1800s
On April 5, 1888, Mrs. Sheppard Homans and Stephen Clarke, Esq., signed the articles of incorporation for The Englewood Hospital Association. The mission was clear: “…for the purpose of establishing a hospital in the Village of Englewood and therein to care for, cure, nurture and maintain sick, injured, and indigent infirm persons residing in or found within the Townships of Harrington, Palisade and Ridgefield.” (These townships later became the Northern Valley’s present communities.)
The Association purchased a three-acre tract of land for $1,048 and began construction in November 1889. Dedicated on June 14, 1890, the wooden building had a 25 x 28-foot central administration area flanked by two 12 x 28-foot wings, which housed 12 beds. The cost of construction was $4,684.63.
Englewood Hospital admitted its first patient on June 25, 1890. During its first year, the hospital treated 70 patients, and the medical staff performed 17 operations. Ward patients paid a dollar a day in hospital costs. Demands on the hospital increased rapidly, and in 1893, its first addition was completed. That same year, the endowment fund received its first gift—a $500 bond—and of the 123 patients treated that year, 100 received free care. Three years later, the hospital established the Englewood Hospital Training School for nurses.
1800s
On April 5, 1888, Mrs. Sheppard Homans and Stephen Clarke, Esq., signed the articles of incorporation for The Englewood Hospital Association. The mission was clear: “…for the purpose of establishing a hospital in the Village of Englewood and therein to care for, cure, nurture and maintain sick, injured, and indigent infirm persons residing in or found within the Townships of Harrington, Palisade and Ridgefield.” (These townships later became the Northern Valley’s present communities.)
The Association purchased a three-acre tract of land for $1,048 and began construction in November 1889. Dedicated on June 14, 1890, the wooden building had a 25 x 28-foot central administration area flanked by two 12 x 28-foot wings, which housed 12 beds. The cost of construction was $4,684.63.
Englewood Hospital admitted its first patient on June 25, 1890. During its first year, the hospital treated 70 patients, and the medical staff performed 17 operations. Ward patients paid a dollar a day in hospital costs. Demands on the hospital increased rapidly, and in 1893, its first addition was completed. That same year, the endowment fund received its first gift—a $500 bond—and of the 123 patients treated that year, 100 received free care. Three years later, the hospital established the Englewood Hospital Training School for nurses.
1900s
A second expansion completed in 1901 accommodated a Men’s Ward and a Women’s Ward, each with 12 beds, and a Children’s Ward with eight beds. In addition, there were nine nurses’ rooms with sitting rooms and an isolation room, dispensary, operating room, dining room, kitchen and other rooms. In 1906, the hospital purchased more land on its north side to provide a receiving ward, a maternity ward, a new isolation room, new dining room, new kitchen and laundry. Growth continued to strain facilities, spurring the need for another expansion. The hospital’s first building fund campaign raised $133,000, and in 1915, a new three-story brick building and a contagious disease pavilion opened.
During the World War I years, the hospital fought many epidemics: infantile paralysis in 1916, scarlet fever in 1917, and the influenza epidemic in 1918, which cost 30 million lives worldwide. Following the epidemic, hospital officials expanded the nursing program and provided adequate housing facilities for the nurses in training. The Englewood Inn and the property on which the medical center now stands were donated to the hospital for this purpose. Pierce Hall, as it was known, was home to the Englewood nurses until the completion of a new facility in 1929.
Population growth in the Northern Valley soon resulted in severe overcrowding, which induced a major new building program in 1923. One million dollars was raised to build and equip new facilities, and in 1925, the hospital moved into what is now the East Wing.
1900s
A second expansion completed in 1901 accommodated a Men’s Ward and a Women’s Ward, each with 12 beds, and a Children’s Ward with eight beds. In addition, there were nine nurses’ rooms with sitting rooms and an isolation room, dispensary, operating room, dining room, kitchen and other rooms. In 1906, the hospital purchased more land on its north side to provide a receiving ward, a maternity ward, a new isolation room, new dining room, new kitchen and laundry. Growth continued to strain facilities, spurring the need for another expansion. The hospital’s first building fund campaign raised $133,000, and in 1915, a new three-story brick building and a contagious disease pavilion opened.
During the World War I years, the hospital fought many epidemics: infantile paralysis in 1916, scarlet fever in 1917, and the influenza epidemic in 1918, which cost 30 million lives worldwide. Following the epidemic, hospital officials expanded the nursing program and provided adequate housing facilities for the nurses in training. The Englewood Inn and the property on which the medical center now stands were donated to the hospital for this purpose. Pierce Hall, as it was known, was home to the Englewood nurses until the completion of a new facility in 1929.
Population growth in the Northern Valley soon resulted in severe overcrowding, which induced a major new building program in 1923. One million dollars was raised to build and equip new facilities, and in 1925, the hospital moved into what is now the East Wing.
1930s
Englewood Hospital had grown to a 200-bed hospital with laboratory, X-ray facilities, an operating suite, pediatric, maternity and outpatient departments, including a public health nursing service, and a medical staff of 30 doctors including specialists in eye, ear, nose and throat, pediatrics, surgery, x-ray, and laboratory.
A new building to house the 120-student School of Nursing was completed in 1930.
Tremendous growth in every department of the hospital was also apparent by that time. On the eve of the Great Depression, the hospital’s annual volume was some 56,000 patient days of service and more than 2,600 operations. However, as the Depression era ended and the war era began, the hospital was once again strained.
By this time, new technology and advances in medicine, surgery and drugs had shortened the length of a hospital stay. An era of “wonder drugs” was helping to treat and prevent many deadly and disabling diseases.
1930s
Englewood Hospital had grown to a 200-bed hospital with laboratory, X-ray facilities, an operating suite, pediatric, maternity and outpatient departments, including a public health nursing service, and a medical staff of 30 doctors including specialists in eye, ear, nose and throat, pediatrics, surgery, x-ray, and laboratory.
A new building to house the 120-student School of Nursing was completed in 1930.
Tremendous growth in every department of the hospital was also apparent by that time. On the eve of the Great Depression, the hospital’s annual volume was some 56,000 patient days of service and more than 2,600 operations. However, as the Depression era ended and the war era began, the hospital was once again strained.
By this time, new technology and advances in medicine, surgery and drugs had shortened the length of a hospital stay. An era of “wonder drugs” was helping to treat and prevent many deadly and disabling diseases.
1940s
Throughout the 1940s, the hospital continued to introduce new services needed by the community or available because of technology. It formalized the X-ray department, equipped with current technology, and started its plasma bank, the county’s first blood bank for whole blood. It also established gynecological, bronchoscopy, gastroscopy and cardiac clinics.
1940s
Throughout the 1940s, the hospital continued to introduce new services needed by the community or available because of technology. It formalized the X-ray department, equipped with current technology, and started its plasma bank, the county’s first blood bank for whole blood. It also established gynecological, bronchoscopy, gastroscopy and cardiac clinics.
1950s
By 1950, Englewood Hospital had emerged with a strong blend of facilities, equipment, medical staff and community support.
Following World War II, welfare fringe benefits secured by labor contracts expanded access to healthcare. Soon, private health insurance became a standard employee benefit. In the mid-1960s, Medicare and Medicaid enhanced financial access for the elderly and poor.
These programs translated into a massive infusion of funds into healthcare delivery, spurring the need for more facilities and doctors. Additional federal and private funds became available for hospital construction, medical education and research.
In the late 1950s, the Board of Freeholders commissioned a survey titled, “A Hospital Plan for Bergen County.” It recommended that the hospital expand to 467 beds by 1965. And so, the hospital began its seventh decade with a $1.1 million building fund campaign. A new West Wing, dedicated in 1953, replaced two wings of the old clinic and provided 100 additional adult beds. In 1956, a $4.5 million building program soon grew to be $7 million to fully expand the West Wing.
The expansion changed the face of the hospital. Pierce Hall was demolished and property on Brownes Terrace was acquired to meet the ever-growing needs for more parking.
Completed in 1965, the expansion provided needed facilities for the growing Public Health Services Department, including clinics and public health nursing, and other services such as emergency, cobalt therapy, and pediatrics.
1950s
By 1950, Englewood Hospital had emerged with a strong blend of facilities, equipment, medical staff and community support.
Following World War II, welfare fringe benefits secured by labor contracts expanded access to healthcare. Soon, private health insurance became a standard employee benefit. In the mid-1960s, Medicare and Medicaid enhanced financial access for the elderly and poor.
These programs translated into a massive infusion of funds into healthcare delivery, spurring the need for more facilities and doctors. Additional federal and private funds became available for hospital construction, medical education and research.
In the late 1950s, the Board of Freeholders commissioned a survey titled, “A Hospital Plan for Bergen County.” It recommended that the hospital expand to 467 beds by 1965. And so, the hospital began its seventh decade with a $1.1 million building fund campaign. A new West Wing, dedicated in 1953, replaced two wings of the old clinic and provided 100 additional adult beds. In 1956, a $4.5 million building program soon grew to be $7 million to fully expand the West Wing.
The expansion changed the face of the hospital. Pierce Hall was demolished and property on Brownes Terrace was acquired to meet the ever-growing needs for more parking.
Completed in 1965, the expansion provided needed facilities for the growing Public Health Services Department, including clinics and public health nursing, and other services such as emergency, cobalt therapy, and pediatrics.
1960s
A new dimension of patient care evolved in the 1960s as the hospital became more sophisticated and treatment became more specialized. The specialization trend in the 1960s bred a host of new services, reflecting technology advances in equipment and procedures. As the medical and caring reputation of the hospital grew, so did its role as a teaching facility; its nursing school was well established, and the hospital now had internships for doctors and dentists, and for chaplains.
In 1966, the first class of seven graduated from its new School of Radiology with training in such specialties as general X-ray, cobalt therapy, and nuclear medicine. A decade later, the school remained at the forefront, as CAT-scans and ultrasound equipment were developed to reduce radiation exposure while providing clearer images.
As the hospital celebrated its 75th anniversary, it was time to embark on its most expensive expansion and modernization program. A medical and administrative committee began by considering future needs—to reexamine and understand changes and trends in healthcare and their community—and to mold their vision of a changed hospital. They hired an architect to develop a long-range master plan for future growth within the limits of available property. And they organized the hospital’s largest fundraising effort ever—as estimated $12 million for a 280-bed wing and a 500-car parking lot. With loans, the project would eventually cost $18 million.
1960s
A new dimension of patient care evolved in the 1960s as the hospital became more sophisticated and treatment became more specialized. The specialization trend in the 1960s bred a host of new services, reflecting technology advances in equipment and procedures. As the medical and caring reputation of the hospital grew, so did its role as a teaching facility; its nursing school was well established, and the hospital now had internships for doctors and dentists, and for chaplains.
In 1966, the first class of seven graduated from its new School of Radiology with training in such specialties as general X-ray, cobalt therapy, and nuclear medicine. A decade later, the school remained at the forefront, as CAT-scans and ultrasound equipment were developed to reduce radiation exposure while providing clearer images.
As the hospital celebrated its 75th anniversary, it was time to embark on its most expensive expansion and modernization program. A medical and administrative committee began by considering future needs—to reexamine and understand changes and trends in healthcare and their community—and to mold their vision of a changed hospital. They hired an architect to develop a long-range master plan for future growth within the limits of available property. And they organized the hospital’s largest fundraising effort ever—as estimated $12 million for a 280-bed wing and a 500-car parking lot. With loans, the project would eventually cost $18 million.
1970s
Urgent renovations to the existing plant were completed in 1971, and the new 11-story wing was dedicated in 1975. The Dean Wing housed service areas and laboratories, central supply, the pharmacy, the morgue, diagnostic X-ray facilities, an emergency suite, and a 16-bed special care unit.
Additional areas were designated for intensive care facilities including two eight-bed cardiac units and a six-bed medical suite, and more patient facilities, increasing capacity by nearly one-third.
In the 1970s, new technology enabled doctors to diagnose and treat a range of vascular and cardiac problems, cancer and neurological disorders. New patient care programs reflected the needs of the 1970s: a neuroscience center, a diabetes program, a vascular surgery program, and a child health clinic. A new cardiology laboratory provided stress testing, echocardiography, and other sophisticated screenings for coronary patients. A crisis intervention center, a new birthing center, and a network of services supported the new emphasis on family.
1970s
Urgent renovations to the existing plant were completed in 1971, and the new 11-story wing was dedicated in 1975. The Dean Wing housed service areas and laboratories, central supply, the pharmacy, the morgue, diagnostic X-ray facilities, an emergency suite, and a 16-bed special care unit.
Additional areas were designated for intensive care facilities including two eight-bed cardiac units and a six-bed medical suite, and more patient facilities, increasing capacity by nearly one-third.
In the 1970s, new technology enabled doctors to diagnose and treat a range of vascular and cardiac problems, cancer and neurological disorders. New patient care programs reflected the needs of the 1970s: a neuroscience center, a diabetes program, a vascular surgery program, and a child health clinic. A new cardiology laboratory provided stress testing, echocardiography, and other sophisticated screenings for coronary patients. A crisis intervention center, a new birthing center, and a network of services supported the new emphasis on family.
1980s
Advances in computers, lasers, and new technologies would again change diagnosis and treatment in the 1980s. Advances in genetics and a better understanding of the body and its immune system would introduce “biotech” to the vocabulary, creating the expectation of a new generation of drugs and treatments.
The 1980s also brought a new vocabulary of services, equipment, and payment policies to the hospital, such as CAT-scan, MRI, DRG, prospective payment, genetic counseling, imaging, catheterization, geriatrics, mammography, laparoscopy, ambulatory surgery, HMOs, PPOs, PPAs, and managed care. The decade also introduced a new array of alternative delivery systems that would require hospitals across the nation to contend with decreasing occupancy rates and rising costs, and with new definitions of quality and competitiveness.
Simultaneously, hospitals faced competition from other hospitals and from alternative delivery systems—HMOs, freestanding ambulatory facilities, and off-site diagnostic and rehabilitation centers. Hospitals that would continue to be successful would be those with a solid infrastructure, technology, and a service mix.
Englewood Hospital entered its 10th decade with a new state-approved five-year plan. It called for a $9 million expansion and renovation to accommodate a new surgical suite, patient care floors, and facilities to serve an increasing number of ambulatory (same-day surgery) and rehabilitation patients.
The new surgical facilities included a 14-bed operating room suite and a 28-bed recovery room. Dean Wing floors seven and eight were completed and equipped with 86 beds as medical teaching and surgical care floors; they replaced an equal number of beds removed from service in other hospital areas. The plan also included a new 360-car parking garage, the demolition of the North Wing and, in its place, construction of the Medical Center of Learning, which was dedicated in 1984.
In the mid-1980s, the hospital was designated a major teaching facility and expanded graduate medical education for the attending staff. In 1986, Englewood became the state’s first hospital to install an MRI. Soon, it obtained a second CAT scanner, established a six-station, end-stage renal dialysis unit, and created an aspiration cytology room to perform fine-needle biopsy studies.
As heart and vascular treatment needs increased, the hospital invested in new specialized facilities such as the cardiac catheterization laboratory. In 1986, Englewood was the only hospital in the state to participate in the federally funded TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction), a study to reduce heart attack death and disability through drugs instead of surgery.
New services followed in the wake of new knowledge and technology as well as community needs. Cancer was a growing concern, and the hospital responded by creating a centralized oncology unit to offer skilled comprehensive care and support to cancer patients and their families. In the late 1980s, a mammography unit was created for diagnostic screening for breast cancer.
The hospital’s large-scale education and training facilities were vital to its plans to become a teaching center. In 1989, it became the first New Jersey affiliate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a member of the Mount Sinai Health System. By 1990, residency programs encompassed medicine, surgery, pediatrics, dentistry, pathology, obstetrics and gynecology, and a freestanding vascular fellowship.
The training facilities also enhanced the schools of nursing and radiography. The School of Radiography reflected changes in medical technology and the hospital’s investment in state-of-the-art developments. Students received hands-on experience with the most sophisticated technological equipment including the CT scanner, digital intravenous angiography, cardiac catheterization, gamma camera, fetal monitoring, bone scanner, linear accelerator, ultrasound and the newest noninvasive imaging equipment, the magnetic resonance imager (MRI).
1980s
Advances in computers, lasers, and new technologies would again change diagnosis and treatment in the 1980s. Advances in genetics and a better understanding of the body and its immune system would introduce “biotech” to the vocabulary, creating the expectation of a new generation of drugs and treatments.
The 1980s also brought a new vocabulary of services, equipment, and payment policies to the hospital, such as CAT-scan, MRI, DRG, prospective payment, genetic counseling, imaging, catheterization, geriatrics, mammography, laparoscopy, ambulatory surgery, HMOs, PPOs, PPAs, and managed care. The decade also introduced a new array of alternative delivery systems that would require hospitals across the nation to contend with decreasing occupancy rates and rising costs, and with new definitions of quality and competitiveness.
Simultaneously, hospitals faced competition from other hospitals and from alternative delivery systems—HMOs, freestanding ambulatory facilities, and off-site diagnostic and rehabilitation centers. Hospitals that would continue to be successful would be those with a solid infrastructure, technology, and a service mix.
Englewood Hospital entered its 10th decade with a new state-approved five-year plan. It called for a $9 million expansion and renovation to accommodate a new surgical suite, patient care floors, and facilities to serve an increasing number of ambulatory (same-day surgery) and rehabilitation patients.
The new surgical facilities included a 14-bed operating room suite and a 28-bed recovery room. Dean Wing floors seven and eight were completed and equipped with 86 beds as medical teaching and surgical care floors; they replaced an equal number of beds removed from service in other hospital areas. The plan also included a new 360-car parking garage, the demolition of the North Wing and, in its place, construction of the Medical Center of Learning, which was dedicated in 1984.
In the mid-1980s, the hospital was designated a major teaching facility and expanded graduate medical education for the attending staff. In 1986, Englewood became the state’s first hospital to install an MRI. Soon, it obtained a second CAT scanner, established a six-station, end-stage renal dialysis unit, and created an aspiration cytology room to perform fine-needle biopsy studies.
As heart and vascular treatment needs increased, the hospital invested in new specialized facilities such as the cardiac catheterization laboratory. In 1986, Englewood was the only hospital in the state to participate in the federally funded TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction), a study to reduce heart attack death and disability through drugs instead of surgery.
New services followed in the wake of new knowledge and technology as well as community needs. Cancer was a growing concern, and the hospital responded by creating a centralized oncology unit to offer skilled comprehensive care and support to cancer patients and their families. In the late 1980s, a mammography unit was created for diagnostic screening for breast cancer.
The hospital’s large-scale education and training facilities were vital to its plans to become a teaching center. In 1989, it became the first New Jersey affiliate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and a member of the Mount Sinai Health System. By 1990, residency programs encompassed medicine, surgery, pediatrics, dentistry, pathology, obstetrics and gynecology, and a freestanding vascular fellowship.
The training facilities also enhanced the schools of nursing and radiography. The School of Radiography reflected changes in medical technology and the hospital’s investment in state-of-the-art developments. Students received hands-on experience with the most sophisticated technological equipment including the CT scanner, digital intravenous angiography, cardiac catheterization, gamma camera, fetal monitoring, bone scanner, linear accelerator, ultrasound and the newest noninvasive imaging equipment, the magnetic resonance imager (MRI).
1990s
By 1990, Englewood Hospital was at the forefront of technological innovation.
Child and family care continued to expand with a four-bed intermediate care unit for treatment of seriously ill children. A genetic counseling program offered amniocentesis and ultrasound testing. A neonatology program was formed in conjunction with New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center. And the Center for Child Health introduced a team approach for comprehensive pediatric healthcare.
Recognizing the importance of rehabilitation, the hospital created the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine to help patients become fully functional following injury, stroke, or other disability. In addition, it dedicated an eight-bed coronary care unit and a surgical intensive care unit. Continuing its outreach tradition, it established a hospice program to improve the quality of life for terminally ill patients in the home setting.
In 1990, Englewood Hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary. The next decade would see the hospital grow and thrive, as it responded to new challenges and embraced new opportunities to build upon its rich heritage of a century of caring.
1990s
By 1990, Englewood Hospital was at the forefront of technological innovation.
Child and family care continued to expand with a four-bed intermediate care unit for treatment of seriously ill children. A genetic counseling program offered amniocentesis and ultrasound testing. A neonatology program was formed in conjunction with New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center. And the Center for Child Health introduced a team approach for comprehensive pediatric healthcare.
Recognizing the importance of rehabilitation, the hospital created the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine to help patients become fully functional following injury, stroke, or other disability. In addition, it dedicated an eight-bed coronary care unit and a surgical intensive care unit. Continuing its outreach tradition, it established a hospice program to improve the quality of life for terminally ill patients in the home setting.
In 1990, Englewood Hospital celebrated its 100th anniversary. The next decade would see the hospital grow and thrive, as it responded to new challenges and embraced new opportunities to build upon its rich heritage of a century of caring.
2000s to Today
At the close of its first century of service, Englewood Hospital had grown to 547 beds—the largest voluntary acute care hospital in Bergen County and the third largest in New Jersey.
Englewood Hospital was fully accredited and about to become a major teaching hospital. A nursing staff of 800 and medical staff of 380 served more than 23,000 admitted patients and nearly 39,000 emergency cases. There were 11,000 operations and some 1,900 babies born. Clinic visits exceeded 15,000 and therapy visits 20,000. Public health nurses made more than 24,000 visits. The hospital’s workforce of more than 1,500 made it the largest employer in the area.
Such massive growth spurred other changes, too. A growing emphasis on quality, patient welfare, and comfort led to the development of a patient advocacy program—a model for the Bergen County area. The hospital also established a discharge-planning program to help ease the transition from hospital to home.
The medical center proudly announced the dedication of its new 90,000-square-foot outpatient pavilion on October 24, 2004. The Russell and Angelica Berrie Center for Humanistic Care became the new home of the breast center, the ambulatory surgery center, a radiology and imaging center, and rehabilitation medicine. The building was designed to accommodate patient convenience, comfort, and privacy.
The Emergency Care Center in the Kaplen Pavilion opened in 2009 to streamline services and create a more private, comfortable, and convenient experience for patients.
On January 1, 2013, Warren Geller was appointed to the role of president and chief executive officer of the medical center. One of his major areas of focus has been the medical center’s modernization plan, including the Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center and Family Birth Place. The Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center offers patients coordinated personalized care and seamless screening, imaging, diagnosis, and outpatient treatment services including the Varian TrueBeam, a state-of-the-art technology for safer and more efficient radiation therapy. Construction began in 2013, with a phased opening through 2016. The new Family Birth Place, located in the main inpatient facility, was completed in late 2014, offering eight new labor and delivery rooms and 24 modern postpartum rooms. The family-centered facility is designed to better accommodate new parents and families with more space, privacy, and amenities.
In 2015, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center announced a strategic affiliation with Hackensack University Health Network.
2000s to Today
At the close of its first century of service, Englewood Hospital had grown to 547 beds—the largest voluntary acute care hospital in Bergen County and the third largest in New Jersey.
Englewood Hospital was fully accredited and about to become a major teaching hospital. A nursing staff of 800 and medical staff of 380 served more than 23,000 admitted patients and nearly 39,000 emergency cases. There were 11,000 operations and some 1,900 babies born. Clinic visits exceeded 15,000 and therapy visits 20,000. Public health nurses made more than 24,000 visits. The hospital’s workforce of more than 1,500 made it the largest employer in the area.
Such massive growth spurred other changes, too. A growing emphasis on quality, patient welfare, and comfort led to the development of a patient advocacy program—a model for the Bergen County area. The hospital also established a discharge-planning program to help ease the transition from hospital to home.
The medical center proudly announced the dedication of its new 90,000-square-foot outpatient pavilion on October 24, 2004. The Russell and Angelica Berrie Center for Humanistic Care became the new home of the breast center, the ambulatory surgery center, a radiology and imaging center, and rehabilitation medicine. The building was designed to accommodate patient convenience, comfort, and privacy.
The Emergency Care Center in the Kaplen Pavilion opened in 2009 to streamline services and create a more private, comfortable, and convenient experience for patients.
On January 1, 2013, Warren Geller was appointed to the role of president and chief executive officer of the medical center. One of his major areas of focus has been the medical center’s modernization plan, including the Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center and Family Birth Place. The Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center offers patients coordinated personalized care and seamless screening, imaging, diagnosis, and outpatient treatment services including the Varian TrueBeam, a state-of-the-art technology for safer and more efficient radiation therapy. Construction began in 2013, with a phased opening through 2016. The new Family Birth Place, located in the main inpatient facility, was completed in late 2014, offering eight new labor and delivery rooms and 24 modern postpartum rooms. The family-centered facility is designed to better accommodate new parents and families with more space, privacy, and amenities.
In 2015, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center announced a strategic affiliation with Hackensack University Health Network.