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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 recognition as one of America's 250 Best Hospitals for 2020
- Ranked among the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek (2020)
- “A” patient safety grade from The Leapfrog Group (Spring 2019)
- Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence and Pinnacle of Excellence awards for patient experience (2019)
- 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 6 clinical areas: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 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
- Healthgrades recognition as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for General Surgery (2020)
- Healthgrades Critical Care Excellence Award (2020)
- Healthgrades Pulmonary Care Excellence Award (2018)
- Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award (2018)
- Women's Choice Award, America's Best Hospitals for Patient Experience (2018)
- Ranked as one of the top hospitals in New Jersey, as reported in Inside Jersey magazine
- Voted number-one health system and hospital by NJBIZ Reader Rankings survey
Bariatric Surgery
Cancer Care
- 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 2019 by the CEO Roundtable on Cancer
- Women’s Choice Award, America’s Best Hospitals for Cancer Care (2020)
Emergency Care
Gastrointestinal Care
- Healthgrades recognition as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care (2020)
- Healthgrades Five-Star Award in esophageal/stomach surgeries, gallbladder surgery, treatment of bowel obstruction and small intestine surgery
Heart Care
- Healthgrades Five-Star recipient for heart failure and pacemaker procedures (2019)
- 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
- Healthgrades recognition as America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care (2020)
- Healthgrades Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award (2020)
- Healthgrades Neurosciences Excellence Award (2020)
- 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
- Healthgrades Five-Star Award in total hip replacement and total knee replacement
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
- Healthgrades Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award (2018)
- Healthgrades Five-Star recipient for gynecologic procedures (2018)
- Healthgrades Five-Star recipient for hysterectomy (2018)
- Healthgrades Five-Star recipient for C-section delivery (2018)
- 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
- 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