Atlantic Health System’s Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers are New Jersey’s ONLY Hospitals to be Named Among America’s 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades in 2022

Morristown and Overlook among the top 1% of U.S. Hospitals for Overall Clinical Excellence

Morristown & Summit, NJ (February 8, 2022) – Atlantic Health System, a nationally-recognized provider of health care, is the only system in New Jersey with hospitals -- Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center – achieving the Healthgrades 2022 America’s 50 Best Hospitals Award™, as announced today by Healthgrades, the leading resource that connects consumers, physicians, and health systems. This distinction places both Morristown and Overlook among the top 1% of nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide.

This is the seventh consecutive year that Healthgrades has recognized Morristown for its consistent, year-over-year superior clinical performance, and marks the third year in a row for Overlook. This also marks the first year that measures data in the first year of the pandemic (2018 through 2020).

“To achieve this consistent level of excellence for seven consecutive years reassures our communities that we are completely dedicated and focused on providing the highest quality standards, coordination of care, and the best possible patient outcomes,” said Trish O’Keefe, PhD, RN, president of Morristown Medical Center. “We are especially proud of our dedicated medical staff and clinical team members who consistently provide extraordinary care in a safe, healing environment for our patients and their loved ones, even through a pandemic that has stretched on for nearly two challenging years.”

“We are so proud to be recognized for quality, serving as a reminder of what makes us one of America’s best,” said Stephanie Schwartz, president of Overlook Medical Center. “We know that our team members provide extraordinary, high-quality care to our community, and this distinction exemplifies our dedication to safety and excellence. Certainly, the pandemic presented a myriad of challenges through which we endured and excelled by staying laser-focused on providing the very best care we can give.”

From 2018 through 2020, patients treated in hospitals achieving the Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals award, had, on average, a 21.7 percent lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award, as measured across 19 rated conditions and procedures for which mortality is the outcome.*

During that same period, if all hospitals performed similarly to those achieving the award, 157,292 lives could potentially have been saved. For example, patients treated for heart failure in hospitals achieving the Healthgrades America’s 50 Best Hospitals award, have, on average, a 25.5 percent lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award.*

“Being among America’s 50 Best Hospitals is the pinnacle achievement from Healthgrades,” said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data Science at Healthgrades. “These hospitals are truly leading the nation and setting the standard for care delivery. We commend both Morristown and Overlook for their dedication to patient care and committing themselves to keeping their communities safe.”

Recipients of Healthgrades’ 50 Best Hospitals are recognized for overall clinical excellence and providing consistent, year-over-year, top-quality care across a broad spectrum of disease and surgical specialties. During the 2022 study period (MedPAR Fiscal Years 2018-2020), these hospitals showed superior performance in clinical outcomes for patients in the Medicare population across at least 21 of the most common inpatient conditions and procedures — as measured by objective performance data (risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications).

With tools like hospital ratings and awards, Healthgrades helps consumers make confident healthcare decisions by enabling the evaluation and comparison of hospital performance to find the highest quality care. Visit Healthgrades.com/quality/americas-best-hospitals for an in-depth look at Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers’ performance and profile to explore the highest quality care in New Jersey today. Consumers can also visit Healthgrades.com for more information on how Healthgrades measures hospital quality, and access the complete methodology here.