The Leapfrog Group honored 149 hospitals with its annual Top Hospital Award. Of those, 23 are rural hospitals.
The Leapfrog Group used data from its annual hospital survey to identify the top hospitals. Selection is based on excellence across several quality standards and areas of patient care, including surgery outcomes, medication safety and infection rates. Read more about the methodology here.
Here are the 23 rural hospitals that received the Top Hospital Award this year:
Colorado
Mercy Hospital (Durango)
Florida
AdventHealth Wauchula
Georgia
Fairview Park Hospital (Dublin)
Louisiana
Ochsner St. Anne Hospital (Raceland)
Maine
Bridgton Hospital
Houlton Regional Hospital
LincolnHealth (Damariscotta)
Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital
Pen Bay Medical Center (Rockport)
Rumford Hospital
Michigan
MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital (Adrian)
Spectrum Health Kelsey Hospital (Lakeview)
Spectrum Health Reed City Hospital
Nebraska
Great Plains Health (North Platte)
New York
Gouverneur Hospital
North Carolina
Wilkes Medical Center (North Wilkesboro)
Watauga Medical Center (Boone)
Ohio
Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe)
Fisher-Titus Medical Center (Norwalk)
Oklahoma
Hillcrest Hospital Cushing
Mercy Hospital Ada
Tennessee
LeConte Medical Center (Sevierville)