Newswise — Hackensack Meridian Health is pleased to announce that Richard W. Henning, co-chair of the Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation Board of Trustees, has been honored with a United Hospital Fund 2018 Distinguished Trustee Award.
“I want to congratulate Rich Henning on this well-deserved recognition,” said Robert C. Garrett, co-CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health. “Rich is a dynamic, driven and dedicated trustee leader who cares deeply about being of service in order to advance and support the health and well-being of our patients, their families and our extended communities.”
In addition to serving as co-chair of the Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals Corporation Board of Trustees, Mr. Henning serves on the Executive, Quality and Safety, Regulatory and Accreditation, and Human Resources committees. He has chaired the Hackensack University Medical Center Board of Governors, co-chaired the Ad Hoc ETC Advisory Committee and served on the Heart & Vascular Hospital Advisory Committee.
“It is an honor to receive this award,” said Mr. Henning. “I believe that providing community service is essential to making the community work. We all have the capacity to make a positive difference. I am delighted to serve Hackensack Meridian Health, where so many lives are so positively impacted.”
In his professional life, Mr. Henning serves senior vice president, Communications, at SUEZ North America. In this position, he is responsible for setting public policy and strategic planning for the company with a primary focus on corporate social responsibility and attracting new business.
The Tribute to Hospital and Health Care Trustees highlights the importance of hospital and health care trusteeship. Fellow trustee honorees represent area hospitals, nursing homes, and home care. The Tribute event will be held in New York City on April 30.
ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. Hackensack Meridian Health comprises 16 hospitals from Bergen to Ocean counties, which includes three academic medical centers – Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, JFK Medical Center in Edison; two children’s hospitals – Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Hackensack, K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital in Neptune; 11 community hospitals – Ocean Medical Center in Brick, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, and Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison and Shore Rehabilitation Institute in Brick.
Additionally, the network has more than 160 patient care locations throughout the state which include ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers. Hackensack Meridian Health has 33,000 team members, and 6,500 physicians and is a distinguished leader in health care philanthropy, committed to the health and well-being of the communities it serves.
The network’s notable distinctions include having one of only five major academic medical centers in the nation to receive Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award for five or more consecutive years, four hospitals among the top 10 in New Jersey, including Hackensack University Medical Center which is ranked No. 1 by U.S. News and World Report. Other honors include consistently achieving Magnet recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety and Quality from The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum, a six-time recipient of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” one of the “20 Best Workplaces in Health Care” in the nation, and the number one “Best Place to Work for Women.” Hackensack Meridian Health is a member of AllSpire Health Partners, an interstate consortium of leading health systems, to focus on the sharing of best practices in clinical care and achieving efficiencies.
For additional information, please visit www.HackensackMeridianHealth.org.
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