Virtua Voorhees Ranked Among Top 10 Hospitals In New Jersey

Virtua Hospital in Voorhees has been named among the top 10 hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News and World Report.

U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the best hospitals in America for 2018-19, evaluating more than 4,500 hospitals in the country across 16 specialties and nine procedures and conditions. U.S. News also ranked the best hospitals in America by region.

Virtua was ranked sixth in New Jersey, tied with Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Morristown Medical Center topped the list of hospitals in New Jersey.

Virtua was ranked as “high performing” in five adult procedures and conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), colon cancer surgery, heart failure, hip replacement and knee replacement.
U.S News explains that a "high performing" rating means a hospital was not nationally ranked but was significantly better than average in a specialty.

Virtua wasn’t nationally ranked in any category. It was classified as “average” for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and lung cancer surgery. It received three out of five stars in patient reviews. To view the hospital’s full report card, visit health.usnews.com.

You can see the full NJ rankings here.

U.S. News uses two methodologies, one for procedures and conditions ratings and another for specialty rankings. The rankings are produced by U.S. News with research organization, RTI International. U.S. News says its methodologies in most areas of care are based largely or entirely on objective measures like risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient experience, patient safety and quality of nursing. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

The specialties included in the rankings are:

• Cancer
• Cardiology and Heart Surgery
• Diabetes and Endocrinology
• Ear, Nose and Throat
• Gastroenterology and GI Surgery
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Nephrology
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Pulmonology
• Psychiatry
• Rehabilitation
• Rheumatology
• Urology

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