These Are The Safest MN Hospitals, New Report Says

MINNESOTA — Several hospitals in Minnesota 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 Minnesota: receiving Patient Safety Excellence Awards include the following:

Mayo Clinic Hospital and Clinic – Albert Lea

• Awards:
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award (2025, 2024)
  • Pulmonary Care Excellence Award
  • Additional recognitions
• Affiliated Hospital: Mayo Clinic Health System – Austin
  • Location: 1000 1st Dr NW, Austin, MN

Lakeview Hospital – Stillwater

• Awards:
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award (2025, 2023)
  • America's 100 Best Prostate Surgery
  • Additional recognition

M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital – Burnsville

• Awards:
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award (2025, 2024, 2023)
  • State Ranking Award - Critical Care
  • Additional honors

United Hospital – Saint Paul

• Awards:
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award (2025)
  • America's 100 Best Joint Replacement

Mayo Clinic Health System – Mankato

• Awards:
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award (2025, 2024, 2023)
  • America's 50 Best Hospitals Award
  • Additional recognitions

River's Edge Hospital and Clinic – Saint Peter

• Awards:
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award (2025, 2024, 2023)
  • America's 100 Best Joint Replacement
  • Additional accolades

Mayo Clinic Health System – Fairmont

• Award:
  • Patient Safety Excellence Award (2025)

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).