Honors and Awards

• Healthgrades 2025 America’s Best Specialty and Excellence Awards:
  • Orthopedics
    • #2 in NJ for Joint Replacement (2025, #3 in 2023)
    • One of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement™ in 2025
    • One of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery™ in 2025
    • Recipient of the Healthgrades 2025 Joint Replacement Excellence Award™
    • Recipient of the Healthgrades 2025 Orthopedic Surgery Excellence Award™
    • Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Orthopedic Services in 2025
    • Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Joint Replacement in 2025
    • Five-Star Recipient for Total Knee Replacement in 2025
    • Five-Star Recipient for Total Hip Replacement for 6 Years in a Row (2020-2025)
    • Five-Star Recipient for Hip Fracture Treatment for 23 Years in a Row (2003-2025)
  • Surgical Care
    • Recipient of the Healthgrades Surgical Care Excellence Award™ for 4 Years in a Row (2022-2025)
    • Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Surgical Care for 4 Years in a Row (2022-2025)
• Earned a grade “A” score in Hospital Safety by the Leapfrog Group
• Earned Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation from the American College of Cardiology
• The Rectal Cancer Program is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons
• Joint Commission Triennial Re‐Accreditation for Hospitals
• Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval:
  • Stroke Program
  • Total Joint Replacement–Hip
  • Total Joint Replacement–Knee
• Designated Level 3 Epilepsy Center, National Association of Epilepsy Centers
• Designated Primary Stroke Center, New Jersey Department of Health
• Certified as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center, The Joint Commission & American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
• The Cancer Center has been accredited by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons since 1986
• The Breast Center is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), a program administered by the American College of Surgeons, and is the first accredited program in Ocean and Atlantic counties
• American College of Radiology (ACR) reaccreditation for Breast MRI
• Accredited as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation
• Community Medical Center has been designated an “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” by the Healthcare Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign

• Intersocietal Accreditation Commission accreditation for Echocardiography

• Cardiac rehabilitation program certification from The American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)

• Most Wired recognition from The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) in 2023.