The overall top-ranked hospital in the state was also rated as the best maternity hospital.Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for
U.S. News & World Report has released its ranking of New Jersey’s best hospitals in obstetrics and gynecology.
Eight hospitals made the list.
The ranking was based on a number of categories, including patient outcomes, nurse staffing, patient services, certain surgeries and technology. (Definitions for certain categories have been included.)
Here are the maternity hospitals that made the list:
The overall top-ranked hospital in the state was rated the No. 28 maternity hospital in the U.S.
It earned a score of 72.7 (out of 100) and was “above average” in patient experience and 30-day survival (“survival 30 days after being admitted relative to other hospitals treating similarly complex conditions”).
Morristown Medical Center scored “very high” in number of patients (“relative volume of high-risk patients treated for gynecology-related disorders over three years”) and “average” in discharging patients to home (“how often patients go directly home from this hospital rather than being discharged to another facility”).
It scored “excellent” in nurse staffing, advanced technologies and patient services.
Morristown Medical Center also scored “high performing” in maternity care (uncomplicated pregnancy) and “average” in ovarian cancer surgery and uterine cancer surgery.
The state’s second-ranked overall hospital according U.S. News earned a score of 51.8.
It was “excellent” in nurse staffing, advanced technologies and patient services.
Hackensack University Medical Center earned a “high performing” in maternity care (uncomplicated pregnancy) and “average” in ovarian cancer surgery and uterine cancer surgery.
And it was “average” in 30-day survival, discharging patients to home, patient experience and number of patients.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center achieved a score of 48.9. It was “excellent” in nurse staffing, advanced technologies and patient services.
The hospital scored “high” in number of patients, “average” in 30-day survival and patient experience and “poor” in discharging patients to home.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center was “high performing” in maternity care (uncomplicated pregnancy) and “below average” in ovarian cancer surgery and uterine cancer surgery.
Holy Name earned a score of 47.8 and was “excellent” in advanced technologies, “above average” in patient services and “poor” in nurse staffing.
It was “average” in 30-day survival and discharging patients to home, “above average” in patient experience and “high” in the number of patients.
Holy Name was also “average” in ovarian cancer surgery and uterine cancer surgery.
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center scored a 46.1. It earned a “very high” in number of patients and “above average” in patient experience.
It was “average” in 30-day survival and “below average” in discharging patients to home.
The hospital earned an “excellent” rating in advanced technologies and patient services and “above average” in nurse staffing.
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center also ranked as “average” in ovarian cancer surgery and “below average” in uterine cancer surgery.
It earned a score of 41.6 and “high” in number of patients.
It was “average” in 30-day survival and patient experience.
The hospital was rated as “excellent” in nurse staffing, advanced technologies and patient services, but “poor” in discharging patients to home.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital was “average” in ovarian cancer surgery and “below average” in uterine cancer surgery.
It achieved a score of 37.8 and was “above average” in patient experience.
Virtua Voorhees was “average” in the number of patients and 30-day survival and “poor” in discharging patients to home.
But it was “excellent” in advanced technologies and patient services and “average” in nurse staffing.
Virtua Voorhees also rated as “high performing” in maternity care (uncomplicated pregnancy) and “average” in ovarian cancer surgery and uterine cancer surgery.
It earned a score of 33.3 and rated “very high” in number of patients.
Cooper University was “excellent” in advanced technologies and patient services and “average” in 30-day survival, discharging patients to home, patient experience and nurse staffing.
It was “average” in ovarian cancer surgery and uterine cancer surgery.
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