The Leapfrog Group has recognized 115 hospitals with its annual Top Hospital Award in 2022. This includes 32 top general hospitals, 13 top rural hospitals, 58 top teaching hospitals and 12 top children's hospitals.
Top hospitals are identified using data from the watchdog organization's annual hospital survey, with selection based on excellence across staffing, hand hygiene, infection rates, surgery outcomes, maternity care, error prevention and other quality standards. Read more about the methodology breakdown for each category here.
Here are the 115 hospitals that received the Top Hospital Award this year:
32 top general hospitals
California
Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City)
Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital
Florida
AdventHealth Daytona Beach
AdventHealth Lake Placid
AdventHealth Zephyrhills
Georgia
AdventHealth Murray (Chatsworth)
Massachusetts
Emerson Hospital (Concord)
Missouri
Mercy Hospital Jefferson (Festus)
New Jersey
Chilton Medical Center (Pompton Plains)
Hackensack Meridian Bayshore Medical Center (Holmdel)
Hudson Regional Hospital (Secaucus)
New York
HealthAlliance Hospital Mary’s Avenue Campus (Kingston)
White Plains Hospital
North Carolina
AdventHealth Hendersonville
Atrium Health Anson (Lumberton)
Nash Hospitals, Inc. (Rocky Mount)
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center (Salisbury)
Wake Forest Baptist Health - Davie Medical Center (Bermuda Run)
Ohio
Beachwood Medical Center
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital
Oklahoma
Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital
Oregon
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center University District
Pennsylvania
WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital
South Carolina
Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston)
Roper St. Francis Hospital - Berkeley (Summerville)
Tennessee
Memorial Hospital Chattanooga
Texas
Resolute Health Hospital (New Braunfels)
Virginia
Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (Fairfax)
Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)
12 top children's hospitals
California
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (Orange)
Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital
Valley Children's Hospital
Florida
AdventHealth for Children (Orlando)
Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida (Fort Myers)
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (St. Petersburg)
Nicklaus Childrens Hospital (Miami)
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Pennsylvania
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Nashville)
Washington
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Network (Tacoma)
13 top rural hospitals
California
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital (Red Bluff)
Florida
AdventHealth Wauchula
Louisiana
Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital (Fort Polk South)
Maine
Houlton Regional Hospital
Michigan
MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
Mississippi
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Booneville
North Carolina
Atrium Health Kings Mountain
Watauga Medical Center (Boone)
Oklahoma
Hillcrest Hospital Cushing
South Carolina
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital (Seneca)
Texas
AdventHealth Rollins Brook (Lampasas)
UT Health Carthage
UT Health Pittsburg
58 top teaching hospitals
Arkansas
Northwest Medical Center Springdale
California
Adventist Health Reedley
Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus
Mercy General Hospital (Sacramento)
Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns (San Diego)
Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego)
Stanford Health Care
UC San Diego Health La Jolla - Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center
USC Norris Cancer Hospital (Los Angeles)
Connecticut
Hartford Hospital
Florida
AdventHealth Orlando
HealthPark Medical Center (Fort Myers)
Larkin Community Hospital - Palm Springs Campus (Hialeah)
Orlando Health - Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
Illinois
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital (Geneva)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Indiana
Hendricks Regional Health - Danville Hospital
The Women’s Hospital (Newburgh)
Kansas
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc.
Maine
Maine Medical Center (Portland)
Southern Maine Health Care (Biddeford)
Massachusetts
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)
Milford Regional Medical Center
Michigan
Chelsea Hospital
University of Michigan Health (Ann Arbor)
Missouri
Mercy Hospital South (St. Louis)
New Jersey
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (Paramus)
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center (North Bergen)
Morristown Medical Center
St. Luke’s Warren Campus (Phillipsburg)
New Mexico
Heart Hospital of New Mexico (Albuquerque)
New York
Glen Cove Hospital
NYC Health and Hospitals North Central Bronx
St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center (Roslyn)
North Carolina
Atrium Health - Mercy (Charlotte)
Atrium Health University City (Charlotte)
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Lexington Medical Center
Mission Hospital (Asheville)
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital (Winston-Salem)
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Rex Hospital (Raleigh)
WakeMed North Hospital (Raleigh)
Oklahoma
Hillcrest Medical Center (Tulsa)
Pennsylvania
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery (East Norriton)
St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus
St. Luke's Hospital - Anderson Campus (Easton)
South Carolina
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital (Greenville)
Tennessee
Vanderbilt University Hospital (Nashville)
Texas
UT Health North Campus Tyler
Washington
Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)