Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Rhode Island with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
5 Rhode Island hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Westerly Hospital, Kent County Memorial Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | Westerly Hospital | 0.00, 91st percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 0.94, 76th percentile | 116 | Compare Westerly Hospital |
| T1 | Kent County Memorial Hospital | 0.00, 91st 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 |
| T1 | Roger Williams Medical Center | 0.00, 91st 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 |
| 4 | The Miriam Hospital | 0.59, 58th 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 |
| 5 | Rhode Island Hospital | 0.85, 41st 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 |
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.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (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).