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CentraState Medical Center 901 W Main St Freehold, NJ 07728 CentraState Briefs CentraState Named 'Most Wired' for 2012 the country to be named "Most Wired." The prestigious designation recognizes health care organizations that have successfully adopted information technology (IT) in four critical areas: infrastructure; business and administrative management; clinical quality and safety; and care continuum. CentraState has invested approximately $20 million in health IT during the past 12 years as part of our ongoing commitment to enhance patient safety and create more efficient care processes. For the third year in a row, Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, has recognized CentraState Medical Center as one of the nation's Most Wired health care organizations, according to the results of the magazine's annual survey. CentraState is one of only 215 health care organizations in CentraState's First Impressions Maternity Center Receives Donation from Michael's Feat New Outpatient Lab in Jackson CentraState's new outpatient lab offers more than 500 comprehensive diagnostic tests, including blood counts; protimes; urinalysis, thyroid and glucose testing; CBC; basic metabolic panel (BMP); prostate specific antigen (PSA); lipid profile; and many more. CentraState's Outpatient Lab is located at CentraState's Medical Office at Jackson, 21 South Hope Chapel Road, Jackson. The hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. No appointment is necessary except for glucose tolerance testing. The lab provides services to people of all ages and accepts most insurance plans. For more information about CentraState's Outpatient Lab or to make an appointment, call (732) 363-4614 or visit www.centrastate.com/jackson. HD CentraState Healthcare System's First Impressions Maternity Center recently received a $31,000 donation from the Michael Gerard Puharic Memorial Fund, Inc., a local, non-profit organization dedicated to giving comfort and easing the burden for parents carrying and caring for seriously ill newborns. The funds were used to renovate space into the "Michael's Feat Family Room." The renovation also included the addition of a phototherapy light for babies born with jaundice; incubators (called isolettes) for newborns that allow minimal light and noise exposure and help the newborn stay warm; and warmers, which help regulate the babies' body temperatures. A new antenatal testing room, equipped with three beds and fetal monitors, accommodates pregnant women during their outpatient stress tests. Michael's Feat is named in loving memory of organization founders Adam and Dana Puharic's son, Michael Gerard. Read Healthy Directions online at www.centrastate.com/publications. Subscribe to our free health e-newsletter by scanning the QR code with your smartphone or visiting www.centrastate.com/enews.