Penn Medicine In Plainsboro Named Among Best In State: U.S. News

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro was named among the best hospitals in the state, according to new rankings from U.S. News & World Report released Tuesday.

The hospital was tied in sixth place with six other medical facilities. Morristown Medical Center was named New Jersey's top hospital.

PMC was rated high performing in one specialty — orthopaedics — and seven procedures and conditions including heart failure, hip fracture, kidney failure, knee replacement and stroke.

“At PMC and across Penn Medicine Princeton Health, we have fostered a culture of pursuing excellence and achieving higher standards,” CEO James Demetriades said in a statement. “These results are a tribute to every employee and physician whose work supports patient care at the hospital.”

The 2022-23 rankings also took into account several health equity measures for the first time, noting hospitals that provide more care to low-income patients and those which have racial disparities in medical and surgical outcomes.

The rankings are meant to help patients and doctors make health care decisions, according to Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor of U.S. News.

U.S. News made adjustments in its evaluation of hospital visits in 2020 to normalize its 2022 rankings against the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The rankings excluded all hospital visits in March 2020 as well as visits in which a patient was diagnosed with COVID-19.

Learn more about the U.S. News Best Hospitals methodology.

See this year's Best Hospital Rankings.

(With reporting from Josh Bakan, Patch Staff)

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