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
- 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)
- “A” patient safety grade from The Leapfrog Group (Spring 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
- Valley LifeStart: The Center for Weight and Wellness Accredited for Medical and Surgical Weight Management for Both Adolescents and Adults
- Fully accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program
- Women’s Choice Award, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery (2021)
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
- American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Achievement Award (2024)
- Emergency Nurses Association’s 2022 Lantern Award
- Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians
Gastroenterology
- One of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Care™ for 4 Years in a Row (2019-2022)
- One of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Surgery™ for 5 Years in a Row (2018-2022)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award™ for 4 Years in a Row (2019-2022)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award™ for 6 Years in a Row (2017-2022)
Heart Care
- Transcatheter Valve Certification from The American College of Cardiology (ACC)
- 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)
- “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
- Among Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care™ for eight years in a row (2018-2025)
- Advanced Primary Stroke Center from The Joint Commission
- 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 Honor Roll Elite recognition (2023)
- Women’s Choice Award, America’s Best Stroke Centers (2021)
- “High Performing” designation (the highest available) in stroke care from U.S. News & World Report (2024-2025)
- Among Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Critical Care™ for two years in a row (2023-2024)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Neurosciences Excellence Award™ for seven years in a row (2018-2024)
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence Award™ for eight years in a row (2017-2024)
Orthopedics
- Among Healthgrades America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery™ in 2025
- Disease-Specific Certifications in total hip and total knee replacement from The Joint Commission
- “High Performing” designation (the highest available) in orthopedics, hip fracture, hip replacement and knee replacement from U.S. News & World Report (2023-2024)
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
- Apex Recognition Award from the American Association of Respiratory Care
- Quality Respiratory Care Recognition from the American Association of Respiratory Care
- “High Performing” designation (the highest available) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and pneumonia from U.S. News & World Report (2024-2025)
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
- Greenhealth Partner for Change Award and Greening the OR Recognition Awards from Practice Greenhealth
- 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 Valley Hospital received the SCOPY ‘Staying Strong & Scoping On’ Award from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). (2023)
- 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)