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Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute Named Top Rehabilitation Hospital in the Country by US News and World Report “Best Hospitals” 2021-2022 Rankings
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation ranked #30 in the U.S. for acute rehabilitation hospitals.
Rehabilitation is the highest nationally-ranked specialty for the Hackensack Meridian Health network.
Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has been named one of the top rehabilitation hospitals in the United States by U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Hospitals” 2021-2022 rankings, announced today.
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, which offers New Jersey’s most comprehensive rehabilitation services, was ranked number 30 out of approximately 1,100 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. The Institute provides comprehensive rehabilitation services for adults and children so they can achieve optimal function and independence. Rehabilitation is the highest nationally-ranked specialty for the Hackensack Meridian Health network.
For the 2021-22 Best Hospitals specialty rankings, U.S. News & World Report introduced a new methodology for the rehabilitation rankings. The primary change is that the specialty rankings are no longer solely based on expert opinion. The new rankings include new measures in structure and outcomes that provide a data-driven ranking of rehabilitation facilities. The key research question for the rehabilitation rankings is which facilities provide the best care for complex inpatient cases.
The changes provide consumers with more information about the quality of care in inpatient rehabilitation facilities across the U.S., according to US News and World Report, which said the rankings will continue to evolve over time as additional data are available for inclusion.
“JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute helps people rebuild their lives after serious illness or injury. We do this by delivering comprehensive rehabilitation services based on cutting-edge treatment techniques, innovative research and excellent, personalized medical care,” said Sara Cuccurullo, M.D., medical director and vice president of JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute. “It’s an honor to be included in the US News rankings. This achievement happened because of the expertise, dedication and teamwork of our staff – doctors, nurses, specialized therapists and all of our care providers — who constantly look to innovate and improve care.”
“The entire Hackensack Meridian Health and JFK University Medical Center can’t be prouder of the team at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute for being included in the US News Best Hospitals rankings,” said Anthony Cuzzola, vice president, Rehabilitation Care Transformation Services, JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute. “Since 1974 our hospital has been focused on rehabilitative health and helping adults and children with disabilities reach optimal function and independence. Today’s news reflects the enormous professional and personal commitment to rehabilitative health, including comprehensive inpatient and outpatient programs and services. We are delighted that our team’s clinical excellence and dedication to constantly improving what we do has been recognized in such a public way.”
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute offers programs in brain injury, stroke rehabilitation, orthopedics/musculoskeletal and sports injuries, cardiac rehabilitation, pediatrics and a prosthetics and orthotics lab. It is the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department of the Hackensack Meridian Medical School and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Original Clinical Research
Under Dr. Cuccurullo’s leadership, the Institute conducts original clinical research in many areas of rehabilitation. National Institute for Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has named JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute one of just 16 Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) sites in the nation. Other innovative clinical research includes a peer-reviewed, published study that investigated the implementation, safety and outcomes of a stroke recovery program that integrated modified cardiac rehabilitation for stroke survivors. This study demonstrated that people who survive a stroke and who receive a stroke recovery program with modified cardiac rehabilitation may potentially benefit from reductions in mortality and from improvements in cardiovascular performance and function.1
A related published study showed that acute care hospital readmissions were reduced in stroke survivors who participated in a stroke recovery program. The study concluded that future study is warranted to examine whether widespread application of a similar program may improve quality of life and decrease health care costs.2
The rankings will be published in the U.S. News “Best Hospitals 2022” guidebook.
1sup>Cuccurullo et al, “Impact of a Stroke Recovery Program Integrating Modified Cardiac Rehabilitation on All-Cause Mortality, Cardiovascular Performance and Functional Performance,” Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2019;98:953–963.
2Cuccurullo et al, “Impact of Modified Cardiac Rehabilitation Within a Stroke Recovery Program on All-Cause Hospital Readmissions,” American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, February 2021, doi: 10.1097, PHM:0000000000001738.
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