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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 11.9% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Newport Hospital | 6.7%, 100th percentile | — | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Newport Hospital |
| 2 | The Miriam Hospital | 8.0%, 98th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 11.7%, 93rd percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | — | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare The Miriam Hospital |
| 3 | Kent County Memorial Hospital | 9.2%, 91st percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 6.4%, 96th percentile | — | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare Kent County Memorial Hospital |
| 4 | Roger Williams Medical Center | 9.5%, 88th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | — | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Roger Williams Medical Center |
| 5 | Westerly Hospital | 12.0%, 44th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 13.9%, 94th percentile | Compare Westerly Hospital |
| 6 | Rhode Island Hospital | 12.7%, 33rd percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Rhode Island Hospital |
| 7 | Landmark Medical Center | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 17.2%, 0th percentile | Compare Landmark Medical Center |
| 8 | South County Hospital Inc | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare South County Hospital Inc |
| 9 | Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital | 13.9%, 19th percentile | — | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 15.9%, 9th percentile | 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.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
- 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.