Voorhees, NJ, September 29, 2023 – Two Jefferson Health hospitals in southern New Jersey earned individual recognitions related to their surgical services. 

• Jefferson Stratford Hospital recently earned designation as an American College of Surgeons (ACS) Surgical Quality Partner, in recognition of its dedication to the safest and most effective surgical care through its Weight-Loss Surgery Program, which also holds ACS Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) designation. More than 5,400 bariatric surgical procedures have been performed at Jefferson Stratford Hospital since the program began in 2007.  An important measure of a hospital’s surgical quality, ACS Quality programs help maintain the highest standards in surgical care, prevent complications, and save lives. For more information, visit www.JeffersonHealth.org/Bariatrics.

• Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital was recently named as a Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to safety ensuring a smoke-free environment wherever surgical smoke — a hazardous byproduct of any surgery involving a laser or an electrosurgical unit — is generated. AORN’s Go Clear^TM Award signifies the Operating Room team's successful completion of a comprehensive, evidence-based program, and adoption of technologies to ensure a surgical smoke-free environment for patients and staff. AORN’s Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation (Go Clear^TM) Program helps perioperative teams improve safety efforts related to this potential hazard. Jefferson’s two other East Region hospitals -- in Stratford and Washington Township, as well as its Washington Township Surgery Center -- are currently seeking Center of Excellence in Surgical Safety: Smoke Evacuation (Go Clear^TM) certification. For more information, visit www.aorn.org.

About Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region and southern New Jersey, is reimagining healthcare and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 42,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow’s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical, and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College and Kanbar College of Design, Engineering, and Commerce, is a national doctoral research university that dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,400 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top healthcare systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia area, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 17 hospitals and over 50 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.