The Leapfrog Group on Thursday named the recipients of its 2017 Top Hospital award, which goes to the hospitals that performed the best on the Leapfrog survey.
The award is not given to a set number of hospitals each year, but to all urban, rural and children's hospitals surveyed by the organization. The hospitals are equipped with better systems to protect patients from adverse events and facilitate higher-quality care, according to Leapfrog.
Here are three things to know.
1. In total, 109 hospitals received the distinction.
2. Forty-five of the awards went to general hospitals, 36 went to teaching hospitals, 18 went to rural hospitals and 10 went to children's hospitals.
3. For 2017, California, Florida, Massachusetts and New Jersey had the most Top Hospitals, with 10 or more awardees in each state.
The 109 Leapfrog Top Hospitals for 2017 are listed below. They're organized by state and hospital type.
Top General Hospitals
California
French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center (Lost Angeles)
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns (San Diego)
Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz
Temecula Valley Hospital
Colorado
Centura Health-Porter Adventist Hospital (Denver)
Medical Center of Aurora
North Suburban Medical Center (Thornton)
Florida
Dr. P. Phillips Hospital (Orlando)
Florida Hospital Carrollwood (Tampa)
Florida Hospital North Pinellas (Tarpon Springs)
Memorial Hospital Miramar
St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside (Jacksonville)
Georgia
Wellstar Douglas Hospital (Douglasville)
Idaho
St. Luke's Boise Medical Center
Illinois
Edward Hospital (Naperville)
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
Indiana
The Women's Hospital (Newburgh)
Louisiana
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge
St. Tammany Parish Hospital (Covington)
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth
Carney Hospital (Dorchester Center)
Holy Family Hospital (Methuen and Haverhill)
Saint Anne's Hospital (Fall River)
South Shore Hospital (Weymouth)
Winchester Hospital
Michigan
St. Joseph Mercy-Chelsea
Missouri
Mercy Hospital Joplin
Nevada
St. Mary's Regional Medical Center of Reno
New Jersey
Capital Health Regional Medical Center (Pennington)
New York
Catholic Health-Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Buffalo)
North Carolina
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital (Winston-Salem)
Pennsylvania
Doylestown Hospital
PinnacleHealth Community General Osteopathic Hospital (Colonial Park)
PinnacleHealth Harrisburg Hospital
PinnacleHealth West Shore Hospital (Mechanicsburg)
Texas
Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler
Metroplex Hospital (Killeen)
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital (San Antonio)
Utah
Lakeview Hospital (Bountiful)
Virginia
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center (Midlothian)
Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital of Richmond
Johnston Memorial Hospital (Abingdon)
Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center (Fredericksburg)
Top Children's Hospitals
California
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
District of Columbia
Children's National Health System
Florida
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children (Orlando)
Florida Hospital for Children (Orlando)
Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida (Fort Myers)
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital (Hollywood)
Pennsylvania
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia)
Tennessee
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital (Memphis)
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Nashville)
Texas
Texas Children's Hospital West Campus (Houston)
Top Rural Hospitals
Florida
Florida Hospital Wauchula
Georgia
Colquitt Regional Medical Center (Moultrie)
WellStar Sylvan Grove Hospital (Jackson)
Idaho
St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center (Twin Falls)
Illinois
OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center (Monmouth)
Maine
Blue Hill Memorial Hospital
Bridgton Hospital
Down East Community Hospital (Machias)
Franklin Memorial Hospital (Farmington)
Inland Hospital (Waterville)
LincolnHealth (Damariscotta)
The Aroostook Medical Center (Presque Isle)
Massachusetts
Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington)
Michigan
MidMichigan Medical Center-Gladwin
OSF HealthCare St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group (Escanaba)
Texas
Rollins Brook Community Hospital (Lampasas)
Virginia
Russell County Medical Center (Lebanon)
Smyth County Community Hospital (Marion)
Top Teaching Hospitals
California
California Pacific Medical Center-California Campus (San Francisco)
Eisenhower Medical Center (Rancho Mirage)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-South San Francisco
Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County-Anaheim
Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County-Irvine
Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
Colorado
Sky Ridge Medical Center (Lone Tree)
St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center (Grand Junction)
Florida
Florida Hospital Celebration Health
Orlando Regional Medical Center
St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside (Jacksonville)
Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies (Orlando)
Illinois
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Kansas
Wesley Medical Center (Wichita)
Louisiana
Ochsner Baptist Medical Center (New Orleans)
Massachusetts
Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston)
CHA Everett Hospital
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital
Michigan
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (Pontiac)
Missouri
Freeman Health System (Joplin)
Mercy Hospital St. Louis
New Jersey
CarePoint Health-Bayonne Medical Center
CarePoint Health-Christ Hospital (Jersey City)
Inspira Medical Center Vineland
Jefferson Stratford Hospital
Jersey City Medical Center
Monmouth Medical Center (Long Branch)
Morristown Medical Center
Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston)
Virtua Voorhees Hospital (Voorhees Township)
Pennsylvania
Jeanes Hospital (Philadelphia)
Lancaster General Hospital
Rhode Island
The Miriam Hospital (Providence)
Texas
United Regional Health Care System (Wichita Falls)
Washington
Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)