Palisades Medical Center

Infobox Hospital
Name = Palisades Medical Center
Org/Group =



Location = 7600 River Road
North Bergen, New Jersey
Region =
State =
Country = US
HealthCare = Medicare (US), Medicaid
Type = Regional
Emergency = Yes
Standards = JCAHO
Affiliation= Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Beds = 202
Founded =
Website = http://palisadesmedical.org PMC|

Palisades Medical Center is a regional hospital in North Bergen, New Jersey. The hospital has approximately 202 beds and serves approximately 350,000 people in Southern Bergen and Hudson counties. It has been a member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital network since 1999, and is affiliated with the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. [ [http://www.pathology.columbia.edu/affiliates.html Research & Hospital Affiliates] , Columbia University Medical Center. Accessed October 21, 2007.]

History

Palisades was formerly known as North Hudson Hospital in Weehawken, New Jersey. In 1978, the hospital was relocated to the North Bergen waterfront and renamed Palisades Medical Center. [cite press release
title=Palisades Medical Center Celebrates 25 Years on the North Bergen Waterfront
date=September 23, 2003
url=http://palisadesmedical.org/PressRelases.asp?IDPress=34]

[http://www.weehawkenhistory.org/view_item.php?id=14&category=&back=0 1915 Postcard image of North Hudson Hospital]

Medical Record Controversy

On September 21, 2007, the actor George Clooney and a companion were taken to Palisades Medical Center for treatment after a motorcycle accident. Information that Clooney was a patient at the hospital was disseminated to the media before any official hospital statement, leading officials to suspect an internal leak. The hospital conducted an audit and announced that 27 employees had accessed Clooney's information without prior authorization. All 27 employees were suspended for one month without pay. The employees included nurses, support staff, and security guards, but no physicians. A union representing some staff is challenging 7 of the suspensions. [cite news
author=Jim Hague
title=Hospital suspends 27 for looking at Clooney's files
date=October 14, 2007
publisher=Weehawken Reporter
url=http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.asp?dept_id=523588&newsid=18912649] [cite news
author=Bruce Lambert and Nate Schweber
title=Hospital Workers Punished for Peeking at Clooney File
date=October 10, 2007
publisher=The New York Times
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/nyregion/10clooney.html]

References

External links

* [http://palisadesmedical.org/ Palisades Medical Center Web Site]