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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Community Medical Center
| Org/Group = [[RWJBarnabas Health]]
| Caption =
| Logo = Logo-community-medical-center.png
| Location = [[Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River]]
| address = 99 [[Route 37 (New Jersey)|Route 37]] W
| Region = [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]]
| State = New Jersey
| Country = US
| coordinates = {{coord|39.9642|-74.2157|region:US-NJ_type:landmark|display=it}}
| HealthCare = [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]]<br />[[Medicaid]]<br />Charity<br />Private insurance
| funding = Non-profit
| Type = General
| helipad = Yes
| Speciality =
| Standards = [[Joint Commission]]<br />NJPRO
| Emergency =
| Affiliation =
| Beds = 592
| Founded = 1961
| former-names = Community Memorial Hospital
| Website = {{URL|https://www.rwjbh.org/community-medical-center/}}
}}

'''Community Medical Center''', known colloquially as CMC, is a fully accredited acute care hospital in [[Toms River, New Jersey|Toms River]], [[New Jersey]], serving the entire northern [[Ocean County, New Jersey|Ocean County]] area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnabashealth.org/Community-Medical-Center.aspx|title=Community Medical Center|website=Barabas Health|access-date=2015-02-24|archive-date=2015-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226121317/http://www.barnabashealth.org/Community-Medical-Center.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The hospital is Ocean County's largest and most active healthcare facility.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community Medical Center - Toms River - NJ |url=https://www.practicematch.com/employer/community-medical-center/629292/ |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.practicematch.com |archive-date=2022-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613010503/https://www.practicematch.com/employer/community-medical-center/629292/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The hospital has been undergoing another expansion since 2004; when completed, the hospital will have the largest [[emergency department]] on the [[East Coast of the United States]].

==History==
Opened in 1961 as ''Community Memorial Hospital'', it was initially a small facility, with only 50 beds and 15 physicians. The center expanded in the 1980s, adding a five-level parking garage and a four-story section of patient rooms.

Community Medical Center was the largest non-teaching hospital in New Jersey<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community Medical Center - Toms River - NJ |url=https://www.practicematch.com/employer/community-medical-center/629292/#:~:text=Community%20Medical%20Center%20(CMC)%20is,most%20active%20health%20care%20facility. |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.practicematch.com |archive-date=2022-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613010503/https://www.practicematch.com/employer/community-medical-center/629292/#:~:text=Community%20Medical%20Center%20(CMC)%20is,most%20active%20health%20care%20facility. |url-status=live }}</ref> until July 2021, when the first round of [[Residency (medicine)|residents]] were invited to the facilities under the academic medical program partnership with [[Rutgers University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health Together |url=https://www.rutgersrwjbhtogether.org/Main/Home.aspx |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.rutgersrwjbhtogether.org |archive-date=2022-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526231527/https://www.rutgersrwjbhtogether.org/Main/Home.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2015, [[Barnabas Health]] (parent organization of Community Medical Center) merged with Robert Woods Johnson Health System, making the Medical Center now part of [[RWJBarnabas Health]], the largest academic health system in New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Choose RWJBarnabas Health {{!}} New Jersey Health System |url=https://www.rwjbh.org/why-rwjbarnabas-health-/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=RWJBarnabas Health |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713061021/https://www.rwjbh.org/why-rwjbarnabas-health-/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The hospital has approximately 2,800 associates, 650 on-staff physicians, and 1,700 volunteers attending to 28,000 in-patients, 127,700 out-patients, and 100,000 [[emergency department]] patients each year.

Community Medical Center received its third Accreditation in 2002 from the [[Joint Commission]].

== Departments and centers ==
=== Jay and Linda Grunin Neuroscience Institute ===
In 2013, the Grunin Foundation bestowed the hospital with a $3.5{{Space}}million gift to establish a neuroscience institute at the hospital, equivalent to ${{Inflation|index=US|value=3.5|start_year=2013|r=2}}{{Space}}million in {{Inflation/year|index=US}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=How a Generous Gift will Transform the Quality of Healthcare Services in Ocean County |url=https://www.tapinto.net/articles/how-a-generous-gift-will-transform-the-quality-of-healthcare-services-in-ocean-county |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=TAPinto |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423050500/https://www.tapinto.net/articles/how-a-generous-gift-will-transform-the-quality-of-healthcare-services-in-ocean-county |url-status=live }}</ref> The institute is an interdisciplinary group of specialists whose aim is to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system, including:
* [[Stroke]]
* Seizure disorders/[[epilepsy]]
* [[Dementia]]/[[Alzheimer's disease]]
* Movement disorders/[[Parkinson's disease]]
* [[Traumatic brain injury|Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)]]
* [[Neuromuscular disease]]
* [[Sleep disorder]]s
The institute operates 24 hours a day and is open year-round.

The Epilepsy Center at CMC, part of the Grunin Neuroscience Institute, is recognized as a Level 3 adult and pediatric epilepsy center by the [[National Association of Epilepsy Centers]]. The center is one of 11 centers in New Jersey that meet the criteria to operate as a Level 3 or Level 4 center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Epilepsy Center Locations |url=https://www.naec-epilepsy.org/about-epilepsy-centers/find-an-epilepsy-center/all-epilepsy-center-locations/ |access-date=2023-04-21 |website=National Association of Epilepsy Centers |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421133823/https://www.naec-epilepsy.org/about-epilepsy-centers/find-an-epilepsy-center/all-epilepsy-center-locations/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Cardiology ===
Due to serving a very high population of [[Geriatrics|geriatric]] patients, at least 75 years old, CMC treats more patients with cardiac disease than any other hospital in the state without a cardiac surgery program.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Community Medical Center-Toms River in Toms River, NJ - Rankings, Ratings & Photos {{!}} US News Best Hospitals Rankings |url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/nj/community-medical-center-6221395/geriatric-care |url-status=live |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=June 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428085734/https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/nj/community-medical-center-6221395/geriatric-care }}</ref> Provided services generally fall to one of two treatment centers:

* Non-Invasive Cardiac Lab (NICL), offering services such as [[stress testing]], [[Electrocardiography|EKG]], and [[cardioversion]]
* Invasive diagnostic services, such as [[Artificial cardiac pacemaker|pacemakers]], [[transesophageal echocardiogram]], [[cardiac catheterization]]s, and [[angioplasty]] (both elective and emergent)

=== J. Phillip Citta Regional Cancer Center ===
The center's focus is cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. It has been nationally recognized by the Commission on Cancer of the [[American College of Surgeons]] with accreditation since 1986. Currently, the [[Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey|Rutgers Cancer Institute]] provides services at the hospital.<ref>{{Cite web |title=J. Philip Citta Regional Cancer Center at Community Medical Center {{!}} Rutgers Health |url=https://rutgershealth.org/location/j-philip-citta-regional-cancer-center-community-medical-center |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=rutgershealth.org |archive-date=2022-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525154621/https://rutgershealth.org/location/j-philip-citta-regional-cancer-center-community-medical-center |url-status=live }}</ref>

Therapies provided at the center include:

==== Inpatient Oncology Unit ====
* [[Chemotherapy]]
* [[Biopharmaceutical|Biotherapy]]
* [[Radiation therapy]] and radioactive implants
* [[End-of-life care]]

==== Outpatient Infusion Center ====
* Chemotherapy
* Blood and blood products [[Blood transfusion|transfusions]]
* Antibiotic infusions

== Expansion project ==
In 2021, CMC announced a $600{{Space}}million campus expansion and overhaul, the largest in the hospital's history in both scope and price, to take place over the following decade. The plans include a new parking garage, environmental updates to the existing facilities, and an additional {{Convert|300000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} building that will serve as the main hospital once completed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Diamond |first=Michael L. |title=Community Medical Center spending $600M over next decade for giant renovations |url=https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2021/12/08/community-medical-center-spending-600-m-decade-long-renovations/8673889002/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Asbury Park Press |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714210242/https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2021/12/08/community-medical-center-spending-600-m-decade-long-renovations/8673889002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Phase 1 of the project began at the end of 2021, with the demolishing of nearby, underutilized buildings and the expansion and upgrading of the hospital's emergency department. Phase 2 involves the building of the new facility, while Phase 3 addresses interior upgrades to the existing campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nee |first=Daniel |date=2022-05-20 |title=Community Medical Center Proposes Major Expansion, Renovation |url=https://tomsriver.shorebeat.com/2022/05/community-medical-center-proposes-major-expansion-renovation/ |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Toms River, NJ Shorebeat |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330154703/https://tomsriver.shorebeat.com/2022/05/community-medical-center-proposes-major-expansion-renovation/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

{{RWJBarnabas Health Hospitals}}

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