These Are The Safest CT Hospitals, New Report Says

CONNECTICUT — Two hospitals in Connecticut were among hundreds across the country recently recognized for safety and patient experience by Healthgrades, a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals and health care providers.

Healthgrades’ 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Awards recognize 442 hospitals in 40 states that represent the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for hospital safety, including the prevention of serious infections.

The hospitals in Connecticut receiving Patient Safety Excellence Awards include Midstate Medical Center in Meriden, and Sharon Hospital in Sharon.

Midstate Medical received a 75 percent Patient Experience Rating, which is 10 percent higher than the national average. This is the Meriden hospital's second straight year on the list. Sharon Hospital was awarded a 73 percent Patient Experience Rating, or 4 percent higher than the national average.

If all hospitals performed at a similar level in the prevention of serious injuries and illnesses, about 100,900 patient safety events could have been avoided from 2021 to 2023, Healthgrades said in a news release.

To develop the list, Healthgrades’ data scientists and clinical experts analyze Medicare claims for hospitalizations across 13 patient safety indicators, each representing a serious, potentially preventable complication.

The analysis found that four of these complications accounted for nearly 76 percent of all patient safety events between 2021 and 2023, and that patients treated at a 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient hospital have a lower risk of experiencing each of these adverse events:

• In-hospital fall resulting in fracture (54 percent less likely);
• Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest (54.8 percent less likely);
• Pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital (69.4 percent less likely);
• Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in the hospital (72 percent less likely).