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grimace24 t1_jccvya9 wrote

Can't tell you the best but you are right not to trust US News. I know a few hospitals that no longer submit data to US News for consideration as "best". According to those hospitals US News chooses the "best" based on "donations".

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CourtAlert8679 t1_jcd1ec3 wrote

Best for what? Like are we talking best for delivering a baby or best for open heart surgery?

The two “best” hospitals in my opinion were Princeton and St. Peter’s. Princeton is the nicest hospital I’ve ever been in, St. Peter’s is where I want to go if my life is in danger.

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UFOsBeforeBros t1_jcffcv5 wrote

The only people I know who go to St. Peter’s are practicing Catholics, which is why I thought they were having recent troubles … not enough patients.

I couldn’t imagine non-Catholics going there given RWJ is right there, much larger, and non-religious. I’m biased, because I believe that abortion and contraceptives are essential healthcare, and Catholic hospitals should be outlawed because they refuse to provide those services. But I’m not a fan of religious-run hospitals in general. (Seventh-day Adventists seem awful, too; you find their hospitals in Florida and other regions.)

I knew someone years ago who thought Barnabas was still a Catholic hospital, and she said if she was severely burned she’d rather die than be treated at their burn unit. This friend was intelligent but it should be noted had severe religious trauma. But because of her I thought that Barnabas ditched its religious affiliation because too many non-Catholics were refusing to be treated there.

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Luckilygemini t1_jccvn3w wrote

Riverview isn't half bad. But I am so confused what the news has to do with anything.

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RideThatBridge t1_jcfah1i wrote

US News and World Reports ranks "the best hospitals" every year.

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mindbullitz t1_jcd8fzi wrote

This is a foolish question to be asking randos online. We literally have quality metrics you can look at. Just go here and compare using the plentiful data points:

https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/?providerType=Hospital&redirect=true

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Technical-Car OP t1_jcdkenk wrote

Ok so either the hospitals near me are shit or that site isn’t accurate.

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mindbullitz t1_jcdrapk wrote

I wouldn't say they're shit. Hospitals just aren't usually as good as we want them to be, clinically speaking. If you're just thinking of how the lobby looks or how nice their ads are, that's one thing. I don't know about you though, but I care about their clinical outcomes.

That website is the CMS, literally the government agency that collects all that data inputs out objective scores that are easily compared among different hospitals.

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Technical-Car OP t1_jcf0jbl wrote

Guess Overlook in Summit is really top tier. RWJ in New Brunswick is below average.

What you’re saying seems be to accurate: the best practitioner may not be working at a hospital.

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Nice_Improvement2536 t1_jcd1v09 wrote

RWJ in New Brunswick is good for major surgery, Penn Medicine in Princeton is great for ER visits and maternity, and Jersey Shore is pretty good all around.

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bjb13 t1_jcd73qp wrote

A little north of true central NJ i suppose. I spent 11 days in Morristown Medical Center two years ago and was very happy with my treatment. I’ve since been back for other procedures and they have all been done well and very professionally.

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unclebonesy t1_jcdpc9i wrote

I went to RWJ emergency on Saturday . Staff was good, but no one is in a hurry. Could have been done in 2 hours, but it took 4 hours. Sorry I didn’t fill out the survey afterwards, there’s my comments

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Lmb326 t1_jcf2bro wrote

morristown for cardiac and ortho

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Jimmytowne t1_jcd0aca wrote

Jersey shore is great, not sure if it’s considered central here

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shmoobel t1_jcdfk7x wrote

Penn Med in Plainsboro

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krissyballs t1_jce07gc wrote

JFK is absolute shit unless you have had a traumatic brain injury.

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Technical-Car OP t1_jcf1mwf wrote

The message I’m getting is that hospitals aren’t that great unless it’s for emergencies.

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UnguentSlather t1_jcevbsk wrote

Hackensack Meridian is a good hospital system. My family has had good outcomes at Riverview and Jersey Shore.

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Technical-Car OP t1_jcf1g8r wrote

They both have 3 stars on Medicare.gov I’m thinking these sites aren’t that useful.

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New_Stats t1_jcg3y3d wrote

I like Hunterdon the best, but Capital health in Hopewell is outstanding as well

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RhymeGrime t1_jcgb1gn wrote

St Barnabas wasn't too bad

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Orthodoxlly t1_jcnm9z0 wrote

RWJ New Brunswick if you have anything serious ICU, ED, surgery, cancer, etc. Its a teaching/research hospital w/ Rutgers, not many in NJ. Otherwise you would need to go out of state to like Columbia, NYU, Penn Med

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