Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Delaware with the highest appropriate sepsis care
6 Delaware hospitals ranked by appropriate sepsis care in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Francis Hospital, Beebe Medical Center, Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Appropriate sepsis carehigher is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Left ED without being seenlower is better | Health care workers vaccinated for fluhigher is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 65.0% | 162 min | 2.0% | 78.0% | ||
| 1 | St Francis Hospital | 93.0%, 99th percentile | 192 min, 23rd percentile | 8.0%, 1st percentile | 44.0%, 9th percentile | Compare St Francis Hospital |
| 2 | Beebe Medical Center | 74.0%, 72nd percentile | 174 min, 33rd percentile | 1.0%, 60th percentile | 88.0%, 68th percentile | Compare Beebe Medical Center |
| 3 | Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. | 59.0%, 35th percentile | 167 min, 37th percentile | 4.0%, 9th percentile | 93.0%, 81st percentile | Compare Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc. |
| 4 | Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus | 43.0%, 11th percentile | 252 min, 5th percentile | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 85.0%, 61st percentile | Compare Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus |
| 5 | Christiana Hospital | 39.0%, 7th percentile | 272 min, 3rd percentile | 6.0%, 3rd percentile | 75.0%, 42nd percentile | Compare Christiana Hospital |
| 6 | Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus | 35.0%, 5th percentile | 268 min, 3rd percentile | 3.0%, 17th percentile | 76.0%, 44th percentile | Compare Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus |
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.
- Appropriate sepsis care
- Percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock.
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Left ED without being seen
- Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen.
- Health care workers vaccinated for flu
- Percentage of health care workers given influenza vaccination.