Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Rhode Island with the lowest serious complications
11 Rhode Island hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Providence VA Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | Rhode Island Hospital | 0.75, 97th percentile | 0.76, 28th percentile | 0.52, 38th percentile | 0.85, 41st percentile | — | 0.69, 42nd percentile | 0.32, 44th percentile | Compare Rhode Island Hospital |
| 2 | The Miriam Hospital | 0.79, 94th percentile | 0.15, 76th percentile | 0.34, 57th percentile | 0.59, 58th percentile | — | 0.21, 79th percentile | 0.38, 36th percentile | Compare The Miriam Hospital |
| T3 | Providence VA Medical Center | 0.85, 85th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Providence VA Medical Center |
| T3 | Westerly Hospital | 0.85, 85th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | — | 1.14, 4th percentile | Compare Westerly Hospital |
| 5 | Roger Williams Medical Center | 0.87, 81st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 1.59, 7th percentile | 0.41, 32nd percentile | Compare Roger Williams Medical Center |
| 6 | Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital | 0.88, 78th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.61, 31st percentile | — | — | 1.67, 5th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital |
| 7 | Landmark Medical Center | 0.91, 70th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.69, 25th percentile | — | — | 1.49, 8th percentile | 0.24, 56th percentile | Compare Landmark Medical Center |
| 8 | Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island | 1.00, 35th percentile | 0.51, 48th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 89th percentile | 1.29, 11th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Women & Infants Hospital Of Rhode Island |
| 9 | Newport Hospital | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.84, 17th percentile | — | — | — | 0.27, 51st percentile | Compare Newport Hospital |
| 10 | Kent County Memorial Hospital | 1.08, 22nd percentile | 0.82, 24th percentile | 0.55, 35th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 1.01, 21st percentile | 0.39, 35th percentile | Compare Kent County Memorial Hospital |
| 11 | South County Hospital Inc | 1.25, 8th percentile | — | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | — | — | 0.45, 29th percentile | Compare South County Hospital Inc |
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.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).