Montclair Magazine Back To School 2016 | Page 34

The Changing Face of (Local) Health Care WRITTEN BY CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER Those of us who don’t work in hospitals tend to think of them as places to avoid; unless we’re delivering babies, we only visit them when someone’s ill. Now that the nation’s health care delivery model is moving towards prevention and outpatient care, however, we may start associating them with wellness and staying fit as well. Here, the chief executive officers of three area medical centers to prevent them from having to enter their doors in the first place. 32 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE BACK TO SCHOOL 2016 THINKSTOCK share how their institutions not only care for community members, but work