Fall 2018: How Do Connecticut Hospitals Rank?

The Leapfrog Group released its 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 46 nationally. This ranking period we are down 1 spot to 47 nationally.

Hospitals that received an A grade:

• Bristol Hospital, Bristol, CT
• St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT (up from the Spring)

Hospitals that received a B grade:

• Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington, CT (up from the Spring)
• Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT (up from the Spring)
• New Milford Hospital, New Milford, CT (up from the Spring)
• The William Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT (down from the Spring)

Hospitals that received a C grade:

• St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, 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
• Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT (down from the Spring)
• Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT
• Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT
• Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT
• Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT
• Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam, CT (not ranked in the Spring)
• Windham Community Hospital, Windham,CT (not ranked in the Spring)
• Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs, CT (down from the Spring)
• Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT (down from the Spring)
• University of Connecticut Health Center, John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, CT (down from the Spring)
• Milford Hospital, Milford, CT (down from the Spring)

Hospitals that received a D grade:

• St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT (down from the Spring)