Honors & Awards

• Healthgrades
  • Earned Five-Star recognition in Orthopedics for Hip Fracture Treatment in 2023
  • Earned Five-Star recognition in Critical Care for the treatment of Sepsis in 2023
  • Recipient of the Healthgrades 2024 Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™
  • Named Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Coronary Interventional Procedures in 2024
  • Five-Star Recipient for Coronary Interventional Procedures in 2024
  • Five-Star Recipient for Defibrillator Procedures in 2024
• Earned accreditation in Vascular testing from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC), specifically peripheral arterial, extracranial cerebrovascular testing, and peripheral venous testing
• Trauma Division was recognized in 2023 as a Surgical Quality Partner by the American College of Surgeons
• Center for Sleep Disorders is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
• Re-certified in 2021 by DNV as a certified Acute Care Hospital.
• 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.
• Jersey City Medical Center has achieved the Magnet Recognition designation for four consecutive times, for meeting rigorous standards for nursing excellence. Read more.
• American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Accredited Site.
• Since 2014, the hospital has been designated a leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI).
• Recipient of the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines®–Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for the fourteenth year with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll; also named by the AHA as a Gold Fit‐Friendly company for its corporate culture of providing health and wellness.
• Ranked as “high performing” in treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure by U.S. News & World Report.
• 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.
• Earned 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards and a 5-star recognition from Healthgrades for Hip Fracture Treatment and the Treatment of Sepsis.

• Recognized by NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health System Elders) as a Senior Friendly organization.

• Achieved Level 10 Most Wired recognition from CHIME in 2024.
• New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services designated Jersey City Medical Center as a Primary Stroke Center in recognition of our wide range of comprehensive stroke services, including access to an acute stroke team; neurology and emergency department personnel trained in the diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke; neuro-imaging services capability; and more.
• The first EMS service in the U.S. to earn triple accreditation in dispatch, education and emergency medical service.