1 Rhode Island Hospital Among America's Best: Money

PROVIDENCE, RI — Everyone in Rhode Island will likely require hospital care at some point in their lives; but, knowing which hospitals provide the best and most affordable care can be tricky. Luckily, Rhode Island has one of the best hospitals in the United States.

To help make the decision less confusing, digital platform Money teamed up with The Leapfrog Group to compile its inaugural Best Hospitals In America list. Out of 6,000 hospitals in the nation, this year's list spotlights 148 that consistently provide great care.

The hospitals on this year's list span 29 states and fall into five different categories: general hospitals, children's hospitals, rural hospitals, large teaching hospitals, and small teaching hospitals.

Teaching hospitals were included in the list, and because of that, The Miriam Hospital in Providence made the list as the lone hospital representing Rhode Island. The hospital received high marks for critical care, complex surgery, never events and its safety grade.

To select the best hospitals, Money and The Leapfrog Group used data from The Leapfrog Group’s Hospitals Survey, its Hospital Safety Grade assessment and public data sources.

For more than 20 years, The Leapfrog Group has evaluated hospitals on numerous criteria from ICU staffing to high-risk surgery outcomes to maternity care. Factors that weighed heavily in determining this year’s best hospitals were hospital infection rates, maternity care, pediatrics, medication management, hand hygiene practices, nursing workforce and critical care.

Read more about the methodology used to determine the inaugural Best Hospitals In America list.

California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were the states with the greatest number of best hospitals. Each of these states had 10 or more hospitals that received the designation. Florida led the way with 26 top facilities.

See the full list of Best Hospitals In America.