Methodology

For the list, Leapfrog sorted hospitals into five categories and compared hospitals to their peers. The five categories were:

• General hospitals
• Children's hospitals
• Rural hospitals
• Large teaching hospitals (500 or more staffed beds)
• Small teaching hospitals (fewer than 500 staffed beds)

To be eligible for recognition on the list, hospitals were required to:

• Meet Leapfrog's standard for computerized physician order entry
• Meet Leapfrog's standard for ICU physician staffing
• Comply with Leapfrog's "Never Events" policy
• Receive an "A" on Leapfrog's most recent Safety Grade rating (excluding children's hospitals, which are not eligible for Safety Grade ratings)
• Report on all applicable measures (26 measures for children's hospitals, 41 for all other categories)
• Achieve Leapfrog's standards on at least 40% to 60% of those measures, depending on category
• Satisfy the Top Hospital Selection Committee's qualitative review (excluding children's hospitals)

The 'Top Hospitals' of 2023

Leapfrog recognized 87 Advisory Board members on this year's list. These hospitals are listed below in alphabetical order by category and state. The full list of top hospitals is available here.

General hospitals

California

• El Camino Hospital
• Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Leandro
• Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Rafael

Florida

• AdventHealth Daytona Beach
• AdventHealth DeLand
• AdventHealth Ocala
• AdventHealth Zephyrhills
• Gulf Coast Medical Center

Georgia

• AdventHealth Murray

Kansas

• AdventHealth South Overland Park Hospital

Maine

• Mid Coast 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

• Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center

Tennessee

• Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Children's hospitals

California

• Children's Hospital of Orange County
• Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
• Valley Children's Hospital

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

Rural hospitals

Florida

• AdventHealth Wauchula

Georgia

• Floyd Polk Medical Center

Louisiana

• Our Lady of the Angels Hospital

Michigan

• MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin

Oklahoma

• Hillcrest Hospital Cushing
• Hillcrest Hospital Pryor

Texas

• AdventHealth Rollins Brook
• UT Health Carthage
• UT Health Pittsburg

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
• 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

Colorado

• Centura Longmont United Hospital

Connecticut

• Hartford Hospital

Florida

• AdventHealth Lake Placid
• Lee Memorial Hospital

Illinois

• Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage
• Rush University Medical Center

Indiana

• The Women's Hospital

Maine

• Maine Medical Center

Massachusetts

• Brigham and Women's Hospital

Michigan

• Chelsea Hospital
• University of Michigan Health – Michigan Medicine

New Jersey

• Deborah Heart and Lung Center
• Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
• Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital
• St. Luke's Warren Campus

New Mexico

• Heart Hospital of New Mexico

New York

• 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

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

"This recognition is one of the toughest awards in the industry to earn, so the hospitals and ASCs that receive this award have demonstrated an incredible commitment to patient safety and their community," said Leah Binder, president and CEO of Leapfrog. "We also salute all the facilities that were in the running for this award — including those that didn't get it this year. Hospitals and ASCs must be highly transparent about their quality to even be eligible for this award, and transparency is indispensable to achieving excellence. We thank them for earning the trust of their communities and look forward to awarding them in future years." (Leapfrog Top Hospitals methodology, accessed 12/6; Leapfrog Top Hospitals list, accessed 12/6; Leapfrog press release, 12/5)

Download quick guides that summarize the methodology and metrics used in four hospital quality rating programs.