Clara Maass Hospital Earns ‘Labor & Delivery Excellence Award’

BELLEVILLE, NJ — Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville recently earned a nod as a recipient of the Healthgrades 2021 Labor and Delivery Excellence Award and Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award.

The awards recognize “exceptional care” provided to women during and after labor and delivery, and to women undergoing gynecologic procedures, according to Healthgrades.

To help consumers evaluate and compare hospital performance, Healthgrades analyzed patient outcomes data for hospitals across 16 states that provide all-payer state data for years 2017 through 2019. Read more about the awards and methodology here.

According to a news release from the hospital, the distinction places Clara Maass in the top five percent of all hospitals evaluated.

“It’s quite an honor for our entire team to be recognized again this year” said Mary Ellen Clyne, president and CEO of Clara Maass Medical Center.

“We’ve been very intentional about our goals to ‘raise the bar’ in the overall care that we offer to our patients,” Clyne added.

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