Classes & Events News Get
Updates
Donate

Overlook Medical Center Awards

Overlook Medical Center is accredited by The Joint Commission with certifications for our advanced comprehensive stroke center, perinatal care, depression, primary care - medical home, spine surgery, hip fracture and wound care. In addition, our parent company, Atlantic Health System, has a medical school affiliation with the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and is a member of AllSpire Health Partners.

Additional Overlook Medical Center recognitions include:

  • Magnet designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest national honor for nursing excellence.
  • One of the safest hospitals in the nation: The Leapfrog Group
  • Access to Quality of Care Award: New Jersey Hospital Association
  • 2023 America's 50 Best Hospitals™; 2023 America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care, Spine Surgery, Critical Care, Gastrointestinal Surgery and Gastrointestinal Care; 2023 Excellence Awards in Bariatric Surgery, Cranial Neurosurgery, Critical Care, Gastrointestinal Care, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Neurosciences, Pulmonary Care, Spine Surgery and Stroke Care: Healthgrades
  • Best Regional Hospital, high performing in 15 types of care – gastreoenterology and GI surgery, geriatrics, colon cancer surgery, COPD, diabetes, heart attack, heart failure, hip fracture, kidney failure, knee replacement, leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma,  neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pneumonia,  and stroke: U.S. News & World Report
  • World's Best Hospitals 2023 and Best Hospitals for Infection Prevention: Newsweek
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award 2023: Healthgrades
  • #1 Hospital in the State for Major Neurosurgery and one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the Nation for Overall Hospital Care: CareChex 2021 Medical Excellence Awards
  • Leader in LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality: Human Rights Campaign Foundation Healthcare Equality Index 2022
  • National Medal of Honor for Organ Donation: US Department of Health and Human Services
  • NICHE "Exemplar" Status: Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders
  • Repeated recognition for sustainability efforts: Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award (2018 , 2019, 2020); Environmental Excellence 2022: Practice Greenhealth
  • 100 Great Community Hospitals 2020: Becker's Hospital Review

Overlook Medical’s programs and services have received prestigious recognition and certifications, including:

  • Atlantic Health System Weight & Wellness Center – Accreditation: Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program – a joint accreditation program between the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
  • Breast Center – Accreditation and Best Practice hospital designation: National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC); Accreditation: American College of Radiology; Outreach Award from BMW and Susan B. Komen Foundation; 2019 Women's Choice Award America's Best Breast Centers
  • Carol G. Simon Cancer Center – Outstanding Achievement Award and Three Year Approval with Commendation: American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer; 2019 Women's Choice Award America's Best Hospitals Cancer Care
  • Center for Sleep Medicine – Accreditation: American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  • Community Health – Outreach Programs Award: Health Research and Education Trust of New Jersey
  • Diabetes Center – Education Recognition Certificate: American Diabetes Association
  • Digestive Center – Recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for promoting quality in endoscopy
  • Epilepsy Center – Level 4: National Association of Epilepsy Centers
  • Emergency Services – Emergency Nurses Association's Lantern Award at locations in Summit (2021) and Union (fourth consecutive time)
  • Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute – Elective Angioplasty CPORT E Trial: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; Cardiac Rehabilitation Center Accreditation: American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Vascular Laboratory Accreditation: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories; ACTION Registry®-GWTG™ Platinum Performance Achievement Award: American College of Cardiology; Echocardiography Laboratory Accreditation: Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories
  • Laboratory – Accreditation: College of American Pathologists
  • Maternity – Level III Intensive Perinatal Unit: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; Blue Distinction Center for Maternity Care; Care Award: International Lactation Consultant Association; Baby-Friendly Designated birth facility: Baby-Friendly USA; 2021 Women's Choice Award America's Best Hospitals Obstetrics; Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Center of Excellence; Labor and Delivery Specialty Excellence Award (top 10% in the nation) and 5-star rating in vaginal delivery: Healthgrades 2022.
  • Orthopedics – Gold Seal of Approval™ - Spine Surgery Certification: The Joint Commission
  • Radiology and Radiation Oncology – Accreditation in Radiation Oncology: American College of Radiology; Certification: American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • Stroke Center – First Comprehensive Stroke Center: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; Stroke Care Certification/Gold Seal of Approval™ for Primary Stroke Centers: The Joint Commission; Get With the Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Elite Plus, Target: Stroke Advanced Therapy and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Rolls: American Heart Association and American Stroke Association; Disease-Specific Care Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification: The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association;  #4 hospital in NJ for Stroke: Castle Connolly. 
  • Women's Heart Awareness Program – Circle of Excellence Award: American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  • Wound Healing Program – Accreditation: Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Society; Gold Seal of Approval™ Disease-Specific Care Certification: The Joint Commission