Awards and Accreditations

Capital Health has earned hospital accreditation from DNV – Healthcare, a certification body that helps health care organizations achieve excellence by improving quality and patient safety. Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell and Capital Health Regional Medical Center demonstrate that they meet or exceed patient safety standards and Conditions of Participation set forth by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® identifies superior quality in nursing care by evaluating performance outcomes. Magnet recognition is the highest national honor for nursing practice.

This designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation demonstrates Capital Health’s ongoing commitment to upholding a model of equality and respect for our LGBTQ+ patients, visitors, and staff and providing a safe and welcoming environment throughout our organization.

All Capital Health laboratories, both clinical and anatomic, voluntarily submit to CAP's peer-based inspection model. On-site inspections occur every two years using CAP Accreditation Checklists to assess Capital Health’s compliance with program requirements.

DNV certification recognizes hospitals that are able to receive and treat the most complex stroke patients.

This recognizes our commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.

The Bristol Myers Squibb Trauma Center at Capital Health Regional Medical Center is one of only 10 designated trauma centers in New Jersey and the regional referral center for injured patients in Mercer County and adjacent parts of Somerset, Hunterdon, Burlington, and Middlesex counties as well as nearby areas of Pennsylvania.

Capital Health earned national recognition for social responsibility. Capital Health Regional Medical Center ranked first in New Jersey for racial inclusivity and received ‘A’ grades for community benefit and several other categories.

Capital Health is accredited by the Surgical Review Corporation a for meeting national standards and delivering the highest level of care possible in robotic surgeries and advanced technologies.

The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a program of the American College of Surgeons, awarded Capital Health Cancer Center this accreditation for meeting 34 CoC quality care standards and maintaining levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care.

Our Center for Comprehensive Breast Care is accredited by the NAPBC for following a model for organizing and managing a breast center to facilitate multidisciplinary, integrated, and comprehensive breast cancer services.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell has achieved this designation for meeting the highest standards of care for breastfeeding parents and their babies. Standards are based on evidence-based practices recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for optimal infant feeding support in the precious first days of a newborn’s life.

This accreditation from the American College of Cardiology is earned for meeting systemwide quality-of-care measures and implementing necessary protocols, processes, and systems. It demonstrates Capital Health’s commitment to an evidence-based approach to care that can reduce the time to treatment during the critical early stages of a heart attack.