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Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals 2021: Community Hospitals

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Fortune partnered with IBM Watson Health on the 2021 ranking of the 100 Top Hospitals in the U.S. Learn more about the list and see which teaching 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

1. Elmhurst Hospital

Courtesy of Elmhurst Hospital

Location: Elmhurst, IL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

2. El Camino Hospital

Location: Mountain View, CA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

3. Parkridge Medical Center

Location: Chattanooga, TN
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 25%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

4. St. Clair Hospital

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

5. Silver Cross Hospital

Location: New Lenox, IL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

6. St. David’s Medical Center

Location: Austin, TX
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 12
Website

7. Edward Hospital

Location: Naperville, IL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

8. Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital

Location: Houston, TX
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

9. TriStar Centennial Medical Center

Location: Nashville, TN
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

10. Mission Regional Medical Center

Location: Mission, TX
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

11. St. Joseph’s Hospital

Location: Tampa, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

12. Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

Location: Sugar Land, TX
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

13. Piedmont Fayette Hospital

Location: Fayetteville, GA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

14. FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital

Location: Pinehurst, NC
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

15. AdventHealth Daytona Beach

Location: Daytona Beach, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

16. AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

Location: Shawnee Mission, KS
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

17. Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside

Location: Jacksonville, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

18. Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City

Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
Website

19. Olathe Medical Center

Location: Olathe, KS
Clinical outcomes: ★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

20. Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center

Location: Medford, OR
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

20 Top Medium Community Hospitals

1. Dublin Methodist Hospital

Courtesy of Dublin Methodist Hospital

Location: Dublin, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 8
Website

2. Maple Grove Hospital

Location: Maple Grove, MN
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

3. East Liverpool City Hospital

Location: East Liverpool, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

4. McLaren Northern Michigan

Location: Petoskey, MI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

5. MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center

Location: Dubuque, IA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

6. Wooster Community Hospital

Location: Wooster, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

7. St. Luke’s Anderson Campus

Location: Easton, PA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

8. TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center

Location: Hendersonville, TN
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

9. Sentara RMH Medical Center

Location: Harrisonburg, VA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

10. Orlando Health South Lake Hospital

Location: Clermont, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

11. Mercy Iowa City

Location: Iowa City, IA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

12. AdventHealth Wesley Chapel

Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
Website

13. Baptist Medical Center Beaches

Location: Jacksonville Beach, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 50%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

14. CHI Health Lakeside

Location: Omaha, NE
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

15. Ascension St. Vincent’s Clay County

Location: Middleburg, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

16. Englewood Community Hospital

Location: Englewood, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

17. Reston Hospital Center

Location: Reston, VA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

18. Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi

Location: Oxford, MS
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

18. Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center

Location: Reno, NV
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

20. Fairview Park Hospital

Location: Dublin, GA
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
Website

20 Top Small Community Hospitals

1. Mercy Health – Tiffin Hospital

Courtesy of Mercy Health–Tiffin Hospital

Location: Tiffin, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

2. Lone Peak Hospital

3. Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Location: Saint Louis, MO
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

4. Buffalo Hospital

Location: Buffalo, MN
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 50%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

5. Cedar City Hospital

Location: Cedar City, UT
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 10
Website

6. Bartow Regional Medical Center

7. Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital

Location: Zeeland, MI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 7
Website

8. Hill Country Memorial Hospital

Location: Fredericksburg, TX
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

9. Parkview Whitley Hospital

Location: Columbia City, IN
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

10. Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Ontario

Location: Ontario, OR
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

11. Baptist Health – Hot Spring County

Location: Malvern, AR
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

12. Banner Ironwood Medical Center

Location: San Tan Valley, AZ
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

13. Coshocton Regional Medical Center

Location: Coshocton, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

14. St. Luke’s Miners Campus

15. American Fork Hospital

Location: Coshocton, OH
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
Website

16. Fort Memorial Hospital

17. Ashley Regional Medical Center

Location: Vernal, UT
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
Website

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

19. Lehigh Regional Medical Center

Location: Lehigh Acres, FL
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 1
Website

20. St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital

Location: Chelsea, MI
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
Website

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