While Congress debates whether health care reform would control health care costs, Leapfrog's purchaser members point to 45 hospitals that lead through example -- delivering the best quality care in the nation while attaining the highest levels of efficiency. Thirty-four urban, eight children's and three rural hospitals have been named 2009 Leapfrog Top Hospitals, based on results from The Leapfrog Hospital Survey.
New this year, Leapfrog recognizes a new category: Top Rural Hospitals. The award winners in are located in Georgia and Maine:
- Polk Medical Center; Cedartown GA
- Stephens Memorial Hospital; Norway ME
- Waldo County General Hospital; Belfast ME
This year's top urban hospitals are located in 13 states - Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington:
- Mayo Clinic Hospital; Phoenix AZ
- California Pacific Medical Center - Davies Campus; San Francisco CA
- California Pacific Medical Center - California Campus; San Francisco CA
- California Pacific Medical Center - Pacific Campus; San Francisco CA
- Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center; Anaheim CA
- Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center; Baldwin Park CA
- Kaiser Permanente Bellflower/Downey Medical Center; Bellflower CA
- Kaiser Permanente Hayward Hospital; Hayward CA
- Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Hospital; Sacramento CA
- Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Hospital; Sacramento CA
- Stanford Hospital & Clinics; Stanford CA
- University of California Davis Medical Center; Sacramento CA
- NorthShore University HealthSystem's Highland Park Hospital; Highland Park IL
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Chicago IL
- Rush University Medical Center; Chicago IL
- University of Maryland Medical Center; Baltimore MD
- Baystate Medical Center; Springfield MA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston MA
- Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston MA
- North Shore Medical Center - Union Hospital; Lynn MA
- Norwood Hospital; Norwood MA
- Detroit Receiving Hospital; Detroit MI
- Harper-Hutzel Hospital; Detroit MI
- Mayo Clinic - Methodist Hospital; Rochester MN
- Mayo Clinic Saint Marys; Rochester MN
- Regions Hospital; Saint Paul MN
- The Valley Hospital; Ridgewood NJ
- University Medical Center at Princeton; Princeton NJ
- James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Columbus OH
- The Ohio State University Hospital; Columbus OH
- Lehigh Valley Hospital; Allentown PA
- Bon Secours St. Francis Health System; Greenville SC
- Vanderbilt University Hospital; Nashville TN
- Virginia Mason Medical Center; Seattle WA
Top pediatric hospitals in 2009 achieved a quality score of 95 or better through Leapfrog's Hospital Recognition Program and are located in California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee:
- Childrens Hospital Los Angeles; Los Angeles CA
- Children's Hospital of Orange County; Orange CA
- Children's National Medical Center; Washington DC
- Children's Hospital Boston; Boston MA
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis; Minneapolis MN
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati OH
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Pittsburgh PA
- The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt; Nashville TN