Spring 2017: How Did 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.

Last fall, Connecticut hospitals ranked 36 nationally. This ranking period we are down two spots to number 38 nationally.

Hospitals that received an A grade:

• University of Connecticut Health Center, John Dempsey Hospital
• St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT
• Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT
• Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT (Up from a B in the Fall)
• Sharon Hospital, Sharon, CT

Hospitals that received a B grade:

• Day-Kimball Hospital, Putnum, CT
• The William Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
• Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT (Down from an A in the Fall)
• Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT (Down from an A in the Fall)
• Milford Hospital, Milford, CT (Up from a C in the Fall)

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
• Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT
• Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT
• Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT
• Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington, CT (Down from a C in the Fall)
• Bristol Hospital, Bristol, CT (Up from a D in the Fall)
• St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT (Up from a D in the Fall)
• Danbury Hospital, Danbuy, CT (Up from a D in the Fall)

Hospitals that received a score of D:

• St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT

We encourage you to know, when you can, before you go whether the hospital you’re being admitted to is one that is receiving strong marks nationally.