Hackensack University Medical Center
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Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is a 781-bed, not-for-profit research and teaching hospital located in Hackensack, New Jersey. The hospital is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey and is affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
The medical center was founded in 1888 with 12 beds as Bergen County's first hospital. The hospital serves the healthcare needs for northern New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area.
Hackensack University Medical Center is Bergen County's largest employer with a work force of more than 7,200 employees and an annual budget of $1 billion. The hospital's staff of 1,400 physicians and dentists cover the full range of medical and dental specialties and subspecialties.
The hospital is a member of the Planetree Alliance, a nonprofit association of health-care institutions set up to promote practices to make patients less intimidated and more comfortable with the health care they receive.
