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Ridgewood NJ, Valley Health Systems in Ridgewood was ranked 6th over all in the latest survey of best hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report.
A total of 15 hospitals in New Jersey earned recognition from the high-profile list, in its 30th year of publication.
Nationally, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. claimed top honors, followed by the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
In the 2019-20 best hospitals in the U.S. from U.S. News. US News analyzed data from nearly 5,000 medical centers and survey responses from more than 30,000 physicians to rank hospitals in 16 adult specialties including cancer, diabetes, rheumatology and more. Survival rates, patient safety, specialized staff and hospital reputation were among the factors weighed. Nationally, only 165 hospitals ranked in at least one of the specialties in 2019-20. The Honor Roll recognizes 20 hospitals for their exceptional care for complex cases across these specialties, as well as recognizes hospitals by state, metro and regional areas for their work in nine more widely performed procedures and conditions.
Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ is rated high performing in 1 adult specialty and 5 procedures and conditions. It is a general medical and surgical facility.
Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack was ranked number two.
That will be Valley Hospital, formerly of Ridgewood.
We chased them away.
Yes we did. Too big for the neighborhood. Boo hoo.
They are about 1 mile away which is better for them and us!
Fellow residents We will be sorry that they are not in Ridgewood anymore. All the donations that Valley Hospital gave to Ridgewood will be gone. They all go to Paramus. 10 years down the road that property up your shit hole. I say turn the whole place into. Institution.
sorry Valley was a crappy neighbor and a serious cheapo with donations, they will be less than 1 mile from the current site and much will remain in Ridgewoood ,they don’t want to give up a Ridgewood address
Correct James!
Valley didn’t pay taxes, used our services, wanted to over expand on a 15 acre lot in the middle of a neighborhood next to a school and fought us tooth and nail for years, bought many other properties which have remained undeveloped and yes they donated a few score boards.
Good hospital – lousy neighbor. Pig headed ego maniacs running the place. Anyone have Jonathan Drill’s e-mail address?
I take exception to the above statement that Valley gave us big donations. In actuality, Valley used Ridgewood’s services without any payment. Several years ago, a Judge declared that hospitals could be charged money in lieu of taxes–but the Council did not want to charge them. The law was also passed that hospitals had to pay town taxes for all the property they owned that was used “for profit entities”. Valley owns a ton of property in Ridgewood–all being used for profit making endeavors! Do they pay taxes? I know they do not pay for all the Police and Fire calls–not even for the mandatory use of Vet’s field–which requires both police and fire to stand by–for their inbound patient helicopters. Residents are charged for fire calls that exceed a certain number. Valley probably exceeds this number the first week of every month. This use of the fire department includes police to stand by. Do they pay–not likely! And, even when they technically “leave the Village years from now”, they are legally responsible to continue to pay (if they had ever started!) for money in lieu of taxes and real estate taxes for all the profit making buildings. Just think how much tax could be paid on just the 200 building near the Duck Pond? I am quite sure that no physician or other use “donates their time” but are instead well paid for it. I can’t understand why the Village refuses to collect all that money that is legally owed to them as well as all the unpaid money due from Fire, Police, and other services we supply for free! At one time, the Village even picked up their garbage for free! Remember, YOUR tax money is paying for all of these FREE services!