9 NJ Hospitals Among Top 250 In New National Rankings

NEW JERSEY — Nine New Jersey hospitals stand among the top 250 in the United States, according to new rankings from Healthgrades. Two of them made the top 50.

Healthgrades — which provides info on doctors, hospitals and health care providers — unveiled its "2023 America’s Best Hospitals Awards" on Tuesday. The honors include rankings in the top 50, 100 and 250 in the nation, along with state rankings across different specialties.

The list represents 5 percent of U.S. hospitals. If all hospitals performed similarly to the top 250, 160,615 lives could have been saved, according to Healthgrades.

"Healthcare decisions are often complicated and fraught with emotion," said Dr. Brad Bowman, head of data science at Healthgrades. "By giving consumers an easy-to-understand, data-driven way to identify the hospitals in their area with the best outcomes, Healthgrades is helping all patients — no matter their background — confidently choose higher quality care."

Overlook Medical Center in Summit and Morristown Medical Center both made the top 50. Valley Hospital in Ridgewood cracked the top 100.

The top 250 includes the following New Jersey hospitals:

• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains
• Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston
• Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel
• Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune
• Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack
• Morristown Medical Center
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit
• Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro
• Valley Hospital, Ridgewood

The following hospitals topped New Jersey's state rankings across different categories:

• Cardiology: Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
• Coronary intervention: AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City Campus
• Critical care: Morristown Medical Center
• Gastrointestinal care: Overlook Medical Center
• General surgery: Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
• Joint replacement: Valley Hospital
• Neurosciences: Jersey Shore University Medical Center
• Orthopedic surgery: Valley Hospital
• Pulmonary care: Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
• Stroke care: Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Healthgrades evaluated clinical performance for nearly 4,500 hospitals across more than 30 of the most common procedures and conditions. See the full methodology.

Health equity and social determinants — such as housing, food insecurity, transportation and interpersonal safety — significantly impact health outcomes, Healthgrades notes. The website plans to incorporate health-equity data into its methodology by the end of this year.

View the full list of hospitals from Healthgrades.