30 FL Hospitals Rank Among America's Best For 2022

FLORIDA — Florida is home to some of the best hospitals in the country, according to a new 2022 ratings released by Healthgrades on Tuesday.

Healthgrades, a leading website Americans use to find care, ranked 2022's top 50, 100, and 250 best hospitals, recognizing the top one, two, and five percent of hospitals in the country for clinical excellence.

“It is crucial to know the top-performing hospitals in your community and look to these centers of clinical excellence to support you and your family’s health long-term,” Burt Kann, EVP and head of product at Healthgrades said in a news release. “Many individuals choose a specialist without considering the quality of the hospital where that doctor treats patients. These questions need to be asked, and Healthgrades has the answers.”

A recent Healthgrades survey revealed that only 22 percent of U.S. adults reported that they considered hospital quality the last time they selected a specialist. By offering easy access to data-driven hospital ratings, Healthgrades said it hopes to connect consumers with the providers and hospitals who are right for their care needs.

According to the website, if all hospitals as a group performed similarly to hospitals achieving Healthgrades America's 250 Best Hospitals Award on average, 160,256 lives could potentially have been saved.

Here are Healthgrades' top-ranking hospitals for clinical excellence in Florida:

America’s 50 Best Hospitals (Top 1%)

• Flagler Hospital — St. Augustine
• Mayo Clinic Hospital — Jacksonville

America's 100 Best Hospitals (Top 2%)

• Adventhealth Orlando
• AdventHealth Altamonte Springs
• AdventHealth Apopka
• AdventHealth Celebration
• AdventHealth East Orlando
• AdventHealth Kissimmee
• AdventHealth Winter Park
• Cape Coral Hospital - Cape Coral
• Lee Memorial Hospital - Fort Meyers
• HealthPark Medical Center - Fort Myers
• NCH Baker Downtown - Naples
• NCH North Naples Hospital - Naples

America's 250 Best Hospitals (Top 3%)

• AdventHealth Wesley Chapel - Wesley Chapel
• Adventhealth Zephyrhills - Zephyrhills
• Aventura Hospital & Medical Center - Aventura
• Kendall Regional Medical Center - Miami
• Largo Medical Center - Largo
• Largo Medical Center - Indian Rocks Road Campus - Largo
• Lee Memorial Hospital - Fort Myers
• HealthPark Medical Center - Fort Myers
• Mercy Hospital - Miami
• Mount Sinai Medical Center - Miami Beach
• NCH Baker Downtown - Naples
• NCH North Naples Hospital - Naples
• Orange Park Medical Center - Orange Park
• Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center - Orlando
• Dr. P. Phillips Hospital - Orlando
• Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital - Longwood

To compile the rankings, Healthgrades analyzed the clinical performance of nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide across more than 31 of the most common procedures and conditions. It does not take into consideration perception or popularity in analyzing and rating hospitals.

To measure performance and evaluate hospitals for overall clinical excellence, Healthgrades used Medicare inpatient data from the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MedPAR) file purchased from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for years 2018 through 2020.

Patient outcomes data for 31 conditions or procedures were analyzed for virtually every hospital in the country. These conditions and procedures include things such as heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, respiratory failure, sepsis and stroke.

For the full list of award recipients, click here.

For a full description of the methodology, click here.