West Orange, NJ – Essex County Government Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and RWJBarnabas Well being President and Chief Executive Officer Mark E. Manigan declared a partnership to provide a selection of health treatment solutions and screenings during Essex County. The initiative brings together the means of the Essex County Office environment of Public Wellbeing Administration and its cell well being device and the health care sources readily available as a result of RWJBarnabas Wellness. Functioning together, a sturdy timetable of outreach clinics will be made available where by inhabitants have access to health care screenings, vaccines, facts and referrals.
“We acquired in the course of the pandemic how helpful it was to attain out to the public and offer you to give vaccines right in their backyard. Bringing our cell health and fitness device and RWJBarnabas Wellbeing with each other is a substantial initiative to marketing healthier lifestyles and delivering well being treatment entry to all our people,” DiVincenzo stated. “RWJBarnabas Health has been a great companion with us for a very long time and we are delighted to appear collectively when once more to assistance our neighborhood. Government just can’t do anything by itself and getting RWJBarnabas Well being in your corner is a great asset,” he included.
“It is the mission of RWJBarnabas Health to serve its communities and to be their lover in reaching very long-phrase wellness and wellness,” stated Manigan. “In pursuit of this noble mission, we ought to be modern in the methods we enhance accessibility to equitable treatment. Many thanks to the determination and management of Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr., and all of Essex County’s municipalities, RWJBarnabas Well being has unbelievable associates in doing work to accomplish this objective.”
“The Neighborhood Health Study we executed past 12 months lose gentle on the wellbeing and professional medical requirements of our people and the troubles to access wellness care some segments of our populace have. We see our cell wellness unit as owning a substantial impact in bringing wellbeing products and services to inhabitants who need it the most,” reported Maya Lordo, Director of the Essex County Office environment of Community Overall health Administration.
“We figure out the value of going deeper into the group to attain it most susceptible citizens,” additional Margie Heller, Senior Vice President, Group Wellness and World Strategic Partnerships, RWJBarnabas Overall health. “To continue that get the job done, the cellular van extends our arrive at to far more members of the neighborhood by letting us to service all those without having easy access.”
The Community Health and fitness Survey completed in 2022 provides information on a county-broad basis, but also breaks down data at the municipal amount. This permits officials to receive a apparent photograph of the health and fitness care and clinical requirements of precise communities. RWJBarnabas Overall health also has proven relationships with underserved locations and community businesses and is a regarded wellness treatment service provider. The County’s cell unit presents house to perform examinations and screenings, and provide info
