Awards & Recognitions

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.

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Patient Safety, Patient Experience & Overall Care

Ranked among the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek (2021)
“A” patient safety grade from The Leapfrog Group (Spring 2020)
Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence and Pinnacle of Excellence awards for patient experience (2020)
Press Ganey Seal of Integrity for performance data transparency
6th best hospital in New Jersey, 20th best hospital in the New York Metropolitan area, according to U.S. News & World Report (2019-2020)
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

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
Named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s list of “100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs”
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)

Emergency Care

Emergency Nurses Association’s 2019 Lantern Award (only Bergen County recipient)
Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians

Heart Care

American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines^®-Resuscitation Gold Quality Achievement Award (2019)
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)

Neurology/Stroke Care

Disease-Specific Certification in stroke from The Joint Commission
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines^®- Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award, and Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll recognition (2019)
Women’s Choice Award, America’s Best Stroke Centers (2020)

Orthopedics

Disease-Specific Certifications in total hip and total knee replacement from The Joint Commission

Women’s Health

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 (2020)
Women's Choice Award, America's Best Hospitals for Obstetrics (2020)

Other Recognitions

Beacon Award designations for The Valley Hospital's Intensive Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, Coronary Care, Cardiac Surgery and Intermediate Care units
Accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for Valley's Center for Sleep Medicine
Apex Recognition Award from the American Association of Respiratory Care
Quality Respiratory Care Recognition from the American Association of Respiratory Care
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
Recognition from the American Diabetes Association for Valley Home Care's Diabetes Self-Management Education Program
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 20 consecutive years by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) (2020)
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
Greenhealth Emerald and Circle of Excellence Awards (in the categories of Leadership, Greening the OR, and Food) from Practice Greenhealth for sustainability efforts
Recipient of the 2019 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

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