53 / 54
Post-merger, AtlantiCare’s foremost goal remains to provide the greatest value
and achieve the best possible outcome for those it serves. In the hospital’s early
days, it treated the sick and injured. Today, the organization works to improve
population health by also providing efficient, effective and accessible care programs
and services in five counties in New Jersey. These include acute hospital, primary
and specialty care; community- and school-based wellness initiatives; and even
local fitness centers.
The AtlantiCare-Geisinger merger is emblematic of AtlantiCare’s commitment
to transform healthcare for the communities it serves. Margaret Belfield, chief
operating officer, captures the future in these words: “AtlantiCare is proud of
having achieved the trust of our communities, and through this merger we will
be better able to raise the bar on the quality and value of our services, bringing
new services and technologies to meet local healthcare needs.”
From a simple beginning in a
converted house on Ohio Avenue,
AtlantiCare’s legacy of building
healthy communities will flourish well
into the future — one community,
one trusting relationship, one patient
at a time.