[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 61 (Tuesday, May 14, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

 Mr. CORZINE. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate 
Morristown Memorial Hospital, a member hospital of the Atlantic Health 
System, for their receipt of the American Hospital Association's NOVA 
award. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding commitment to 
improving community-based health care.
  The NOVA award honors Morristown's TeenHealthFX.com program, a free 
interactive Web site, providing teenagers with confidential and 
anonymous answers for difficult-to-ask health questions. This 
innovative program has succeeded at breaking down many of the barriers 
that so often prevent teens from obtaining critical health care 
information. Created in 1999, through the collaborative efforts of 
community leaders, teen, and health care professionals, this site has 
served as a gateway to area health care providers and a source of 
health care information for more than 100,000 young visitors.
  I want to thank Morristown Hospital for supporting such an important 
and effective program. It is not enough to simply make health 
information available to our young people. That information needs to be 
made available in a setting that is comfortable for teenagers to 
access. This is exactly the environment that TeenHealthFX.com has 
created in New Jersey. TeenHealthFX.com represents the type of creative 
thinking and collaboration that our communities must undertake if we 
are going to improve the health and health habits of teenagers and 
young adults. Again, congratulations to Morristown Hospital and thank 
you for your continued commitment to improving health care for all New 
Jerseyans.

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