NJ's Best Hospitals For 2024: See Full List

NEW JERSEY — Throughout 2024, several data-based national rankings and safety grades helped New Jersey residents navigate the labyrinth of health care, and make decisions about the best places to have a baby, surgery or take care of other medical issues.

Here’s a review of how New Jersey stacked up in analyses and rankings from various publications, government agencies and a health care watchdog group:

U.S. News & World Report’s respected rankings included looks at the best maternity, children’s and overall hospitals in New Jersey. Read more:

• U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals
• U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals
• U.S. News & World Report Best Maternity Hospitals

Other publications also took a look at New Jersey residents’ access to top hospitals. Read more:

• Newsweek Best Hospitals in the World
• Becker’s Healthcare Great Hospitals In America

The watchdog Leapfrog Group’s twice-a-year safety grades use both data and patient surveys to measure New Jersey hospitals’ records on patient safety, infection rates and other patient experiences. Read more:

• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Spring
• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Fall

Healthgrades, which maintains a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals and health care providers, also released ratings on hospitals in New Jersey and others. Read more:

• Healthgrades America’s Best Hospitals Award
• Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence and Patience Experience Award