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Leapfrog’s top hospitals in each state in 2023

Leapfrog recognized 132 general, teaching, children’s and rural hospitals.

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 Hospital
The Women’s Hospital

Maine
Maine 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

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