15 NJ Hospitals Named Best In State: U.S. News

NEW JERSEY — Several New Jersey hospitals are among the best-performing in the state, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday.

The 33rd edition of the list rates the 20 best hospitals in the country and also includes top regional hospitals and hospital rankings based on specialty care.

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals in 15 specialties and 19 procedures and conditions, adding rankings for ovarian cancer surgery, prostate cancer surgery and uterine cancer surgery to its 2022 list.

The 2022-23 rankings also took into account several health equity measures for the first time, noting hospitals that provide more care to low-income patients and those which have racial disparities in medical and surgical outcomes.

The rankings are meant to help patients and doctors make health care decisions, according to Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor of U.S. News.

Morristown Medical Center was named New Jersey's top hospital, receiving high marks in specialties including 46th in cardiology and heart surgery, 28th in obstetrics and gynecology, and 23rd in orthopedics.

The following New Jersey hospitals were also ranked:

• No. 2 in New Jersey: Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack
• No. 3: Valley Hospital, Ridgewood
• No. 4: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick
• No. 5: Overlook Medical Center, Summit
• No. 6 (tie): AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City
• No. 6 (tie): Cooper University Health Care, Camden
• No. 6 (tie): Englewood Health, Englewood
• No. 6 (tie): Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune
• No. 6 (tie): Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston
• No. 6 (tie): Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro
• No. 6 (tie): Virtua Voorhees, Voorhees
• No. 13 (tie): Ocean University Medical Center, Brick
• No. 13 (tie): Jefferson Stratford Hospital, Stratford
• No. 15: Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Camden

U.S. News made several adjustments in its evaluation of hospital visits in 2020 to normalize its 2022 rankings against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The rankings excluded all hospital visits in March 2020 as well as visits in which a patient was diagnosed with COVID-19. Visits to any hospital were excluded if they occurred during a month of 2020 in which the hospital’s COVID-19 rate exceeded the national average.

Learn more about the U.S. News Best Hospitals methodology.

Of the hospitals evaluated, 164 earned top 50 rankings in at least one of the specialty care categories, and nearly 500 were recognized as Best Regional Hospitals, based on their strong performance in multiple areas of care.

In addition to state, regional and specialty rankings, U.S. News also announced the 20 hospitals named to this year’s Honor Roll, which recognizes the top hospitals nationwide that deliver exceptional treatment across multiple areas of care.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, claimed the top ranking on the Honor Roll for the seventh consecutive year. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is ranked second, and NYU Langone Hospitals came in third.

Among notable specialties, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is the top-ranked hospital for cancer, the Cleveland Clinic is No. 1 in cardiology and heart surgery and NYU Langone Hospitals is the top hospital in neurology and neurosurgery.

See this year’s Best Hospital Rankings.