All* the Hospitals Below have Agreed to join the  "Worst to First" 2010 Campaign.

All** have agreed to re-educate staff to achive

2010 GOAL: 10%-15% CESAREAN SURGERY RATES

and

2010 GOAL: 5% OR LESS EPISIOTOMY RATES

*Except for St. Barnabas, who will work only on their Primary Cesarean Rate. They have already been working on increasing VBACS independently.

**St. Clare's has agreed to work towards a 6% Episiotomy rate by  the end of 2010.

Saint Clare's Hospital

Denville, NJ

Episotomy Rate: 60.3%

Cesarean Section Rate: 41.4%

Meadowlands Hospital

Secaucus, NJ

Cesarean Section Rate: 56.7

Episiotomy Rate: 43.6%

Jersey City Medical Center

Jersey City, NJ

Cesarean Section Rate: 43.4

Episitomy Rate: 22.9

St. Barnabas Medical Center

Livingston, NJ

Cesarean Section Rate: 49.3

Episitomy Rate: 26.4%

Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, NJ

Cesarean Section Rate: 49%

Episitomy Rate: 24.3%

CentraState Medical Center

Freehold, NJ

Cesarean Section Rate: 48.7%

Episitomy Rate: 20.9%

Christ Hospital

Jersey City, NJ

Cesarean Section Rate: 47.7%

Episitomy Rate: 10.8%