 94 3 the point it's the Jersey Shores hit music channel hello there it is 8 54 it is Lou and Liz and we are So happy to have in our studio co-ceo's hack and sack meridian health Robert Garrett and John Lloyd great to see you guys Good morning Lou and Sue. Yeah. Well, we love well, whatever sue No, it's okay. Lou gets a kick out of that anyway. I'll be talking about that Yeah, they'll bring that up all shows tomorrow Anyway, congratulations on your top ranking in US news and world reports. Give us some details. Yeah, be glad to we're really thrilled about it So this year we're proud to announce that hack and sack meridian health has four hospitals Within the top ten as ranked by US news and war report So starting with hack and sack University Medical Center number one in the state of New Jersey Six years in a row since US news and war report started the rankings But this year in addition to hack and sack we have three other hospitals that made the top ten So Jersey Shore University Medical Center number four and then Ocean Medical Center and Riverview Medical Center Tied for number eight and the the recognition the award is great But it's really about the hard work and the great outcomes that are achieved at these hospitals Each and every day the doctors the nurses the entire healthcare team They are the ones that really deserve the credit for these great rankings So US news and world report obviously a big deal when people read about this consumers read about it Are they taking it to heart and and what do these results tell the public about your hospitals that they might not already know? Well, there's no question that consumers today really do keep track of health care in terms of you know Which hospitals are offering the best programs also through social media. We reach out to a lot of the consumers so absolutely everyone's focused on that and we do very very well in the rankings and This generate the generation of people today are very much are into social media and What does it take to get these top rankings? I mean, obviously you recruit the top physicians You have the best nerve nursing staff. You have the best equipment like MRIs and robotic surgery. So what else? What is it? It's really all of the above It's really the the entire team effort so to recruit the top doctors You really need to to have great quality care and and doctors as well as consumers look at you as news and world report They look at which hospitals really have the best quality care. They want to be part of that You know, they want to be part of a winning team nursing. I mean great I mean we've really valued nursing at Hackensack Meridian Health We were the first hospital and the first health network to become a magnet certified So that that what that represents to nurses is a place where nurses can practice their profession in a really positive Way, it's known for nursing excellence And then the technology plays a big part as well because us news and world report what they look at is they want to rank and they Want to recognize hospitals that have become very proficient in a particular specialty in a particular in treating a particular disease And you can only do that through through numbers meaning you do a lot of cases And that you have state-of-the-art technology and that you have the best doctors the best nurses to help best health care And another great recognition is the fact that Hackensack Meridian Health is also recognized nationally in certain Specialties and those specialties are oncology Neurology and neurosurgery orthopedics urology as well as open heart and again That is another measurement and that's very important to the consumers They go online all the time to see how well we rank So we're just thrilled with the outcome as Bob said it's all about the nurses doctors and everyone else and even beyond the Excellent rankings that you have there's always something new going on at Hackensack Meridian Health So John give us an example of one of the projects that's going well One of the projects that just completed was just completed was at Ocean Medical Center They have a new 36-bed unit and one of the things that's very interesting is that unit was designed with the consumer and the patient You know being being the most important part of what's done on that floor and they have innovative technology They've put together some some absolutely great technology made it easy for the nurses and the consumers So we're very very proud of that floor and it's a new 36-bed unit We're talking that one of the thing that's happening up north at Hackensack We're about to break ground for the largest expansion project in the history of Hackensack University Medical Center A new tower that's going to include 150 private rooms state-of-the-art 50-bed ICU and 24 new operating room suites so really big big project going on and just as Bob is gearing up up at Hackensack We are finishing a big project at Jersey Shore that project is a 10-story building. It's called the Hope Tower It's right on route 33 and we're gonna complete that in late March So again, it's not so much about the buildings than the facilities. It's what it represents to the consumers We're gonna be able to deliver better care And we are always are looking for ways to be innovative and do things that are important to patient care We're talking to co-CEO's of Hackensack Meridian Health Robert Garrett and John Lloyd guys Where do people get more information? They can go on our our website at and Hackensack Meridian health org Thank you so much for all the info and congratulations. Yeah Great, we're lucky to see you again around three of those hospitals. We're very happy 94 3 the point