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Article: Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Hackensack University Medical Center: First in Nation to Receive Joint Commission Certification for Quality and First in New Jersey to be Named a Blue Distinction(R) Center for Specialty Care.
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- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- October 16, 2008
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The Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation Program at the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center is the first in the United States to receive Disease Specific Care Certification for stem cell transplantation from The Joint Commission, the nation's leading accrediting agency for hospitals and healthcare organizations. The Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program also recently became the first and only program in New Jersey to be named a Blue Distinction(R) Center for Specialty Care by the nationwide Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies (see also Cancer).
Both of these designations attest to the high quality of the program's clinical ...