[2][3] In 2016, PMC had more than 1,300 employees, Palisades is the largest employer[citation needed] in its service area and it had an annual operating budget of approximately $150 million.

[4] The New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) recognized Palisades Medical Center with its Community Outreach Award in 2011 for a program that serves residents who may not get needed healthcare services due to socioeconomic and language issues.

[8] Also in 2010, the state's annual evaluation showed that The Harborage at Palisades had "zero deficiencies" - a rating received by only 3% of health care facilities statewide - for three consecutive years.

[10] In February 2016, it was formally acquired by Hackensack University Health Network and rechristened the Palisades Medical Center.

[12][13] In 2009, the hospital began carrying out renovations and remodeling of its Emergency Department, the first phase of which was completed at the end of July 2010.

The renovations were implemented to improve capacity, community access, patient safety and quality of health care delivery.

[19][20] By 2009, waiting times at Palisades Medical Center were reduced to nine minutes, with a maximum of 11 minutes, improvements that were attributed to the a mid-2009 update to PMC's emergency room, specifically, the construction of a Rapid Evaluation Unit (REU), in which patients are asked questions and treated by two nurses: a technician and a physician.

The REU features digital radiology, a Picis computer system that permits rapid delivery of a patient's history, a Vital Works computer system that provides staff with up-to-the-minute updates, new cardiac, stroke and ventilator equipment, a renovation of patient waiting rooms and staff facilities, and a pneumatic tube that can vacuum specimens directly to the hospital's lab.