CarePoint Health Hospitals Named Two of the Top Twenty in the State of New Jersey

More than Any Other System in Hudson County-Top Honors in Specialties

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Mar 12, 2015, 06:44 ET

JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Inside Jersey and the prestigious Castle Connelly Group today named two CarePoint Health Hospitals among the top twenty in the State of New Jersey--more than any other system in Hudson County. CarePoint Health Bayonne Medical Center was named number three overall in the state among hospitals with fewer than 350 beds and CarePoint Health Hoboken University Medical Center was named number fourteen. Castle Connolly asked licensed physicians across the state to name the top hospitals for various medical conditions, as well as for overall care.

"We are extremely proud that CarePoint Health Bayonne Medical Center and CarePoint Health Hoboken University Medical Center have been awarded such a prestigious honor," said Dennis Kelly, CEO of CarePoint Health. "We take great pride in providing excellence in healthcare and to have two of our hospitals named among the top twenty in New Jersey proves that we are committed to providing the best care in the region."

"These rankings confirm what we see every day in the hospitals; that our physicians put the needs of their patients first and are committed to high quality, coordinated care," said CarePoint Health Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Nizar Kifaieh. "This recognition is particularly meaningful as it comes from our peers in the physician community."

CarePoint Health Hospitals also were counted among the top in the State in treatment of Prostate Cancer, Hip and Knee Injuries, Congestive Heart Failure, Strokes, Neurological Disorders. Additionally, CarePoint Health Hospitals received high marks from the patient survey questions relating to physician to patient communication.

CarePoint Health provides advanced medical technologies in support of its medical staff, nursing team and other caregivers, to enable state-of-the-art care to residents of Hudson County and the surrounding communities. In the past three years, CarePoint Health has invested over 90 million dollars in equipment and facility improvements.

Doctors were invited, directly and through a variety of means, to participate in an online survey that ran from Nov. 12 to Dec. 10, 2014. More than 3,000 doctors throughout the state were reached by email and fax, including Castle Connolly-rated top doctors and physicians who participated in the online survey for Inside Jersey's Top Hospitals 2014 feature.

The report can be found here http://www.castleconnolly.com/insidehospitals/results2015/

About CarePoint Health

CarePoint Health brings quality, patient-focused health care to Hudson County. Combining the resources of three area hospitals – Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City, and Hoboken University Medical Center – CarePoint Health provides a new approach to deliver health care that puts the patient front and center. We leverage a network of top doctors, nurses and other medical professionals whose expertise and attentiveness work together to provide complete coordination of care, from the doctor's office to the hospital to the home. Patients benefit from the expertise and capabilities of a broad network of leading specialists and specialized technology. And at CarePoint Health, all of our medical professionals emphasize preventive medicine and focus on educating patients to make healthy life choices. For more information on our facilities, partners and services, visit our website, www.carepointhealth.org.

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CarePoint Health
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Phone: 201-884-5300

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