersey Medical School |
| Network | Hackensack Meridian Health |
| Services | |
| Standards | JCAHO |
| Emergency department | Level I Adult Trauma Center / Level II Pediatric Trauma Center (see Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital) |
| Beds | 950 |
| Speciality | Cardiac care and cardiac surgery, geriatric services (State-Designated Children's Hospital and ANA Magnet Facility) |
| Helipad | FAA LID: NJ22 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1888 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Other links | NACHRI AAMC ANA Planetree Alliance |
Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a 950-bed non-profit, research and teaching hospital providing tertiary and healthcare needs located seven miles (11 km) west of New York City, in Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of 2019, it ranks as the second-largest hospital in New Jersey and No. 59 in the US. HUMC is the largest hospital in the Hackensack Meridian Health Health System. It is affiliated with the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers University and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. The medical center was founded in 1888 as Bergen County's first hospital, with 12 beds. The hospital is an ACS verified level 1 trauma center, one of five in the state. In 2021 it was given a grade A by the Leapfrog patient safety organization.