Valley Health System is one of the most honored healthcare organizations in New Jersey. Our awards and recognitions are a testament to the exceptional, distinctive care our providers and staff deliver every day. 

Click on the links below to learn more about our award-winning care.

Patient Safety, Patient Experience & Overall Care

  • Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals Award (2025)
  • Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award (2023)
  • Named the top healthcare brand out of 207 brands across the United States, according to the sixth annual "Humanizing Brand Experience" Vol. 6 research report published by Monigle, an independent healthcare consulting company.
  • Ranked among the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek (2024)
  • Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence and Pinnacle of Excellence awards for patient experience (2020)
  • Press Ganey Seal of Integrity for performance data transparency
  • Ranked the third-best hospital in New Jersey, and the 15th best hospital in the New York metropolitan area, by U.S. News & World Report (2024-2025)
  • Magnet Designation for Nursing Excellence since 2003
  • Disease-specific certifications from The Joint Commission in 5 clinical areas: perinatal care; stroke; total hip replacement; total knee replacement; and wound care
  • LGBTQ+ Equality Leader Award from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation
  • 4-star rating for quality and safety from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Hospital Compare program
  • Nursing Certification Advocacy Award from the American Board of Nursing Specialties (2020)
  • Women's Choice Award, America's Best Hospitals for Patient Experience (2021)
  • Ranked as one of the top hospitals in New Jersey, as reported in Inside Jersey magazine
  • 2022 Exemplar recognition from Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE)

Bariatric Surgery

Cancer Care

  • American College of Radiology Lung Cancer Screening Center Designation
  • Accreditation from the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer
  • Full, four-year accreditation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology
  • Three-year reaccreditation from the American College of Radiology for quality and patient safety
  • CEO Cancer Gold Standard employer re-accreditation for 2021 by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer
  • Women’s Choice Award, America’s Best Hospitals for Cancer Care (2020)
  • “High Performing” designation (the highest available) in leukemia, lymphoma, and myelmoa care and colon, lung, and gynecological cancer surgery from U.S. News & World Report (2024-2025)

Emergency Care

Gastroenterology

Heart Care

  • Transcatheter Valve Certification from The American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines®-Resuscitation Target Survival Achievement Award (2025)
  • Re-accreditation for Valley’s cardiac electrophysiology lab by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
  • Accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission for echocardiography services
  • Certification from the American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Women’s Choice Award, America’s Best Hospitals for Heart Care (2020)
  • “High Performing” designation (the highest available) in heart attack care, heart bypass surgery, heart failure care, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) from U.S. News & World Report (2024-2025)
  • Recipient of the HeartFlow® CT Quality Award for the 11th quarter in a row (September 2023)

Neurology/Stroke Care

Orthopedics

Pharmacy

  • URAC accreditation in Specialty Pharmacy for the following sites: the Valley Health Pharmacy Prescription Processing Center, the Valley Health Pharmacy at Luckow and the Valley Health Pharmacy in Mahwah (2021 - 2024)

Respiratory Care

Women’s Health

  • Recognized as one of America's Best Maternity Hospitals by Newsweek
  • Disease-Specific Certification in perinatal care from The Joint Commission
  • Full Breast Center accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
  • Designation as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology
  • Women’s Choice Award, America’s Best Breast Centers (2021)
  • Women's Choice Award, America's Best Hospitals for Obstetrics (2021)
  • International Board Certified Lactation Consultant® (IBCLC®) Care Award (2021)

Other Recognitions

  • Ranked among Money’s Best Hospitals in America of 2024
  • Ranked as one of only 25 hospitals in the United States on Money.com’s Best Hospitals for Pediatrics list.
  • 2024 Top Workplaces USA Award by USA TODAY and Energage
  • Named one of the top employers within the “Healthcare and Social Services” industry in New Jersey on “America’s Best Employers By State” list for 2024, published by Forbes
  • The Valley Hospital Ranked Among Top Three Hospitals for Inpatient Volume by NJBIZ (2022)
  • Beacon Award designations for The Valley Hospital's Interim Care Unit (IMC), Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care, Coronary Care, and Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for Valley's Center for Sleep Medicine
  • Research accreditation by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
  • Laboratory reaccreditation from the College of American Pathologists' Laboratory Accreditation Program
  • Corporate Health Champion Designation from the American Diabetes Association
  • Accreditation for Valley's New Graduate Nurse Residency Program from the American Nurses Credentialing Center
  • Inclusion on NRC Health's Top 100 Consumer Loyalty list for 2019
  • Recognition as one of the nation’s Most Wired Hospitals for 24 consecutive years by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) (2024)
  • Winner of the Theodore Roosevelt Workers’ Compensation and Disability Management Award  
  • National 2018 Non-Profit Organization Partner of the Year recognition by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for waste prevention and recycling efforts
  • Recipient of the 2025 Practice Greenhealth Emerald Award
  • Recipient of the 2019 AND 2021 Environmental Leadership Medal by the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ)
  • Best Outsourcing Thought Leadership Awards winner by The Outsourcing Institute
  • Platinum-level recognition for promoting enrollment in state organ donor registries in the national Workplace Partnership for Life hospital campaign
  • Accreditation in shared governance from the Forum for Shared Governance
  • Recognition for The Valley Hospital Foundation, named to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy’s 2019 High Performer’s list
  • “High Performing” designation (the highest available) in kidney failure and urology from U.S. News & World Report (2024-2025)
  • The American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award (2021)
  • Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence award for employee experience (2023)
  • Center to Advance Palliative Care’s (CAPC) John A. Hartford Foundation Tipping Point Challenge Winner (2024)