Leapfrog is winding down 2023 by recognizing 132 hospitals with its Top Hospital Award, a distinction for hospitals that demonstrate the highest performance in the U.S. on quality and patient safety.
Awarded hospitals are divided into four groups: general hospitals (34), children's hospitals (8), rural hospitals (15) and teaching hospitals (75). Methodologies for the awards in each category can be found here. Seventeen more hospitals were awarded this year compared to last.
Leapfrog does not award hospitals according to a set number, but instead recognizes all that meet the standards defined in its methodologies. Hospitals eligible for Leapfrog Safety Grades must have received an 'A' in the latest round of scoring to maintain eligibility for the Top Hospital Award.
All 132 awarded hospitals are listed below, first by state and then by hospital category.
California
Top general hospitals
El Camino Health (Mountain View)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Leandro
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Rafael
Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Montclair Hospital Medical Center
Palomar Medical Center Poway
Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City)
Top children's hospitals
Children's Hospital of Orange County (Orange)
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Valley Children's Hospital (Madera)
Top rural hospitals
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (Grass Valley)
Top teaching hospitals
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage)
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 (Sacramento)
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns (San Diego)
Stanford Health Care
UC San Diego Health La Jolla – Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center
UCI Health (Orange)
UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights (San Francisco)
UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion (San Francisco)
USC Norris Cancer Hospital (Los Angeles)
Colorado
Top teaching hospitals
Longmont United Hospital
Connecticut
Top teaching hospitals
Hartford Hospital
Florida
Top general hospitals
AdventHealth Daytona Beach
AdventHealth DeLand
AdventHealth Ocala
AdventHealth Zephyrhills
Gulf Coast Medical Center (Fort Myers)
Jupiter Medical Center
Orlando Health Central Hospital (Ocoee)
Top children's hospitals
Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida (Fort Myers)
Nicklaus Children's Hospital (Miami)
Wolfson Children's Hospital (Jacksonville)
Top rural hospitals
AdventHealth Wauchula
Top teaching hospitals
AdventHealth Lake Placid
Larkin Community Hospital
Lee Memorial Hospital
Orlando Health - Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital (Longwood)
Georgia
Top general hospitals
AdventHealth Murray (Chatsworth)
Top rural hospitals
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center (Rome)
Hawaii
Top rural hospitals
Queens North Hawaii Community Hospital (Waimea)
Illinois
Top teaching hospitals
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage (Winfield)
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Indiana
Top teaching hospitals
Hendricks Regional Health – Danville Hospital
The Women's Hospital (Newburgh)
Kansas
Top general hospitals
AdventHealth South Overland Park Hospital
Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center (Wichita)
Louisiana
Top rural hospitals
Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital (Fort Johnson)
Our Lady of the Angels Hospital (Bogalusa)
Maine
Top general hospitals
Mid Coast Hospital (Brunswick)
Top teaching hospitals
Maine Medical Center (Portland)
Maryland
Top general hospitals
Christiana Care – Union Hospital (Elkton)
Top teaching hospitals
Medstar Harbor Hospital
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital
Massachusetts
Top general hospitals
Anna Jacques Hospital (Newburyport)
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Milton
Top teaching hospitals
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Milford Regional Medical Center
Michigan
Top rural hospitals
MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
Top teaching hospitals
Chelsea Hospital
Garden City Hospital
University of Michigan Health - Michigan Medicine
New Jersey
Top teaching hospitals
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center
Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital
Morristown Medical Center
St. Luke's Warren Campus
Virtua Voorhees Hospital
New Mexico
Top teaching hospitals
Heart Hospital of New Mexico (Albuquerque)
New York
Top general hospitals
Catholic Health System – Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Buffalo)
Top teaching hospitals
NYU Langone Hospital
NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island
St. Francis Hospital Heart & Center
North Carolina
Top general hospitals
Atrium Health Anson (Wadesboro)
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center (Salisbury)
Top teaching hospitals
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
Ohio
Top general hospitals
Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia)
Oklahoma
Top general hospitals
Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital
Top rural hospitals
Hillcrest Hospital Cushing
Hillcrest Hospital Pryor
Mercy Hospital Ardmore
Top teaching hospitals
AHS Southcrest Hospital, LLC dba Hillcrest Hospital South
Pennsylvania
Top general hospitals
UPMC Carlisle
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
Top teaching hospitals
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
Top teaching hospitals
The Miriam Hospital
South Carolina
Top general hospitals
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Midlothian)
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center (Hartsville)
Top rural hospitals
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital (Seneca)
Top teaching hospitals
Prisma Health Baptist (Columbia)
Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge
Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital
Tennessee
Top general hospitals
Vanderbilt University Hospital (Nashville)
Top children's hospitals
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Nashville)
Top teaching hospitals
Vanderbilt University Hospital (Nashville)
Texas
Top general hospitals
Cornerstone Regional Hospital (Edinburg)
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
Top rural hospitals
AdventHealth Rollins Brook (Lampasas)
Peterson Regional Medical Center (Kerrville)
UT Health Carthage
UT Health Pittsburg
Top teaching hospitals
UT Health North Campus Tyler
Virginia
Top general hospitals
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (Fairfax)
Top teaching hospitals
University of Virginia Medical Center
UVA Haymarket Medical Center
Warren Memorial Hospital
Washington
Top children's hospitals
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Network (Tacoma)
Top teaching hospitals
Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)