Accreditations and Honors

Children's Specialized Hospital is licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health as a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Hospital.

Children's Specialized Hospital's accreditations include:

Children's Specialized Hospital holds memberships in:

Children's Specialized is certified by Medicaid, Medicare, and Special Child Health Services.

Children's Specialized Hospital has been awarded the following honors:

  • American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Program: Children's Specialized Hospital Chronic Illness Management Program - 2024
  • Bronze Award Winner for Antimicrobial Stewardship Recognition Program - 2022, 2023
  • Becker's Hospital Review:
    • 1 of 6 Innovative Hospitals to Know - 2023
    • 1 of 153 Great Community Hospitals - 2023
    • 1 of 36 Hospitals & Health Systems with Great Diabetes and Endocrinology Programs - 2024
    • 160 Community Hospital CEOs to Know: Matthew B. McDonald III, MD President & CEO, Children's Specialized Hospital - 2024
  • CHiME Digital Health Most Wired Survey – 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2023
  • Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM) - 2022, 2023
  • Institute for Patient-and Family-Centered Care (IPFCC) Partnership Award - 2022
  • Newsweek's World's Best Specialized Hospitals - 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes: Physician of the Year: Colin O'Reilly, DO, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Children's Specialized Hospital - 2023
  • NJHA Mission & Margin Award: Joseph Dobosh Jr., Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (ret.), Children's Specialized Hospital - 2024
  • NJ Social Innovation Awards in Innovation Services for Special Populations: Innovative Strategies and Services that Improve Health Outcomes and Quality of Life Category: Children's Specialized Hospital Center for Discovery, Innovation and Development (CDID) - 2024

Human Rights Campaign Foundation: Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality the joint commission national quality approval award microsoft innvation awars 2015 winner the leapfrog group 2014 top children's hospital award CHIME Digital Health Most Wired 2024 Logo

Patient Stories

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