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Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals 2020: Community Hospitals

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Fortune partnered with IBM Watson Health on the 2020 ranking of the 100 Top Hospitals in the U.S. Learn more about the list and see which community hospitals ranked high among their peers below.

  • 100 Top Hospitals: Introduction
  • 40 Top Teaching Hospitals
  • 15 Top Health Systems
  • Methodology

20 Top Large Community Hospitals

Map shows location of hospitals on the 100 top hospitals list

1. Edward Hospital

Edward Hospital Naperville, IL
From left: Hannah Kernes, Anne Fredenburg, Tina Kurzrock, and Tim Reed are nurses in the intensive care unit at Edward Hospital.
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Location: Naperville, Ill.
Clinical outcomes score: 3
Operational efficiency score: 5
Patient experience score: 14
Financial health score: 12
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

2. St. David’s Medical Center

Location: Austin
Clinical outcomes score: 6
Operational efficiency score: 7
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 2
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 11
Website

3. Saint Mary’s Hospital

Location: Reno
Clinical outcomes score: 2
Operational efficiency score: 2
Patient experience score: 19
Financial health score: 15
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

4. Elmhurst Hospital

Location: Elmhurst, Ill.
Clinical outcomes score: 1
Operational efficiency score: 17
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 17
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

5. Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City

Location: Oklahoma City
Clinical outcomes score: 7
Operational efficiency score: 3
Patient experience score: 17
Financial health score: 13
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

6. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center–Grapevine

Location: Grapevine, Texas
Clinical outcomes score: 11
Operational efficiency score: 11
Patient experience score: 12
Financial health score: 1
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

7. St. Joseph’s Hospital

Location: Tampa
Clinical outcomes score: 12
Operational efficiency score: 14
Patient experience score: 2
Financial health score: 4
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

8. Hoag Hospital Newport Beach

Location: Newport Beach, Calif.
Clinical outcomes score: 4
Operational efficiency score: 18
Patient experience score: 1
Financial health score: 20
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

9. Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center

Location: Medford, Ore.
Clinical outcomes score: 5
Operational efficiency score: 16
Patient experience score: 12
Financial health score: 16
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

10. Mercy Health–Anderson Hospital

Location: Cincinnati
Clinical outcomes score: 15
Operational efficiency score: 10
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 7
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 13
Website

11. St. David’s North Austin Medical Center

Location: Austin
Clinical outcomes score: 14
Operational efficiency score: 15
Patient experience score: 10
Financial health score: 3
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

12. Abrazo Arrowhead Campus

Location: Glendale, Ariz.
Clinical outcomes score: 18
Operational efficiency score: 1
Patient experience score: 18
Financial health score: 14
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

13. Stormont Vail Hospital

Location: Topeka
Clinical outcomes score: 16
Operational efficiency score: 4
Patient experience score: 16
Financial health score: 18
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

14. Saint Francis Medical Center

Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Clinical outcomes score: 17
Operational efficiency score: 12
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 11
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

15. Mission Regional Medical Center

Location: Mission, Texas
Clinical outcomes score: 9
Operational efficiency score: 9
Patient experience score: 20
Financial health score: 6
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

16. Silver Cross Hospital

Location: New Lenox, Ill.
Clinical outcomes score: 8
Operational efficiency score: 19
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 9
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

17. Advocate Sherman Hospital

Location: Elgin, Ill.
Clinical outcomes score: 13
Operational efficiency score: 6
Patient experience score: 14
Financial health score: 19
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

18. St. Clair Hospital

Location: Pittsburgh
Clinical outcomes score: 20
Operational efficiency score: 8
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 10
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

19. Sarasota Memorial Hospital

Location: Sarasota
Clinical outcomes score: 19
Operational efficiency score: 13
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 8
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

20. Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

Location: Houston
Clinical outcomes score: 10
Operational efficiency score: 20
Patient experience score: 10
Financial health score: 5
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

20 Top Medium Community Hospitals

Map shows location of hospitals on the 100 top hospitals list

1. Wooster Community Hospital

Top-100-Hospitals-2020-Wooster-Community-Hospital
Courtesy of WCH

Location: Wooster, Ohio
Clinical outcomes score: 5
Operational efficiency score: 5
Patient experience score: 9
Financial health score: 15
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

2. Dublin Methodist Hospital

Location: Dublin, Ohio
Clinical outcomes score: 13
Operational efficiency score: 13
Patient experience score: 2
Financial health score: 2
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

3. West Valley Medical Center

Location: Caldwell, Idaho
Clinical outcomes score: 14
Operational efficiency score: 4
Patient experience score: 13
Financial health score: 5
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

4. East Liverpool City Hospital

Location: East Liverpool, Ohio
Clinical outcomes score: 7
Operational efficiency score: 1
Patient experience score: 19
Financial health score: 12
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

5. Sycamore Medical Center

Location: Miamisburg, Ohio
Clinical outcomes score: 2
Operational efficiency score: 9
Patient experience score: 7
Financial health score: 19
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 11
Website

6. Mercy Medical Center

Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Clinical outcomes score: 8
Operational efficiency score: 10
Patient experience score: 7
Financial health score: 17
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

7. IU Health North Hospital

Location: Carmel, Ind.
Clinical outcomes score: 1
Operational efficiency score: 18
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 10
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

8. McLaren Northern Michigan

Location: Petoskey, Mich.
Clinical outcomes score: 6
Operational efficiency score: 11
Patient experience score: 17
Financial health score: 13
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

9. Timpanogos Regional Hospital

Location: Orem, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 16
Operational efficiency score: 6
Patient experience score: 9
Financial health score: 4
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

10. Logan Regional Hospital

Location: Logan, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 20
Operational efficiency score: 3
Patient experience score: 9
Financial health score: 3
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 10
Website

11. Sherman Oaks Hospital

Location: Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Clinical outcomes score: 3
Operational efficiency score: 2
Patient experience score: 20
Financial health score: 18
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

12. St. Vincent’s Medical Center Clay County

Location: Middleburg, Fla.
Clinical outcomes score: 10
Operational efficiency score: 16
Patient experience score: 13
Financial health score: 11
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

13. MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center

Location: Dubuque, Iowa
Clinical outcomes score: 11
Operational efficiency score: 7
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 20
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

14. South Baldwin Regional Medical Center

Location: Foley, Ala.
Clinical outcomes score: 9
Operational efficiency score: 19
Patient experience score: 9
Financial health score: 6
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

15. AdventHealth Wesley Chapel

Location: Wesley Chapel, Fla.
Clinical outcomes score: 4
Operational efficiency score: 20
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 8
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

16. UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies

Location: Loveland, Colo.
Clinical outcomes score: 19
Operational efficiency score: 14
Patient experience score: 5
Financial health score: 1
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

17. Mercy Iowa City

Location: Iowa City
Clinical outcomes score: 12
Operational efficiency score: 12
Patient experience score: 15
Financial health score: 14
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

18. St. Luke’s Anderson Campus

Location: Easton, Pa.
Clinical outcomes score: 18
Operational efficiency score: 17
Patient experience score: 1
Financial health score: 7
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

19. Providence Medical Center

Location: Kansas City
Clinical outcomes score: 17
Operational efficiency score: 8
Patient experience score: 15
Financial health score: 16
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

20. Doctors Hospital of Sarasota

Location: Sarasota
Clinical outcomes score: 15
Operational efficiency score: 15
Patient experience score: 18
Financial health score: 9
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

20 Top Small Community Hospitals

Map shows location of hospitals on the 100 top hospitals list

1. Lone Peak Hospital

Top 100 Hospitals 2020-Lone Peak Hospital
Courtesy of Lone Peak Hospital

Location: Draper, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 6
Operational efficiency score: 3
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 4
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

2. St. John Owasso Hospital

Location: Owasso, Okla.
Clinical outcomes score: 5
Operational efficiency score: 12
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 11
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

3. Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital

Location: Zeeland, Mich.
Clinical outcomes score: 3
Operational efficiency score: 5
Patient experience score: 2
Financial health score: 20
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

4. American Fork Hospital

Location: American Fork, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 14
Operational efficiency score: 4
Patient experience score: 13
Financial health score: 3
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

5. Cedar City Hospital

Location: Cedar City, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 8
Operational efficiency score: 13
Patient experience score: 10
Financial health score: 7
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

6. Buffalo Hospital

Location: Buffalo, Minn.
Clinical outcomes score: 4
Operational efficiency score: 14
Patient experience score: 6
Financial health score: 16
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

7. Clark Regional Medical Center

Location: Winchester, Ky.
Clinical outcomes score: 12
Operational efficiency score: 7
Patient experience score: 10
Financial health score: 12
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

8. Alta View Hospital

Location: Sandy, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 11
Operational efficiency score: 8
Patient experience score: 13
Financial health score: 15
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

9. SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital–Janesville

Location: Janesville, Wis.
Clinical outcomes score: 10
Operational efficiency score: 16
Patient experience score: 3
Financial health score: 14
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

10. St. Mary’s Medical Center

Location: Blue Springs, Mo.
Clinical outcomes score: 9
Operational efficiency score: 9
Patient experience score: 18
Financial health score: 13
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

11. Brigham City Community Hospital

Location: Brigham City, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 16
Operational efficiency score: 1
Patient experience score: 20
Financial health score: 2
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

12. Parkview Huntington Hospital

Location: Huntington, Ind.
Clinical outcomes score: 18
Operational efficiency score: 15
Patient experience score: 1
Financial health score: 6
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

13. Baptist Health–Hot Spring County

Location: Malvern, Ark.
Clinical outcomes score: 20
Operational efficiency score: 2
Patient experience score: 16
Financial health score: 17
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

14. Saint Francis Hospital South

Location: Tulsa
Clinical outcomes score: 7
Operational efficiency score: 19
Patient experience score: 8
Financial health score: 5
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

15. Parkview Noble Hospital

Location: Kendallville, Ind.
Clinical outcomes score: 17
Operational efficiency score: 11
Patient experience score: 10
Financial health score: 10
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

16. Lakeview Hospital

Location: Bountiful, Utah
Clinical outcomes score: 19
Operational efficiency score: 6
Patient experience score: 13
Financial health score: 8
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 10
Website

17. Sutter Tracy Community Hospital

Location: Tracy, Calif.
Clinical outcomes score: 1
Operational efficiency score: 18
Patient experience score: 18
Financial health score: 18
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

18. Stillwater Medical Center

Location: Stillwater, Okla.
Clinical outcomes score: 13
Operational efficiency score: 10
Patient experience score: 8
Financial health score: 19
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

19. SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital–Centralia

Location: Centralia, Ill.
Clinical outcomes score: 2
Operational efficiency score: 20
Patient experience score: 17
Financial health score: 9
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

20. Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha

Location: Kenosha, Wis.
Clinical outcomes score: 15
Operational efficiency score: 17
Patient experience score: 7
Financial health score: 1
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

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Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals

  • Introduction
  • 40 Top Teaching Hospitals
  • 15 Top Health Systems
  • Methodology
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