{"id":433607,"date":"2026-01-27T22:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/433607\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T22:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:55:07","slug":"12-n-j-hospitals-ranked-among-top-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/433607\/","title":{"rendered":"12 N.J. hospitals ranked among top in the nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Health<\/a>Published: Jan. 27, 2026, 3:14 p.m.\"AtlanticOverlook Medical Center in Summit is one of only two New Jersey facilities recognized among Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals. Julian Leshay | For NJ Advance Media<\/p>\n

Twelve New Jersey hospitals have earned spots on Healthgrades annual list of America\u2019s Best Hospitals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The list recognizes three tiers of achievement:<\/p>\n

America\u2019s 250 Best Hospitals, which represent the top 5% of hospitals in the nation. America\u2019s 100 Best Hospitals, which represent the top 2%.America\u2019s 50 Best Hospitals, which represent the 1%.<\/p>\n

Two New Jersey hospitals \u2014 Overlook Medical Center and Morristown Medical Center \u2014 scored in the top 1% of hospitals nationwide for overall clinical performance. Both are part of Atlantic Health System. <\/p>\n

Healthgrades analyzes patient outcomes at 4,500 hospitals nationwide across 31 common procedures and conditions to make its list. It also looks at patient experience. <\/p>\n

The New Jersey hospitals that received top marks are:<\/p>\n

America\u2019s 50 Best HospitalsOverlook Medical Center – The medical facility in Summit also received awards from Healthgrades for gastrointestinal surgery, pulmonary care, stroke care and excellence in neuroscience.Morristown Medical Center – The Morristown hospital was also recognized for better outcomes in cardiac surgery, cranial neurosurgery and stroke care.America\u2019s 100 Best HospitalsCooperman Barnabas Medical Center – The hospital in Livingston was also named among America\u2019s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care.Valley Hospital – Located in Ridgewood, this medical facility was recognized for stroke care, outpatient joint replacement and outpatient orthopedic surgery. Jersey Shore University Medical Center – The Neptune hospital also received awards for cardiac care, cardiac surgery and stroke care. America\u2019s 250 Best HospitalsRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset – Located in Somerville, this medical facility was recognized for clinical outcomes in clinical care, gastrointestinal care and pulmonary care.Chilton Medical Center – The Pompton Plains medical facility has received awards for critical care, gastrointestinal surgery and stroke care.Hackensack University Medical Center – Located in Bergen County\u2019s most populous city, Hackensack University Medical Center also earned awards for cardiac care, cardiac surgery and excellence in coronary intervention.Bayshore Medical Center – The Holmdel facility was recognized for better outcomes in critical care, gastrointestinal care and pulmonary care.Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center – The Plainsboro hospital has earned awards for critical care, pulmonary care and stroke care.Riverview Medical Center – The hospital in Red Bank took home awards for critical care, pulmonary care and stroke care. Ocean University Medical Center – This hospital located in Brick has been recognized for patient outcomes in surgical care, stroke care and critical care. <\/p>\n

Jackie Roman is a health care reporter for NJ.com and The Star-Ledger. In addition to covering breaking public health and drug industry news, she also writes feature stories and investigations. Prior to joining… more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HealthPublished: Jan. 27, 2026, 3:14 p.m.Overlook Medical Center in Summit is one of only two New Jersey facilities…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-433607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}