Fall 2016 Hospital Ranking: How Did Connecticut Do?

The Leapfrog Group released it’s hospital rankings focused on transparency, quality and safety in the U.S. healthcare system. The scores were based on how well each hospital kept its patients safe from infections, injuries, errors and accidents.

In the spring, Connecticut hospitals ranked 41 nationally. This ranking period we are up five spots to number 36 nationally.

Hospitals that received an A grade:

• St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT (Up from the Spring)
• University of Connecticut Health Center, John Dempsey Hospital (Up from the Spring)
• Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT
• Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT
• Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT
• Sharon Hospital, Sharon, CT

Hospitals that received a B grade:

• Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT
• Day-Kimball Hospital, Putnum, CT
• The William Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
• Bristol Hospital, Bristol, CT
• St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT
• Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington, CT (Up from a D in the Spring)

Hospitals that received a C grade:

• Windham Hospital, Willimantic, CT
• Johnson Memorial Medical Center, Stafford Springs, CT
• Rockville General Hospital, Vernon Rockville, CT
• Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
• MidState Medical Center, Meriden, CT
• The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, CT
• Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
• Yale-New Haven St. Raphael Campus, New Haven, CT
• Milford Hospital, Milford, CT
• Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT
• Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT
• Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT

Hospitals that received a score of D:

• Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester, CT
• St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT
• Danbury Hospital, Danbuy, CT