Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Centers Named Among World’s Best Hospitals by Newsweek

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MORRISTOWN, NJ – FEBRUARY 25, 2026 – Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center and Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center have been named among the world’s best hospitals according to Newsweek for the eighth consecutive year. Both hospitals were also named “All-Time Champions” for earning a spot on the list every year the award ranking has been published.

World’s Best Hospitals 2026 is compiled by Newsweek in partnership with market and consumer data analytics company Statista Inc. Along with celebrating these two Atlantic Health hospitals for their quality, reputation and expeirence, Newsweek included both on the list of Best in Infection Prevention. This list celebrates U.S. hospitals that performed above the nationwide level based on CDC infection measures and Leapfrog hand hygiene criteria.

“The extraordinary care provided by our teams at Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook is truly world-class,” said Saad Ehtisham, DHA, FACHE, President and CEO, Atlantic Health. “I am so proud of our ‘Champions’ and grateful for all that they do on behalf of our patients and our communities.”

More than 2,500 hospitals were evaluated for this eighth edition of the list, including 420 hospitals in the United States. Of the US hospitals ranked by Newsweek, Atlantic Health Morristown is ranked 53 – the highest ranking of any New Jersey hospital, and Atlantic Health Overlook is ranked 186. These two Atlantic Health medical centers join the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins among others on this prestigious list.

The World’s Best Hospitals 2026 ranking highlights leading hospitals across 32 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The countries were selected based on multiple comparability factors, such as standard of living/life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals, and data availability.

Newsweek and Statista awarded the best hospitals based on four data sources:

Recommendations from Medical Experts: Online survey among tens of thousands of doctors, health care professionals, and hospital managers in 32 countries
Results from Patient Surveys: Survey of patient satisfaction with hospitalization
Hospital Quality Metrics: Medical indicators e.g., data on quality of care for treatments, hygiene measures, patient safety, and waiting times.
Statista PROMs Implementation Survey: Optional online survey on the implementation and use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in hospitals.

Based on the above four pillars and their respective weights, a final source was calculated for each hospital.

View the entire list of Newsweek & Statista’s World’s Best Hospitals 2026 here.

About Atlantic Health

Atlantic Health is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. Powered by a workforce of 25,000 team members and more than 5,667 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health serves more than half of the state of New Jersey including 14 counties and 7.5 million people.

The not-for-profit system offers more than 550 sites of care, including its eight hospitals: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ, Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, NJ, Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ, Atlantic Health Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute in Madison, NJ and Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ.

The system includes Atlantic Medical Group, part of a physician enterprise that makes up one of the largest multispecialty practices in New Jersey with almost 2,000 physicians and advance practice providers. Joined with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization and Optimus Healthcare Partners they form part of Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network of more than 4,000 health care providers throughout northern and central NJ.

Atlantic Health provides care for the full continuum of health care needs through 26 urgent care centers, Atlantic Visiting Nurse and Atlantic Health Virtual Visits. Facilitating the connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.

Founded by Atlantic Health, the Healthcare Transformation Consortium is a partnership of seven regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability. Atlantic Health has a medical school affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University, is home to the regional campus of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Centers and is the official health care partner of the New York Jets.

Published: February 25, 2026

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