Summit Medical Group
Coordinates: 40°40′40″N 74°24′44″W / 40.677712°N 74.412122°W
Summit Medical Group is a physician-owned, for-profit, multispecialty medical practice headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. It was founded in 1929 by William H. Lawrence, MD, and Maynard G. Bensley, MD as The Diagnostic Group of Summit. It expanded to a second location in 1950. In 2003, Summit Medical Group signed a lease for a 42-acre office complex in Murray Hill, New Jersey that formerly housed the D&B Corporation.[1] Summit Medical Group now includes over 60 satellite offices covering northern New Jersey.[2] Summit Medical Group treats approximately 70,000 patients per month,[3] and offers 70+ specialties, with 617 doctors and other medical practitioners. Summit Medical Group employs more than 3,100 people. Its annual revenue is approximately $400 million.[4]
Summit Medical Group was listed among New Jersey’s fastest growing companies in 2008,[5] 2009,[6] and 2010.[7] It is a NJBIZ 2010 Corporate Citizen of the Year Award finalist[8] and it earned the 2010 Communitas Leadership Award.[9] SMG's CEO, Jeff Le Benger, MD, FACS, has been listed among the top 10 most influential people in New Jersey health care for three consecutive years (2014-2016) and was named #8 in the NJBiz Health Care Power 50 list - a publisized ranking among the leaders of well-known New Jersey healthcare organizations including Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Hackensack University Health Network, Barnabas Health, Cooper University Health Care, as well as notable state policymakers and legislators. The annual NJBiz Health Care Power 50 list includes thought leaders, heads of organizations, consultants, lobbyists, and people who work behind the scenes to improve health care in the state of New Jersey.
Research and care management
- In 2002, Summit Medical Group began a multiyear project to implement practice-wide electronic health records (EHR). By 2007, it was completely paperless[10]
- Summit Medical Group developed a "Diabetes Live Well Program," which has helped get 19% of its diabetes patients A1c levels under control – a figure that compared favorably with US national average A1c controls of 9%[11] In June 2008, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) awarded it an Education Recognition Certificate for the diabetes program[12]
- In 2009, Summit Medical Group extended the use of electronic health records across the practice. It also implemented a practice-wide clinical decision support (CDS) system that established quality care metrics for each of its physicians in every location[13]
- In September 2009, Summit Medical Group released "Coordination of Multidisciplinary Resources for Vaccination of Egg-allergic Individuals During an H1N1 (Novel) Influenza Pandemic," a study showing the benefits of H1N1 immunization and the safety of vaccines for egg-allergic patients.[14] (Source: Independent Press)
- In January 2011, Summit Medical Group formed an Accountable care organization (ACO) in anticipation of US federal health care law[15]
- As of July 2011, Summit Medical Group has enrolled patients in clinical trials for allergy, asthma, diabetes, gout, and oncology. Its oncology trials include studies for breast cancer, colorectal cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, lymphoma, prostate cancer, and rheumatoid arthritis[16]
Affiliations and partnerships
Summit Medical Group has affiliations and partnerships with:[17]
- American Medical Group Association
- Bayonne Medical Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Mountainside Hospital
- Morristown Hospital (now known as Morristown Medical Center)
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Overlook Hospital (now known as Overlook Medical Center)
- St. Barnabas Medical Center
References
- ↑ New York Times. Murray Hill Office Park to Become Medical Campus. June 15, 2003.
- ↑ Summit Medical Group Locations
- ↑ New Jersey Jewish News. Good Medicine. March 3, 2011
- ↑ Summit Medical Group Annual Report.
- ↑ NJBIZ. New Jersey’s Fastest Growing Companies 2008
- ↑ NJBIZ. New Jersey’s Fastest Growing Companies 2009
- ↑ NJ BIZ. New Jersey’s Fastest Growing Companies 2010
- ↑ Independent Press. Summit Medical Group named finalist in Corporate Citizen of the Year program. December 13, 2010
- ↑ Communitas Leadership Award
- ↑ Medill Reports. Allscripts-Misys pitches its own electronic records 'stimulus plan' to physicians. February 25, 2010
- ↑ Doctor's Digest. Measurement Strategies and Tools. July, 2010.
- ↑ Inside Healthcare. Summit Medical Group: Integrated Care. September 1, 2009.
- ↑ CMIO Magazine. Summit Medical Group: Beyond Alerts: Linking CDS to Evidence-Based Medicine. July 27, 2010.
- ↑ Independent Press. Summit Medical Group study demonstrates H1N1 vaccine can be given safely to those with egg allergies. September 7, 2010.
- ↑ Newark Star-Ledger. A Shift In Focus For Med System. January 24, 2011.
- ↑ Summit Medical Group Clinical Trials
- ↑ Summit Medical Group Our Affiliations