For the third consecutive year, HUMC was named one of America's 50 Best Hospitals by HealthGrades®, the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings company. Only one percent of the nation's hospitals can make this claim. HUMC is the only healthcare facility in New Jersey, New York, and New England to receive this designation. The HealthGrades® designation recognizes hospitals that have demonstrated superior clinical quality over a seven-year time period, based upon an analysis of more than 75 million Medicare patient records. These hospitals have achieved better survival rates and lower complication rates across dozens of medical procedures and diagnoses, from cardiac care to orthopedic surgery, consistently ranking among the top five percent in the nation for overall clinical outcomes.