Morristown Medical Center Recognized for Clinical Excellence

Morristown Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System, has received the 2018 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.

This distinction – the eighth consecutive time for Morristown – once again places the hospitals among the top five percent for clinical performance among nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide.

“This recognition—our eighth in a row—should make patients secure in the high quality care our clinical team provides each day and night,” said Trish O’Keefe, PhD, RN, president, Morristown Medical Center. “This consecutive recognition is testament to our ongoing focus on safety and seamless care coordination in our healing environment.”

Morristown's sister hospital Overlook Medical Center received the recognition for the fifth consecutive year.

The 250 recipients of the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ stand out among the rest of U.S. hospitals for overall clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of care. During the 2018 study period (2014-2016), these hospitals showed superior performance in clinical outcomes for patients in the Medicare population across at least 21 of 32 of the most common inpatient conditions and procedures —as measured by objective clinical outcomes performance data (risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications).

“We commend hospitals that have achieved Healthgrades 2018 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence, demonstrating a steadfast commitment to high-quality care for their patients,” said Brad Bowman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Healthgrades. “Hospitals that meet these high-quality standards will continue to distinguish themselves with consumers making decisions about where to receive care.”

From 2014-2016, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence had, on average, a 26.3% lower risk of dying (across 19 procedures and conditions where mortality is the clinical outcome) than if they were treated in hospitals that did not achieve this distinction. To learn more about how Healthgrades determines Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ recipients, please visit www.healthgrades.com/quality.