Riverview Medical Center

Riverview Medical Center is a 476-bed acute care community hospital located in Red Bank, New Jersey, United States. It serves the northern region of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Riverview Medical Center
General hospital
Geography
LocationRed Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Organization
TypeCommunity
Affiliated universityRobert Wood Johnson Medical School
NetworkHackensack Meridian HealthD
Services
Emergency departmentJCAHO accredited
Beds476
History
Opened1928
Links
Websitehttp://www.riverviewmedicalcenter.com
ListsHospitals in New Jersey

History

The hospital was founded in June 1922 as Woodley Sanitarium and Nursing Home[1] in Little Silver, New Jersey by Mary Augusta Garner Seaman on the families Victorian estate. In 1927, it relocated to two rented houses at 139 Broad Street, Red Bank, New Jersey after the Little Silver property was sold by Miss Seaman's mother. It was incorporated in 1928 and moved to a renovated boarding house on Union Street as Red Bank Hospital, with 29 beds, one operating room, a delivery suite and facilities for six newborns. After a public naming contest, it was renamed Riverview Hospital on August 10, 1929.

Facilities

Riverview Medical Center is a part of Hackensack Meridian Health.[2] Riverview Medical Center provides assisted living nursing home care and home care.

Riverview Medical Center was ranked third in 2019 by Soliant Health on its 2019 list of the most beautiful hospitals in the United States.[3]

Deaths

References
  1. Giles, Avery (July 18, 1973). "Says Found of Riverview Deserves Memorial Plaque". The Daily Register (Red Bank). p. 7. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. Riverview Medical Center, Meridian Health. Accessed March 11, 2017.
  3. Paavola, Alia. "20 most beautiful hospitals in the US", Becker's Hospital Review, July 18, 2019. Accessed January 29, 2020. "3. Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center (Red Bank, N.J.)"


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