Honors & Awards

  • Leapfrog Spring 2019 Logo JCMC
  • In 2019, the Leapfrog Group awarded JCMC an ‘A’ grading for quality and patient safety for the fourteenth time since 2012.
  • In 2017, the hospital received the Magnet Hospital designation for a third time for nursing excellence.
  • Named a Top Teaching Hospital by LeapFrog Group in 2017.
  • LGBTQ 2018Jersey City Medical Center was designated as LGBTQ Healthcare Equality leader in 2014 and re-designated in 2019 by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation.
  • The hospital was certified by DNV GL - Healthcare as a Primary Stroke Center, affirming the hospital's readiness to handle a full range of stroke-related medical problems.
  • The Orthopedic Center at JCMC was recognized as a DNV GL Healthcare certified Hip & Knee Replacement Program, validating the hospital’s excellence across the spectrum of hip and knee replacement care, from diagnosis to treatment, rehabilitation, education and outcomes.
  • Recipient of the American Health Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association’s Get with the Guidelines®–Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award; also named by the AHA as a Gold Fit‐Friendly company for its corporate culture of providing health and wellness.
  • In 2016, Jersey City Medical Center received ISO 9001:2008 certification which demonstrates an organization’s ability to consistently meet high customer and regulatory standards for service.
  • Recipient of the Vision of Performance Excellence (VoPE) Award. This is the highest quality achievement award presented on the state level following Malcolm Baldrige criteria for organizational excellence: a comprehensive and systematic approach to leadership; strategic planning; customer and market focus; measurement analysis and knowledge; workforce focus; and operations process management and business results.
  • The first EMS service in the U.S. to earn triple accreditation in dispatch, education and emergency medical service.