Mountainside Medical Center
| Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center | |
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| Hackensack Meridian Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°48′43″N 74°12′14″W / 40.812°N 74.204°WCoordinates: 40°48′43″N 74°12′14″W / 40.812°N 74.204°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Medicare (US), Medicaid |
| Type | Acute |
| Affiliated university | University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey |
| Services | |
| Standards | JCAHO |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 231 |
| History | |
| Opened | in 1891 as "The Mountainside Hospital" |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside, also known as Mountainside Hospital, is a community hospital with a university affiliation located in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. The hospital has 365 beds and serves Northeastern Essex County. A part of the Hackensack University Health Network, Mountainside Hospital is one of only two for-profit hospitals in New Jersey.[1]
History[]
In the summer of 1890, Margaret Jane Merewether Power of Montclair came upon a small child who had fallen from a third story window, and was in need of serious medical attention. Upset at the fact that there was no nearby health care facility, Mrs. Power called upon other ladies in her social circle, and vowed to work toward a solution to the problem. In 1891, a three-story building was purchased and prepared to care for patients. Dr. John J.H. Love was named the first President of the Medical and Surgical Staff of "The Mountainside Hospital". The word "The" was later dropped from the hospital's formal name, making it simply "Mountainside Hospital".[2]
On May 31, 2007, it was purchased by Merit Health Systems, a privately owned for-profit Louisville, Kentucky hospital management company that acquires, owns and operates community hospitals. Merit continued to operate the hospital until February 1, 2012, when ownership of the hospital was transferred to Montclair Health System, LLC, a joint venture between LHP Hospital Group, Inc. (LHP) (now Ardent Health Services) and Hackensack Meridian Health, who together also operate Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley in Westwood, New Jersey.[3]
Location[]
Mountainside Hospital's mailing address is in Montclair, NJ
Although the hospital's website provides directions that involve taking Grove Street south to Claremont Avenue and then taking Claremont Avenue to Walnut Crescent, this route requires crossing a railroad twice (once on Grove Street and once on Claremont Avenue), and possibly being delayed at a grade level crossing. Taking Grove Street to Walnut Street and then taking Walnut Street to Walnut Crescent is approximately the same distance and avoids the railroad crossings.
In popular culture[]
On the American television drama series The Sopranos, A.J. Soprano is placed in the psychiatric ward at Mountainside Hospital after he tries to drown himself in the family pool. Later, his father Tony Soprano gets a bill of $2,200 per day for warehousing his son at the mental health facility.
People[]
- Kevin O'Connor (physician), physician to President Joe Biden, completed family medicine residency at Mountainside Medical Center.
References[]
- ^ [1]. Accessed June 17, 2009.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). Accessed June 17, 2009.
- ^ [2]. Accessed March 18, 2013.
External links[]
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- Hospitals in Essex County, New Jersey
- Hospitals in New Jersey
- Buildings and structures in Essex County, New Jersey
- Montclair, New Jersey