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1861 ad for cureAd published in Newark Daily Advertiser in 1861 typical of the many cures promoted for various ailments during the period. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com
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     Hospitals are evaluated for quality and performance by several government, nonprofit and for-profit sources which publish periodic ratings and reviews. The criteria selected for the ratings, however, vary widely and there is no single consensus provider of information to evaluate hospital performance. Some of the measures used by the agencies and publishers reviewing hospitals include the nature and scope of their facilities, equipment and services; performance in safety procedures; consistency in treatment; morbidity, failure and re-admission rates in treating specific conditions; and surveys of patients assessing their experience with the facility, its doctors, nurses and other health personnel.

       The Joint Commission, an independent nonprofit organization founded in 1951 as The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, accredits and certifies nearly 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the US. Accreditation and certification by the Joint Commission is obtained through meeting certain performance standards, with inspections of major facilities conducted at least once every three years.
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       Other sources of hospital information include the American Hospital Association, which sells the AHA Guide, a comprehensive directory of 6,500 US hospitals with healthcare and financial information and data compiled from its annual survey of hospitals. A for-profit data firm publishes another print and online directory, American Hospital Directory® with profiles of over 7,000 US hospitals, with some information available for free online such as Medicare claims data, discharge statistics, hospital cost and other financial reports. The New Jersey Hospital Association, the largest trade association of the state's hospitals, publishes various reports, with its most recent Economic Impact Report (published 2015 based on 2014 data) stating that its member hospitals in 2014 made $21.6 billion in total expenditures; spent $2.9 billion in purchased services; employed over 141,000 in full- and part-time positions; and paid $8.4 billion in total employee salaries.

        Below are summaries of selected sources of rating and evaluation information for acute care hospitals in New Jersey.
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​​Nonprofit established in 2000 by major corporations, health insurers and others to aid their sponsors and public in selecting hospitals and other health facilities. Data voluntarily provided by nearly half of all US hospitals through annual survey, includes factors such hospital's C-section rate, safety protocols and re-admission rates. Also assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety based on data from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. In cases where hospitals decline to voluntarily submit information (e.g the two Atlanticare hospitals in Atlantic City and Pomona; East Orange General Hospital, and St. Luke's-Warren campus in Phillipsburg), they are evaluated on available public data. Leapfrog's most recent survey released in April 2017 ranked  New Jersey hospitals overall among the 50 states as 15th best in safety based on the number of hospitals that earned the highest grade of 'A', an improvement from its 22nd rating in the prior year survey. Of the 68 hospitals evaluated by Leapfrog, 27 earned an 'A', 20 a 'B', and only three a 'D' (Memorial Hospital of Salem County in Salem; Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark; and University Hospital in Newark).
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​​Leading online publisher of information grading hospitals and physicians, publishes annual America’s 50 and 100 Best Hospitals™ and other designations in such categories as Clinical Excellence; Women's Health etc. Its 2017 national report listed Morristown Memorial Hospital among 50 Best Hospitals and Overlook Hospital in Summit among 100 Best Hospitals. Selections are based on assessment of superior clinical outcomes across the majority of common inpatient conditions such as heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke which are sustained for at least three consecutive years adjusted for each patient’s risk factors, such as age, gender and medical condition. Analysis based on more than 45 million Medicare medical claims records for the most recent three-year time period available from nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide. Evaluations also include percentage of discharged patients who would recommend hospital.
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Publishes annual rankings of adult and children's hospitals covering 16 clinical specialties, procedures and medical conditions. Scores based on data such as survival, patient safety, nurse staffing and other factors. Specialties include cardiac care, cancer urology, gynecology and others based on common procedures and conditions such as heart bypass surgery, hip and knee replacement and colon cancer surgery. Hospitals also ranked regionally within states and major metro areas. Honor Roll recognizes top 20 US hospitals with outstanding performance across multiple areas of care, led by 1) Mayo Clinic; 2) Cleveland Clinic; 3) Massachusetts General Hospital; 4) Johns Hopkins Hospital; and 5) UCLA Medical Center. 
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The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services introduced a hospital rating program in 2015, with overall scores ranging up to five stars for the best performance. The evaluations assess quality of care on up to 57 measures reflecting common conditions such as heart attacks or pneumonia, aspects of quality such as rates of infection and complications at over 2,200 Medicare-certified hospitals with at least 100 beds in US. Reports also provide results of patient surveys on factors such as communication of nurses and doctors with patients; responsiveness of hospital staff to patient needs; cleanliness of hospital environments; and preparation of patients for discharge and post-hospital settings. In the most recent report based on patients discharged between April 2015 and March 2016, no New Jersey hospital received a five-star designation; those awarded four stars were Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, Morristown Medical Center, CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, Ocean Medical Center in Brick and Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch.​ The Hospital Compare rating system has been criticized for using criteria which penalize urban and teaching hospitals, which typically treat high proportions of patients with the most difficult conditions and have other underlying adverse health factors affecting treatment outcomes.
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In addition to inspecting and licensing hospitals and other health care facilities in the state, the New Jersey Department of Health publishes reports and data on facility size, services and equipment. Its Office of Health Care Quality Assessment publishes a Hospital Performance Report, with the most recent issued in 2016 based on 2014 data. Among other information, the Report publishes comparative statiistics on cardiac surgery mortality; treatment of pneumonia, acute stroke and other conditions; and patient safety indicators such as the rates of infections. An online version of the printed Report allows users to select individual hospitals for comparison on specific measures.


​Salem County

Inspira Medical Center Elmer
The Memorial Hospital of Salem County (Salem)

Somerset County

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (Somerville)

Sussex County

Newton Medical Center (Newton)

Union County

Trinitas Regional Medical Center (Elizabeth)
  • 908-899-4500
  • Medical/surgical beds:   270
  • ICU beds:  22
  • OB/GYN beds: 20
  • Psychiatric beds: 68
  • Leapfrog ratings 
  • Healthgrades ratings
  • US News & World Report ratings
  • Medicare.gov, Hospital Compare profile  (2 of 5 stars)
  • NJ Department of Health Quality Measures
  • NJ Department of Health Services Profile
  • Special services/designations:  Established as Catholic hospital January 2000 following consolidation of St. Elizabeth Hospital and Elizabeth General Medical Center; one of most comprehensive behavioral health, psychiatric and addiction programs in NJ, some 200,000 behavioral health visits annually; primary stroke center; community perinatal center-intermediate; state angioplasty demonstration project;  teaching hospital with nursing school; hemodialoysis services; wound healing; sleep disorders; chronic peritoneal stations; linear accelerators; MRI; hyperbaric chamber
  • Parent corporation/network: Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth


Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway (Rahway)
Overlook Medical Center (Summit)
Warren County

Hackettstown Regional Medical Center (Hackettstown) 
St. Luke's Warren Hospital (Phillipsburg)
 
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