N.J. hospitals aren’t slammed, even with record COVID-19 cases. But the second wave’s peak is coming.
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Mustafa Ugur from Medical Home Pharmacy in Trenton administering a COVID-19 test to Robin Watkins, right.Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday said a total of 3,635 people are currently fighting COVID-19 in New Jersey hospitals, the highest number of such patients since mid-May.
Coronavirus patients hospitalized in the state have more than doubled in the past month, and on Saturday, New Jersey set another record for new COVID-19 daily cases. Five days in the past week saw more new cases reported than at any point during the spring, though improved testing means a higher percentage of cases are now being detected.
Here are N.J.’s safest hospitals. See how yours fared in new national report.
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J. is the only hospital in the state to receive straight-A s in the Leapfrog safety report card since the surveys began in 2012.
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New Jersey hospitals rank 17th best in the nation for safety, a drop from eighth place a year ago and a potentially troubling sign as the pandemic continues to make unrelenting demands on healthcare professionals, according to the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety report card.
Six hospitals went up a grade while 15 hospitals went down a grade, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a consumer, research nonprofit that jointly releases the report with Leapfrog.