Across the nation Leapfrog’s top hospitals in each state in 2023 Leapfrog recognized 132 general, teaching, children’s and rural hospitals. Jan. 22, 2024MondayJanuary 2024 issue The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email In December 2023, Leapfrog released its lists of the country’s top hospitals. Leapfrog looked at general, teaching, children’s and rural hospitals specifically and ultimately chose 132 hospitals for its lists. To evaluate hospitals, Leapfrog used unique criteria for each category. For instance, the organization examined ICU physician staffing and patient communication for children’s hospitals and volumes of complex surgeries such as hip and knee replacements for general hospitals. The full lists of 132 hospitals, organized by category and state, are below. Top general hospitals California El Camino Hospital Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Leandro Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Rafael Mercy Hospital of Folsom Montclair Hospital Medical Center Palomar Medical Center Poway Sequoia Hospital Florida AdventHealth Daytona Beach AdventHealth DeLand AdventHealth Ocala AdventHealth Zephyrhills Gulf Coast Medical Center Jupiter Medical Center Orlando Health Central Hospital Georgia AdventHealth Murray Kansas AdventHealth South Overland Park Hospital Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center Maine Mid Coast Hospital Maryland ChristianaCare – Union Hospital Massachusetts Anna Jacques Hospital Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Milton New York Catholic Health System – Kenmore Mercy Hospital North Carolina Atrium Health Anson Novant Health Matthews Medical Center Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Ohio Kettering Health Greene Memorial Oklahoma Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital Pennsylvania UPMC Carlisle WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital South Carolina Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center Tennessee Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Texas Cornerstone Regional Hospital Seton Medical Center Harker Heights Virginia Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Top children’s hospitals California Children’s Hospital of Orange County Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Valley Children’s Hospital Florida Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Wolfson Children’s Hospital Tennessee Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Washington Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Network Top rural hospitals California Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Florida AdventHealth Wauchula Georgia Floyd Polk Medical Center Hawaii Queens North Hawaii Community Hospital Louisiana Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital Our Lady of the Angels Hospital Michigan MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin Oklahoma Hillcrest Hospital Cushing Hillcrest Hospital Pryor Mercy Hospital Ardmore South Carolina Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital Texas AdventHealth Rollins Brook Peterson Regional Medical Center UT Health Carthage UT Health Pittsburg Top teaching hospitals California Eisenhower Medical Center Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Antioch Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Richmond Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Santa Clara Kaiser Foundation Hospital – South San Francisco Kaiser Permanente Orange County – Irvine Medical Center Mercy General Hospital Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns Stanford Health Care UC San Diego Health La Jolla – Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center UCI Health UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion USC Norris Cancer Hospital Colorado Centura Longmont United Hospital Connecticut Hartford Hospital Florida AdventHealth Lake Placid Larkin Community Hospital Lee Memorial Hospital Orlando Health – Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital Illinois Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Rush University Medical Center University of Chicago Medical Center Indiana Hendricks Regional Health – Danville HospitalThe Women’s Hospital MaineMaine Medical Center Maryland Medstar Harbor Hospital Medstar Union Memorial Hospital Massachusetts Brigham and Women’s Hospital Milford Regional Medical Center Michigan Chelsea Hospital Garden City Hospital University of Michigan Health – Michigan Medicine New Jersey Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Deborah Heart and Lung Center Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital Morristown Medical Center St. Luke’s Warren Campus Virtua Voorhees Hospital New Mexico Heart Hospital of New Mexico New York NYU Langone Hospitals NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island St. Francis Hospital Heart & Center North Carolina Atrium Health Pineville Carolinas Medical Center Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Rex Hospital, Inc. WakeMed North Hospital Oklahoma AHS Southcrest Hospital, LLC dba Hillcrest Hospital South Pennsylvania Einstein Medical Center Montgomery Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest St. Luke’s Hospital – Allentown Campus St. Luke’s Hospital – Anderson Campus St. Luke’s Hospital – Bethlehem Campus St. Luke’s Carbon Campus St. Luke’s Easton Hospital Rhode Island The Miriam Hospital South Carolina Prisma Health Baptist Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital Prisma Health Patewood Hospital Tennessee Vanderbilt University Hospital Texas UT Health North Campus Tyler Virginia University of Virginia Medical Center UVA Haymarket Medical Center Warren Memorial Hospital Washington Virginia Mason Medical Center Related reading: The DO schools on U.S. News’ best medical schools list for 2023-2024 What residents are getting paid in 2023 More in Profession DOs impacted by recent natural disasters can apply for disaster relief grants from AOF The one-time grants are available in the amounts of $150, $250 or $500, and practicing DOs and residents who are victims of a recent natural disaster are eligible to receive them. 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DOs impacted by recent natural disasters can apply for disaster relief grants from AOF The one-time grants are available in the amounts of $150, $250 or $500, and practicing DOs and residents who are victims of a recent natural disaster are eligible to receive them.
Reflections on the impact of the Latinx physician shortage in the US Lourdes G. Bahamonde, DO, discusses the importance of enrolling medical students of diverse backgrounds.