Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Rhode Island with the lowest stroke death rate
9 Rhode Island hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Newport Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Kent County Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Stroke death ratelower 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 | 11.9% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Newport Hospital | 6.7%, 100th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 172 min, 34th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 129 | Compare Newport Hospital |
| 2 | The Miriam Hospital | 8.0%, 98th 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 |
| 3 | Kent County Memorial Hospital | 9.2%, 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 |
| 4 | Roger Williams Medical Center | 9.5%, 88th 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 |
| 5 | Westerly Hospital | 12.0%, 44th 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 |
| 6 | Rhode Island Hospital | 12.7%, 33rd 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 |
| 7 | Landmark Medical Center | 12.8%, 31st 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 |
| 8 | South County Hospital Inc | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.25, 8th percentile | 197 min, 20th percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 100 | Compare South County Hospital Inc |
| 9 | Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital | 13.9%, 19th 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.
- 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).