Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Rhode Island with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
11 Rhode Island hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Westerly Hospital, Newport Hospital, South County Hospital Inc. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | 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 | Stroke death ratelower is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| 1 | Westerly Hospital | 13.9%, 94th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 7.6%, 75th percentile | — | 12.0%, 44th percentile | Compare Westerly Hospital |
| 2 | Newport Hospital | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 7.0%, 88th percentile | — | 6.7%, 100th percentile | Compare Newport Hospital |
| 3 | South County Hospital Inc | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | — | 13.4%, 24th percentile | Compare South County Hospital Inc |
| 4 | Rhode Island Hospital | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 9.3%, 28th percentile | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 12.7%, 33rd percentile | Compare Rhode Island Hospital |
| 5 | Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island |
| T6 | Providence VA Medical Center | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 7.3%, 83rd percentile | — | — | Compare Providence VA Medical Center |
| T6 | Roger Williams Medical Center | 15.7%, 13th percentile | — | 10.0%, 70th percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | 10.0%, 15th percentile | — | 9.5%, 88th percentile | Compare Roger Williams Medical Center |
| 8 | The Miriam Hospital | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 10.5%, 89th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 11.7%, 93rd percentile | 6.8%, 91st percentile | — | 8.0%, 98th percentile | Compare The Miriam Hospital |
| 9 | Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital | 15.9%, 9th percentile | — | 9.3%, 82nd percentile | 14.7%, 58th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 13.9%, 19th percentile | Compare Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital |
| 10 | Kent County Memorial Hospital | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 6.4%, 96th percentile | — | 9.2%, 91st percentile | Compare Kent County Memorial Hospital |
| 11 | Landmark Medical Center | 17.2%, 0th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 13.1%, 81st percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | — | 12.8%, 31st percentile | Compare Landmark Medical Center |
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.