Healthgrades named the recipients of its 2023 Specialty Excellence Awards Oct. 25, including the top hospitals for critical care.
The 209 hospitals selected demonstrated superior patient outcomes in treating pulmonary embolism, respiratory system failure, sepsis and diabetic emergencies. For a description of Healthgrades' methodology, click here.
Arizona
Banner Baywood Medical Center (Mesa)
Banner Estrella Medical Center (Phoenix)
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (Glendale)
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix)
California
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (Oakland)
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Campus (Berkeley)
Alvarado Hospital Medical Center (San Diego)
California Hospital Medical Center (Los Angeles)
California Pacific Medical Center Mission Bernal (San Francisco)
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (Monterey)
Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley)
Enloe Medical Center (Chico)
Good Samaritan Hospital (San Jose)
Hoag Hospital Newport Beach
Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center
Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia)
Los Robles Regional Medical Center (Thousand Oaks)
Marian Regional Medical Center (Santa Maria)
Memorial Medical Center (Modesto)
Mills-peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame)
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Northridge)
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (Mission Hills)
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center (Napa)
Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)
Regional Medical Center of San Jose
Riverside Community Hospital (Riverside)
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Saddleback Medical Center (Laguna Hills)
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (San Jose)
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
St. John's Regional Medical Center (Oxnard)
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
St. Mary Medical Center (Long Beach)
St. Mary Medical Center (San Francisco)
Stanford Health Care
Sutter Roseville Medical Center
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
UC Davis Medical Center (Sacramento)
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights (San Francisco)
Colorado
Medical Center of the Rockies (Loveland)
North Colorado Medical Center (Greeley)
Penrose Hospital (Colorado Springs)
Poudre Valley Hospital (Fort Collins)
Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center (Denver)
Rose Medical Center (Denver)
Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver)
Sky Ridge Medical Center (Lone Tree)
St. Anthony North Hospital (Westminster)
Swedish Medical Center (Englewood)
The Medical Center of Aurora
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora)
Connecticut
Backus Hospital (Norwich)
Norwalk Hospital
Florida
Adventhealth Orlando
Adventhealth Zephyrhills
HCA Florida Aventura Hospital
HCA Florida Brandon Hospital
HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (Miami)
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital (Jacksonville)
HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (Gainesville)
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital
HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital (South Pasadena)
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital
Mayo Clinic in Florida (Jacksonville)
Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach)
NCH Baker Downtown (Naples)
Georgia
Adventhealth Redmond (Rome)
Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital (Atlanta)
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
Illinois
AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Chicago)
Javon Bea Hospital - Rockton (Rockford)
Northwestern Medicine Mchenry Hospital
OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center (Bloomington)
Indiana
Deaconess Hospital (Evansville)
Hendricks Regional Health (Danville)
Iowa
UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids)
Kansas
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Wichita)
Menorah Medical Center (Overland Park)
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City)
Wesley Medical Center (Wichita)
Kentucky
Lourdes Hospital (Paducah)
Saint Joseph Hospital (Lexington)
Maine
Southern Maine Health Care (Biddeford)
Maryland
Calverthealth Medical Center (Prince Frederick)
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (Boston)
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center (Burlington)
North Shore Medical Center (Salem)
Michigan
Ascension Borgess Hospital (Kalamazoo)
Ascension Providence Hospital-Southfield Campus (Southfield)
Beaumont Hospital (Troy)
Spectrum Health Lakeland Medical Center (Saint Joseph)
Minnesota
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Minneapolis)
Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato
Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids)
St. Francis Regional Medical Center (Shakopee)
Missouri
Barnes Jewish Hospital (Saint Louis)
Centerpoint Medical Center (Independence)
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital (St. Charles)
Montana
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital
Nebraska
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bargan Mercy (Omaha)
CHI Health St. Elizabeth (Lincoln)
Chi Health Good Samaritan (Kearney)
Chi Health Lakeside (Omaha)
Nevada
MountainView Hospital (Las Vegas)
Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center (Las Vegas)
Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center (Las Vegas)
New Jersey
Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains)
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston)
Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center (Holmdel)
Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Neptune)
Hackensack University Medical Center
Morristown Medical Center (Morristown)
Newton Medical Center
Overlook Medical Center (Summit)
Princeton Medical Center (Plainsboro)
Valley Hospital (Ridgewood)
New York
Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City)
Mather Hospital (Port Jefferson)
Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall (Newburgh)
Saint Peter's Hospital (Albany)
North Carolina
AdventhHealth Hendersonville
Mission Hospital (Asheville)
Rutherford Regional Medical Center
Ohio
Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe)
Bethesda North Hospital (Cincinnati)
East Liverpool City Hospital
Fort Hamiltion Hughes Memorial Hospital
Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital
Mercy Health - Lorain Hospital
Mercy Health - Springfield Regional Medical Center
Mercy Health - St. Charles Hospital (Oregon)
Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital
Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
Mercy Health - West Hospital (Cincinnati)
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus)
Salem Regional Medical Center
Southwest General Health Center (Middleburg Heights)
Summa Health System - Akron Campus
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati)
UH St. John Medical Center (Westlake)
Oregon
Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center (Clackamas)
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (Portland)
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center (Oregon City)
Pennsylvania
Chester County Hospital (West Chester)
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia
Geisinger Community Medical Center (Scranton)
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (Philadelphia)
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia)
Riddle Memorial Hospital (Media)
St. Luke's Hospital - Bethlehem Campus
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital (Lebanon)
Wellspan Chambersburg Hospital
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
South Carolina
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston)
Grand Strand Medical Center (Myrtle Beach)
Trident Medical Center (Charleston)
South Dakota
Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center (Sioux Falls)
Tennessee
Parkridge Medical Center (Chattanooga)
Tristar Centennial Medical Center (Nashville)
Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center (Nashville)
Tristar Stonecrest Medical Center (Smyrna)
Tristar Summit Medical Center (Hermitage)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville)
Texas
Ascension Seton Hays (Kyle)
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Grapevine
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (Edinburg)
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital
Houston Methodist Hospital
Las Palmas Medical Center (El Paso)
Medical City Arlington
Medical City Fort Worth
Medical City McKinney
Medical City Plano
Medical City Weatherford
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital
Methodist Hospital (San Antonio)
Methodist Hospital Stone Oak (San Antonio)
St. David's Medical Center (Austin)
St. David's North Austin Medical Center
St. David's South Austin Medical Center
Vermont
University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington)
Virginia
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center (Mechanicsville)
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center (Midlothian)
Chippenham Hospital (Richmond)
Henrico Doctors' Hospital (Richmond)
Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)
St. Mary's Hospital (Richmond)
Washington
Evergreen Health Medical Center-Kirkland
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (Vancouver)
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center (Spokane)
St. Joseph Medical Center (Tacoma)
Wisconsin
Ascension Columbia Saint Mary's Hospital Milwaukee
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee (Mequon)
Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee)
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare La Crosse
Saint Agnes Hospital (Fond du Lac)
Ssm Health Saint Mary's Hospital Madison
Unitypoint Health Meriter (Madison)