Gold star Leapfrog’s top hospitals in each state for 2024 Leapfrog recognized 134 general, teaching, children’s and rural hospitals. Jan. 17, 2025FridayJanuary 2025 issue The DO Staff Contact The DO Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics awardshospital medicinehospitals In December 2024, Leapfrog released its lists of the country’s top hospitals. Leapfrog recognized all teaching, general, rural and children’s hospitals that meet the high standards defined in the organization’s Top Hospital Methodology. The organization also evaluated what systems are in place at each hospital to prevent medication errors, infection rates and the quality of hospitals’ maternity care, among other factors. For 2024, 134 hospitals earned the Top Hospital Award, including eight Top Children’s Hospitals, 36 Top General Hospitals, 15 Top Rural Hospitals and 75 Top Teaching Hospitals. The full lists of 134 hospitals, organized by category and state, are below. Top teaching hospitals Arizona Chandler Regional Medical Center Mercy Gilbert Medical Center California Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Antioch Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Baldwin Park Medical Center Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Jose Kaiser Foundation Hospital – South San Francisco Related Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Irvine Medical Center Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns Sharp Memorial Hospital Stanford Health Care UCSF Health – Mission Bay UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion USC Norris Cancer Hospital Connecticut Hartford Hospital District of Columbia Medstar Washington Hospital Center Florida AdventHealth Orlando AdventHealth Winter Park Lakewood Ranch Medical Center Larkin Community Hospital Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Orlando Health – Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies Illinois Loretto Hospital Rush University Medical Center University of Chicago Medical Center Maine MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland Maryland MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Massachusetts Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital Brigham and Women’s Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Newton-Wellesley Hospital Michigan Trinity Health Livingston Hospital Missouri Mercy Hospital South Mercy Hospital Springfield Nevada Renown South Meadows Medical Center New Jersey Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Saint Michael’s Medical Center St. Luke’s Warren Campus New Mexico Heart Hospital of New Mexico New York Northern Dutchess Hospital Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital St. Francis Hospital Heart Center Syosset Hospital North Carolina Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Oklahoma AHS Southcrest Hospital, LLC dba Hillcrest Hospital South Hillcrest Medical Center Pennsylvania St. Luke’s Easton Campus St. Luke’s Hospital – Allentown Campus St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem Campus South Carolina Prisma Health Baptist Hospital Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital Prisma Health Patewood Hospital Texas Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital Seton Medical Center Harker Heights UT Southwestern’s William. 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Clements Jr. University Hospital UT Southwestern’s Zale Lipshy Pavilion Virginia Inova Fairfax Hospital Inova Fair Oaks Hospital Inova Loudoun Hospital Warren Memorial Hospital Washington St. Clare Hospital Top general hospitals Alaska Bassett Army Community Hospital California Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Manteca Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Modesto Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Rafael Mercy Hospital of Folsom Montclair Hospital Medical Center Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center Sutter Davis Hospital Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Colorado AdventHealth Castle Rock Connecticut Windham Community Memorial Hospital Florida AdventHealth Altamonte Springs AdventHealth Apopka AdventHealth DeLand AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach Georgia AdventHealth Murray Illinois Provident Hospital of Cook County Massachusetts Addison Gilbert Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health Missouri Mercy Hospital Jefferson Nevada North Vista Hospital New York Catholic Health System – Kenmore Mercy Hospital White Plains Hospital North Carolina Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital Iredell Memorial Hospital Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center Novant Health Matthews Medical Center Ohio Mount Carmel New Albany Pennsylvania Frick Hospital Independence Health System Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center UPMC Carlisle South Carolina Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center Roper St. Francis Healthcare – Berkeley Hospital Roper St. Francis Healthcare – Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital Roper St. Francis Healthcare – Mount Pleasant Hospital Texas Dallas Medical Center Virginia Fauquier Health Top rural hospitals California Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Delaware Beebe Healthcare Specialty Surgical Hospital Florida AdventHealth Wauchula Louisiana Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital Maine MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital North Carolina FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital – Hoke Watauga Medical Center Ohio Coshocton Regional Medical Center Oklahoma Hillcrest Hospital Pryor Pennsylvania St. Luke’s Monroe Campus South Carolina Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital Texas AdventHealth Rollins Brook UT Health Carthage UT Health Pittsburg Top children’s hospitals California Valley Children’s Hospital Florida AdventHealth for Children Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Wolfson Children’s Hospital Pennsylvania UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Tennessee Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Related reading: The best podcasts for DOs and osteopathic medical students to explore in 2025 Being a first-generation student doesn’t end in medical school: A call for more research and support after undergrad More in Profession In Memoriam: January 2025 View the names of recently deceased osteopathic physicians. 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