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Hospitals in Connecticut with the lowest time in emergency department

25 Connecticut hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Sharon Hospital, Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, Windham Community Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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25 hospitals ranked in Connecticut by time in emergency department; 11 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalTime in emergency departmentlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average162 min3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.001.00
1Sharon HospitalSharon, CT · Acute care130 min54—11.3%14.3%0.940.9278Compare
2Lawrence & Memorial HospitalNew London, CT · Acute care131 min3311.1%9.7%14.3%1.050.97280Compare
3Windham Community Memorial HospitalWillimantic, CT · Acute care138 min33—11.2%15.2%0.930.94130Compare
4Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport, CT · Acute care140 min4312.3%8.5%15.6%0.910.99497Compare
5Charlotte Hungerford HospitalTorrington, CT · Acute care147 min33—13.0%16.1%0.830.96109Compare
6Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT · Acute care159 min34—12.7%14.7%0.820.95275Compare
7Griffin HospitalDerby, CT · Acute care165 min4411.1%11.6%13.6%1.010.94160Compare
8The Hospital Of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT · Acute care173 min2312.7%12.4%14.6%1.031.03330Compare
9William W Backus HospitalNorwich, CT · Acute care174 min4311.5%10.2%14.4%0.760.97213Compare
10Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · Acute care176 min5310.7%6.5%14.7%0.920.94206Compare
11Johnson Memorial HospitalStafford Springs, CT · Acute care182 min33—12.8%16.0%0.970.9892Compare
12Bristol HospitalBristol, CT · Acute care190 min23—10.8%16.0%1.121.06134Compare
13Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT · Acute care198 min539.4%7.1%14.2%0.700.99874Compare
T14Stamford HospitalStamford, CT · Acute care200 min5311.1%11.6%14.1%0.961.00305Compare
T14Norwalk HospitalNorwalk, CT · Acute care200 min3310.9%10.7%14.7%0.981.00328Compare
16Danbury HospitalDanbury, CT · Acute care209 min4312.7%9.4%15.4%0.901.02345Compare
17MidState Medical CenterMeriden, CT · Acute care220 min4312.2%12.2%14.9%0.711.02144Compare
18Day Kimball HospitalPutnam, CT · Acute care221 min23—10.5%15.2%0.971.07104Compare
19Manchester Memorial HospitalManchester, CT · Acute care223 min42—9.5%14.9%0.850.98249Compare
20Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care227 min2311.7%12.4%14.8%1.181.03357Compare
21St Vincent's Medical CenterBridgeport, CT · Acute care228 min4311.0%12.5%14.0%0.881.03397Compare
22John Dempsey Hospital Of The University Of ConnectFarmington, CT · Acute care246 min3412.6%12.4%14.8%1.010.99204Compare
23Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT · Acute care249 min3210.8%11.8%15.5%1.001.02347Compare
24Hartford HospitalHartford, CT · Acute care269 min429.6%10.8%15.5%0.671.02819Compare
25St Francis Hospital & Medical CenterHartford, CT · Acute care275 min2211.6%11.9%14.8%1.391.05617Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).