RI’s Best Hospitals For 2025: See Full List

Throughout 2025, several data-based national rankings and safety grades helped Rhode Island residents navigate the complex landscape of health care, and make decisions about the best places to have a baby, find a specialist or take care of other medical issues.

Here’s a review of how Rhode Island stacked up in analyses and rankings from various publications, health care watchdog groups and others:

U.S. News & World Report’s respected rankings included looks at the best maternity, children’s, specialty and overall hospitals in Rhode Island. Read more:

• This Is The Top-Ranked Hospital In Rhode Island: U.S. News

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

• 2 RI Hospitals Among Best In The World, New Ranking Says

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

• These Are RI's Safest Hospitals, New Ranking Says
• These Are RI's Safest Hospitals, New Ranking Says

Healthgrades, which maintains a comprehensive database of ratings and comparisons for physicians, hospitals and health care providers, also released ratings on hospitals in Rhode Island and others. Read more:

• These Are The Safest Rhode Island Hospitals, New Report Says