AtlantiCare and CHOP Announce Partnership

COURT HOUSE – Officials from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and AtlantiCare today announced a new partnership. CHOP Newborn & Pediatric Care at AtlantiCare is designed to deliver CHOP tertiary pediatric and subspecialist support to the southeastern New Jersey communities AtlantiCare serves.
The agreement will place CHOP Pediatric hospitalists on-site at the Stanley M. Grossman Pediatric Center at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center (ARMC) Atlantic City Campus. CHOP neonatologists will staff the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Roger B. Hansen Center for Childbirth at ARMC Mainland Campus, Pomona. CHOP clinicians also will consult with emergency teams at ARMC City Campus Emergency Center and ARMC Mainland Campus Emergency Department, Pomona, when needed.
“This agreement is an example of how CHOP and its partners in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are delivering world-class pediatric care very close to home for our patients and their families,” said Madeline Bell, CHOP’s president and chief operating officer. “We are confident that families in Atlantic, Cape May, and Ocean counties will benefit greatly from the pediatric care that CHOP clinicians and their AtlantiCare colleagues will provide.”
“We are pleased to partner with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, which is world-renown for its clinical care,” said Lori Herndon, executive vice president, AtlantiCare and president, chief executive officer, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center. “Whether parents have a baby in our NICU, a child who requires hospitalization, or a teen who needs a specialist consult in the emergency center, the AtlantiCare CHOP team is committed to providing exceptional patient and family-centered care in collaboration with our community pediatricians.
Families seeking more information about the partnership can call the AtlantiCare Access Center at 1-888-569-1000, visit www.atlanticare.org or find AtlantiCare on Facebook.