The Leapfrog Group has published its annual list of top hospitals for quality and patient safety, recognizing 134 U.S. hospitals for their performance in 2024.
Top hospitals are identified using data from the watchdog organization's annual hospital survey, with selection based on excellence in various quality and patient safety measures, including infection rates, maternity care, surgical safety, error prevention, ethical billing and ensuring patients provide informed consent for procedures. The awards are divided into four categories: children's hospitals (8), general hospitals (36), rural hospitals (15) and teaching hospitals (75). Read more about the methodologies for each category here.
The Top Hospital Award is given to all hospitals that meet standards outlined in Leapfrog's methodologies for each category, rather than to a fixed number of hospitals. Hospitals must have received an 'A' in Leapfrog's latest scoring round of its safety grades program to be eligible for the award. Institutions that received the award represent less than 6% of all eligible hospitals. This year, two more hospitals earned the recognition compared to last.
Here are the 134 hospitals that received the award this year, first by state and then by hospital type:
Alaska
Top general hospitals
Bassett Army Community Hospital (Fairbanks)
Arizona
Top general hospitals
Chandler Regional Medical Center
Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
California
Top children's hospitals
Valley Children's Hospital (Madera)
Top general hospitals
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Modesto
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael
Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Montclair Hospital Medical Center
Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center (Riverside)
Sutter Davis Hospital
Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz
Top rural hospitals
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (Grass Valley)
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital (Red Bluff)
Top teaching hospitals
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Medical Center
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco
Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Irvine Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center
Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns (San Diego)
Sharp Memorial Hospital (San Diego)
Stanford Health Care
UCSF Health - Mission Bay (San Francisco)
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 general hospitals
AdventHealth Castle Rock
Connecticut
Top general hospitals
Windham Community Memorial Hospital
Top teaching hospitals
Hartford Hospital
Delaware
Top rural hospitals
Beebe Healthcare Specialty Surgical Hospital
District of Columbia
Top teaching hospitals
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Florida
Top children's hospitals
AdventHealth for Children (Orlando)
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (St. Petersburg)
Nicklaus Children's Hospital (Miami)
Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Wolfson Children's Hospital (Jacksonville)
Top general hospitals
AdventHealth Altamonte Springs
AdventHealth Apopka
AdventHealth DeLand
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach
Top rural hospitals
AdventHealth Wauchula
Top teaching hospitals
AdventHealth Orlando
AdventHealth Winter Park
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center
Larkin Community Hospital (South Miami)
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital (Clermont)
Orlando Health - Health Central Hospital (Ocoee)
Orlando Health - Orlando Regional Medical Center
Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies
Georgia
Top general hospitals
AdventHealth Murray (Chatsworth)
Illinois
Top general hospitals
Provident Hospital of Cook County (Chicago)
Top teaching hospitals
Loretto Hospital (Chicago)
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Louisiana
Top rural hospitals
Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital (Fort Polk South)
Maine
Top rural hospitals
MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital (Rockport)
Top teaching hospitals
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center (Portland)
Maryland
Top teaching hospitals
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore)
MedStar St. Mary's Hospital (Leonardtown)
Massachusetts
Top general hospitals
Addison Gilbert Hospital (Gloucester)
Top teaching hospitals
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (Boston)
Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Michigan
Top teaching hospitals
Trinity Health Livingston Hospital (Howell)
Missouri
Top general hospitals
Mercy Hospital Jefferson (Festus)
Top teaching hospitals
Mercy Hospital South (St. Louis)
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Nevada
Top general hospitals
North Vista Hospital (North Las Vegas)
Top teaching hospitals
Renown South Meadows Medical Center (Reno)
New Jersey
Top teaching hospitals
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center (Paramus)
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Saint Michael's Medical Center (Newark)
St. Luke's Warren Campus (Phillipsburg)
New Mexico
Top teaching hospitals
Heart Hospital of New Mexico (Albuquerque)
New York
Top general hospitals
Catholic Health System - Kenmore Mercy Hospital
White Plains Hospital
Top teaching hospitals
Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City)
Northern Dutchess Hospital (Rhinebeck)
St. Francis Hospital Heart Center (Roslyn)
Syosset Hospital
North Carolina
Top general hospitals
Hoke Healthcare
Iredell Memorial Hospital (Statesville)
Novant Health Kernersville Medical Center
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Top rural hospitals
Watauga Medical Center (Boone)
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital - Hoke
Top teaching hospitals
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center (Winston-Salem)
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Charlotte)
Ohio
Top general hospitals
Mount Carmel New Albany
Top rural hospitals
Coshocton Regional Medical Center
Oklahoma
Top rural hospitals
Hillcrest Hospital Pryor
Top teaching hospitals
Hillcrest Hospital South (Tulsa)
Hillcrest Medical Center (Tulsa)
Pennsylvania
Top children's hospitals
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Top general hospitals
Frick Hospital Independence Health System
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center
UPMC Carlisle
Top rural hospitals
St. Luke's Monroe Campus (Stroudsburg)
Top teaching hospitals
St. Luke's Hospital - Allentown Campus
St. Luke's University Hospital - Bethlehem Campus
St. Luke’s - Easton Campus
South Carolina
Top general hospitals
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center (Hartsville)
Roper St. Francis Healthcare - Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston)
Roper St. Francis Healthcare - Berkeley Hospital (Summerville)
Roper St. Francis Healthcare - Mount Pleasant Hospital
Top rural hospitals
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital (Seneca)
Top teaching hospitals
Prisma Health Baptist Hospital (Columbia)
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital (Simpsonville)
Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital (Clinton)
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital (Greeneville)
Tennessee
Top children's hospitals
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Nashville)
Texas
Top general hospitals
Dallas Medical Center
Top rural hospitals
AdventHealth Rollins Brook (Lampasas)
UT Health Carthage
UTHealth Pittsburgh
Top teaching hospitals
Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital (Dallas)
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights
UT Southwestern’s Zale Lipshy Pavilion (Dallas)
UT Southwestern’s William. P. Clements Jr. University Hospital (Dallas)
Virginia
Top general hospitals
Fauquier Health (Warrenton)
Top teaching hospitals
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (Fairfax)
Inova Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church)
Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)
Warren Memorial Hospital (Front Royal)
Washington
Top teaching hospitals
St. Clare Hospital (Lakewood)