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Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus

25 Pocono Road, Denville, NJ 07834

Acute Care Hospitals Emergency services Birthing-friendly

Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 60% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 22 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 4. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 46 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.

CMS overall rating 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 60% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 2/5 908 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 4 worse 1 better of 22 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 908 completed surveys, 29% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
60%
NJ 65% · US 71% · 2 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
58%
NJ 65% · US 72% · 2 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
70%
NJ 76% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
72%
NJ 75% · US 80% · 2 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
47%
NJ 58% · US 62% · 1 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
82%
NJ 83% · US 86% · 2 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
72%
NJ 69% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
51%
NJ 49% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital New Jersey average US average

Emergency department

How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital NJ US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 388 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min 2 h 46 min 3 h 6 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 53 visits sampled 9 h 30 min 4 h 52 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 45,179 patients 1% 2% 2%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 107 patients 70% 73% 65%

How Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusThis hospital2/560%2 h 46 min1 better 4 worse
Morristown Medical CenterSame county · Morristown5/580%4 h 10 min14 better
Chilton Medical CenterSame county · Pompton Plains5/568%3 h 27 min7 better
Ahs Hospital CorpSame ZIP area · Hackettstown4/558%3 h 2 min1 better 1 worse
Newton Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Newton4/563%2 h 48 min1 better

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.

Deaths

How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
All patients, hospital-wide 3,315 cases Too few cases 4.2% 3.9%
Heart attack 144 cases Too few cases 11.5% 11.9%
Heart failure 434 cases Too few cases 12.6% 11.1%
Pneumonia 574 cases Too few cases 18.2% 15.2%
Stroke 212 cases Too few cases 11.6% 11.9%
COPD 148 cases Too few cases 7.4% 8.6%

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Complications

How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.

12 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure No different 0.89 likely 0.53 – 1.25 1
After hip or knee replacement 71 cases Too few cases 3.5% 4.1%
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 40 cases No different 194.3 per 1,000 likely 141.06 per 1,000 – 247.53 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 5,226 cases No different 0.16 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.83 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 6,817 cases No different 0.15 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.36 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 6,700 cases No different 0.29 per 1,000 likely 0.09 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 847 cases No different 2.21 per 1,000 likely 0.63 per 1,000 – 3.79 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 218 cases No different 1.6 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 3.29 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 239 cases No different 10.9 per 1,000 likely 2.28 per 1,000 – 19.52 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 743 cases No different 3.32 per 1,000 likely 1.06 per 1,000 – 5.58 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 101 cases No different 5.77 per 1,000 likely 1.58 per 1,000 – 9.97 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 263 cases No different 1.64 per 1,000 likely 0.16 per 1,000 – 3.11 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 764 cases No different 0.85 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.83 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

Infections caught in the hospital

Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

1 better than the nation 4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 1.9 likely 0.7 – 4.22 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0.41 likely 0.07 – 1.36 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.64 likely 0.03 – 3.15 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 0.52 likely 0.03 – 2.58 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.19 likely 0.05 – 0.52 1

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Readmissions and return visits

How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.

2 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 152 cases Too few cases 14.2% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 545 cases Too few cases 25.4% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 608 cases Too few cases 19.1% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 194 cases Too few cases 21.2% 20%
Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 74 cases Too few cases 6.1% 5.8%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 132 cases Too few cases 11.2 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 511 cases Too few cases 26.6 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 554 cases Too few cases 5.1 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 175 cases No different 13.2 per 1,000 likely 9.6 per 1,000 – 17.7 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 368 cases No different 1 likely 0.7 – 1.3 —

4 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

102 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 159 residents and trainees. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.

Specialty Clinicians
Anesthesiology 22
Internal Medicine 12
Physician Assistant 11
Diagnostic Radiology 10
Emergency Medicine 10
Pediatrics 3
Pharmacist 3
Psychiatry 3
Adult Health 2
Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology 2
Dietitian, Registered 2
Hospitalist 2

First 12 alphabetically

Money from drug and device companies

Drug and device makers have to report what they pay teaching hospitals to CMS's Open Payments program. At many teaching hospitals most of it is research funding, or royalties for inventions the hospital licensed to a company. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.

2025 total $193 general $193 · research $0
All years, 2024–2025 $708 3 reported payments
  • 2024 $514
  • 2025 $193

General payments Research payments

What the 2025 general payments were for

Type of payment Amount Payments
Debt forgiveness $193 2

Largest paying companies, 2025

Company Amount Payments
Fisher Scientific Company L.L.C. $157 1
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $36 1

Amounts are as the paying companies reported them to CMS; Open Payments data retrieved 13 Sep 2026. Full record on CMS Open Payments.

How to read this page

  • Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
  • “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
  • Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
  • Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
  • These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.

CMS Care Compare data retrieved 4 Oct 2026, refreshed weekly. Where this data comes from and how we handle it · Report an error

Common questions about Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus

Is Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus a good hospital?

Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 22 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 4. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus?

60% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 908 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 46 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 1% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Does Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus receive money from drug and device companies?

Drug and device makers reported $193 in payments to Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus for 2025, under the federal Open Payments program. A payment on its own does not show a conflict of interest.