Long Island's Best Hospitals For 2023: See Full List

LONG ISLAND, NY — Throughout 2023, several data-based national rankings and safety grades helped Long Island residents navigate the labyrinth of health care, and make decisions about the best places to have a baby, surgery, or take care of other medical issues.

Here’s a review of how Long Island stacked up in analyses and rankings from various publications, government agencies and a healthcare watchdog group:

U.S. News & World Report’s respected rankings included looks at the best maternity, children’s, and overall hospitals on Long Island.

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• U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals
• U.S. News & World Report Best Maternity Hospitals

Newsweek also took a look at Long Island residents’ access to top hospitals. Read more:

• Newsweek Best In-state Hospitals
• Newsweek Best Maternity Hospitals

The watchdog Leapfrog Group’s twice-a-year safety grades use both data and patient surveys to measure Long Island hospitals’ records on patient safety, infection rates, and other patient experiences.

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• Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Spring

Healthgrades, which maintains a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals, and health are providers, also released ratings on hospitals on Long Island and others.

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• Healthgrades Top 50, 100, & 250 Hospital Specialty Rankings

Long Island hospitals and medical centers were given 5-star ratings, the best possible, by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Read more:

• 5-Star Medicare-Medicaid Hospitals