Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Rhode Island with the lowest heart failure death rate
10 Rhode Island hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital, Newport Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.1% | 11.9% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | — | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 13.9%, 19th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital |
| 2 | Newport Hospital | 9.6%, 77th percentile | — | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | — | 6.7%, 100th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Newport Hospital |
| 3 | Roger Williams Medical Center | 10.0%, 70th percentile | — | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | — | 9.5%, 88th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Roger Williams Medical Center |
| 4 | Providence VA Medical Center | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Providence VA Medical Center |
| 5 | Kent County Memorial Hospital | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 6.4%, 96th percentile | — | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare Kent County Memorial Hospital |
| 6 | Westerly Hospital | 11.5%, 39th percentile | — | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 12.0%, 44th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Westerly Hospital |
| 7 | The Miriam Hospital | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 11.7%, 93rd percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | — | 8.0%, 98th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare The Miriam Hospital |
| T8 | South County Hospital Inc | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare South County Hospital Inc |
| T8 | Landmark Medical Center | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 17.2%, 0th percentile | Compare Landmark Medical Center |
| 10 | Rhode Island Hospital | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 12.7%, 33rd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 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.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.