2 RI Hospitals Among Best In U.S., Newsweek Says In New Ranking

RHODE ISLAND — Two of the best hospitals in the United States are in Rhode Island, Newsweek said in its 2023 list of the World’s Best Hospitals.

Newsweek partnered with data firm Statista to release the fifth year of this list, which ranked 2,300 hospitals in 80 countries. The hospitals on the list are not only innovative and offer first-class care, but also “consistently attract the best people and provide the best outcomes for patients as well as the most important new therapies and research,” said Newsweek.

A global board of medical experts compiled the list based on four data sources: an online survey from medical experts, results from patient surveys, hospital quality metrics, and a PROM (patient-reported outcome measures) implementation survey.

Nancy Cooper, global editor-in-chief for Newsweek, said the goal of the study was to provide a data-based comparison of hospital reputations and performances across counties.

"We hope this will be useful to patients and families seeking the best care for themselves and loved ones, as well as to hospitals as they benchmark themselves against their peers," Cooper said.

Each hospital is rated by a score; read more about the methodology here.

Here are the seven Rhode Island hospitals on the list, and where they ranked out of 420 U.S. hospitals that made the list.

394. Lifespan - Newport Hospital (overall score 62.02 percent)
412. Rhode Island Hospital (Providence) (overall score 61.66 percent).

Five U.S. hospitals were in the top 10 on Newsweek's list of the World's Best Hospitals, including the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (1), Cleveland Clinic in Ohio (2), Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston (3), Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (4), and UCLA Health- Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles (10).

Correction: An earlier version of this story reported the incorrect state of the Mayo Clinic. It is Minnesota.