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973-829-4665EmailSecond Lantern Award® recognition from Emergency Nurses Association
POMPTON PLAINS, NJ – JULY 31, 2025 – The Emergency Department at Chilton Medical Center continues to receive honors for clinical excellence, most recently earning consecutive recognition from the Emergency Nurses Association’s Lantern Award® for demonstrating outstanding leadership, practice, education, advocacy and innovation in emergency care. Chilton joins fellow Atlantic Health System hospitals Newton Medical Center and Hackettstown Medical Center in earning a spot on the 2025 list.
“Every day the extraordinary team at Chilton Medical Center’s Emergency Department remains ready to provide the highest quality care to every patient that comes through our doors,” said Maureen Schneider, PhD, MBA, RN, President, Chilton Medical Center and Senior Vice President, Atlantic Health System. “This wonderful recognition is further validation that our team continues to raise the bar on quality care and exceptional patient outcomes. I am so proud of our entire team for the hard work that makes awards like this possible.”
Chilton’s Emergency Department joins 96 EDs nationwide recognized by the ENA in 2025. The Lantern Award recognizes the Emergency Services at Chilton for exceptional work, commitment to quality, and consistently demonstrated patient-centered care. This award considers a variety of quantitative factors that focus on performance, as well as qualitative examples of noteworthy practices and attributes of an Emergency Department. The award serves as a visible symbol of Chilton’s commitment to improved patient care and team member well-being.
Every medical center within Atlantic Health System now holds this honorable recognition, with Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, CentraState Medical Center, Newton Medical Center and Hackettstown Medical Center all being Lantern Award recipients as well. The award lasts for a three-year cycle, after which Emergency Departments are eligible to apply again.
“Nurses at Chilton Medical Center and their colleagues across Atlantic Health System are dedicated to the belief that every patient deserves an exceptional health care experience,” said Ginell Walker-Way, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Chilton Medical Center. “Congratulations to the Emergency Department team for continuing their tradition of excellence and for always putting our patients and communities first.”
For more information on this year’s Lantern Award recipients, visit the Emergency Nurses Association website.
About the Emergency Nurses Association
The Emergency Nurses Association is the premier professional nursing association dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing through advocacy, education, research, innovation, and leadership. Founded in 1970, ENA has proven to be an indispensable resource to the global emergency nursing community. With nearly 45,000 members worldwide, ENA advocates for patient safety, develops industry-leading practice standards and guidelines and guides emergency health care public policy. ENA members have expertise in triage, patient care, disaster preparedness, and all aspects of emergency care. Additional information is available at www.ena.org.
About Atlantic Health System
Atlantic Health System is at the forefront of medicine, setting standards for quality health care in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New York metropolitan area. Powered by a workforce of 24,000 team members and more than 7,779 affiliated physicians dedicated to building healthier communities, Atlantic Health System serves more than half of the state of New Jersey including 14 counties and 7.5 million people.
The not-for-profit system offers more than 550 sites of care, including its eight hospitals: Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, NJ, Overlook Medical Center in Summit, NJ, Newton Medical Center in Newton, NJ, Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, NJ, Hackettstown Medical Center in Hackettstown, NJ, Goryeb Children’s Hospital in Morristown, NJ, Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute in Madison, NJ and CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, NJ.
The system includes Atlantic Medical Group, part of a physician enterprise that makes up one of the largest multispecialty practices in New Jersey with more than 1,700 physicians and advance practice providers. Joined with Atlantic Accountable Care Organization and Optimus Healthcare Partners they form part of Atlantic Alliance, a Clinically Integrated Network of more than 2,500 health care providers throughout northern and central NJ.
Atlantic Health System provides care for the full continuum of health care needs through 30 urgent care centers, Atlantic Visiting Nurse and Atlantic Health Virtual Visits. Facilitating the connection between these services on both land and air is the transportation fleet of Atlantic Mobile Health.
Founded by Atlantic Health System, the Healthcare Transformation Consortium is a partnership of seven regional hospitals and health systems dedicated to improving access and affordability. Atlantic Health System has a medical school affiliation with Thomas Jefferson University, is home to the regional campus of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Morristown and Overlook Medical Centers, and is the official health care partner of the New York Jets.