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renovation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and evening reception. The urgent care center invited local businesses, physicians, lawmakers and vendors to share in the cel - ebration. Jeanne Kingsley, Borough Council President, and Joe Steiner, President of the Suburban Chamber of Commerce, spoke during the event, thanking the medical practice, which is open evenings, weekends and holidays, for continuing to serve area residents. Alex Strachan, MD, Executive Vice President of the practice, thanked the staff for its hard work and patience during the project. (L–R) Jeanne Kingsley, Berkeley Heights Borough Council President; Alex Strachan, MD, Executive Vice President, eMedical Urgent Care; Jane Sennett, DO, Medical Director, eMedical Urgent Care; John Bertolini, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Emergency Medical Associates; Patrice Cihak, Director of Operations, eMedical Urgent Care; and Linda Balling, Practice Manager, eMedical Urgent Care, celebrate the Berkeley Heights Urgent Care Center's recent $500,000 renovation. CarePoint Health-Christ Hospital has received the Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improve - ment measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks. The American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline program's goal is to reduce system barriers to prompt treatment for heart attacks, beginning with the 911 call and continuing through hospital treatment. CarePoint Health-Christ Hospital earned the award by meeting specific criteria and standards of performance for the quick and appropriate treatment of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction patients by providing emergency procedures to re-establish blood flow to blocked arter - ies when needed. Eligible hospitals must adhere to these measures for a designated period to receive the award. Hackensack University Health Network (UHN) and Seton Hall University (SHU) announced that the two organizations have signed a definitive agreement to form a new, four-year school of medicine. Earlier this year, HackensackUHN and SHU signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the establishment of the school. This partnership will establish the only pri - vate Catholic school of medicine currently in the state and provide a significant economic boost to the region. Establishing a school of medicine with the backing of two esteemed institutions will attract the best and brightest medical students in the state of New Jersey and help curb the critical physician short - age that the state and the nation currently face. By 2020, it is estimated there will be a shortage of 2,500 physicians in the Garden State. In order to make this transforma - tional project a reality, HackensackUHN and SHU will launch a significant philanthropic fundraising effort and will seek state funding and incentives. (Standing, L–R) Patrick Murray, Chair of the Seton Hall Board of Regents; Joseph Simunovich, Chair of the Hackensack University Health Network Board of Trustees (Sitting, L–R) A. Gabriel Esteban, President of Seton Hall University; Robert C. Garrett, President and CEO of Hackensack University Health Network CarePoint Health and Fresenius Medical Care North America, through its subsidiary Shiel Medical Laboratory (Shiel), announced a strategic partnership. Under the arrange - ment, CarePoint and Shiel will provide outreach laboratory testing services to physicians, nursing homes and other provid- ers within the CarePoint Health System and beyond. In partnering with Shiel, CarePoint Health is able to offer enhanced laboratory outpatient services to its network of physician practices. In addition to clinical services being offered by Shiel, it will also support the CarePoint Health network with an array of operational support services. The Shiel interoperability team will provide comprehensive EHR connectivity for all physician offices in the CarePoint Health network and connect to CarePoint Health's laboratory information system. More than 60 members of the Coalition to Save Saint Michael's Medical Center traveled from Newark to the State House in Trenton to deliver petitions with more than 41,000 signatures urging Gov. Chris Christie to approve the sale of the Newark hospital to Prime Healthcare. The coalition delivered the petitions to the governor's office after members of the coalition spoke about the importance of keeping Saint Michael's open for Newark residents. Prime Healthcare has an agreement to purchase Saint Michael's Medical Center. Saint Michael's employs more than 1,400 workers and has served the community for nearly 150 years. The coalition has garnered widespread support from around the com - munity, including elected officials, organized labor and clergy. Unions that represent work- ers at the hospital are also supporting the sale of Saint Michael's to Prime Healthcare. About 900 of Saint Michael's employees are members of one of four unions, while 300 are Newark residents and 700 reside in Essex County. The Newark City Council, Belleville Town Council and the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders have all passed resolu - tions supporting the hospital. ■ +++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ +++++++++++++++++++ LOCAL NEWS ❯ Members of the Save Saint Michael's Coalition traveled to the Statehouse on June 23 to deliver more than 41,000 petitions in favor of keeping the medical center open and approving its sale to Prime Healthcare. 2 2 | Northern New Jersey MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M

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