Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Rhode Island with the lowest MRSA bloodstream infections
7 Rhode Island hospitals ranked by MRSA bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: The Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, Kent County Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | The Miriam Hospital | 0.21, 79th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 294 min, 2nd percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 247 | Compare The Miriam Hospital |
| 2 | Rhode Island Hospital | 0.69, 42nd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 0.75, 97th percentile | 258 min, 4th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 719 | Compare Rhode Island Hospital |
| 3 | Kent County Memorial Hospital | 1.01, 21st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 262 min, 3rd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 359 | Compare Kent County Memorial Hospital |
| 4 | Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island | 1.29, 11th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.00, 35th percentile | 234 min, 8th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 167 | Compare Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island |
| 5 | Landmark Medical Center | 1.49, 8th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 0.91, 70th percentile | 225 min, 10th percentile | 0.97, 61st percentile | 214 | Compare Landmark Medical Center |
| 6 | Roger Williams Medical Center | 1.59, 7th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 220 | Compare Roger Williams Medical Center |
| 7 | Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital | 1.67, 5th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 193 min, 23rd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 312 | Compare Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital |
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.
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- 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).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- 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).