Our Firsts
 Your health. First.
Because our mission is to provide the best in treatment and care, Holy Name Hospital has earned a number of firsts including:
- First hospital in the nation to receive J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Awards for Emergency, Outpatient and Inpatient Service Excellence.
- First hospital in New Jersey to utilize positron emission tomography (PET) technology to perform cardiac stress testing.
- First hospital in New Jersey to successfully use radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to treat a lung tumor
- First case of SARS in the nation to be confirmed by the CDC, and successfully treated
- First and ONLY hospital emergency department in the nation to win four consecutive Commitment to Excellence Awards from the Jackson Organization for its #1 national ranking in patient satisfaction
- First hospital in the Northeast to integrate a system of clinical, educational, and entertainment technology in patient rooms
- First hip replacement procedure performed in New Jersey
- First hospital in New Jersey and third in the world to use respiratory gating technology to treat lung cancer, enhancing the accuracy of radiation therapy and helping to minimize the exposure to nearby, healthy tissue
- First fully digital Picture Archival Communications System (PACS )in Bergen County, New Jersey to produce and store radiographic images without film
- First hospital in the New York metropolitan area to offer Discover LS PET/CT system, electronically linked to a fully integrated radiation oncology treatment planning system
- First hospital worldwide to launch the now widely copied CyberNursery concept
- First single room maternity care unit (encompassing labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum care) in Bergen County, New Jersey
- First hospital-based dialysis center in New Jersey
- First hospital-based multiple sclerosis center in New Jersey
- First hospital in the nation to use RhoGAM Rh(D) immune globulin to prevent life-threatening hemolytic disease in newborns, one of the most significant obstetrical breakthroughs of the 20th Century
- First hospital in New Jersey to be on the World Wide Web
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