Top Performing Hospitals of 2023

2023 became survival of the fittest for American hospitals, Forbes says, making the best performers all the more significant.

CFOs were battling labor shortages, rising costs, and dried up COVID-19 relief funds in 2023, making it survival of the fittest, according to Forbes.

That backdrop makes Fortune/PINC AI’s 2023 top hospitals list, which crunches the numbers to identify America’s best performers, all the more salient.

In a field of 2,644 short-term, acute care non-federal US hospitals, Forbes says there were 100 organizations—which represent teaching and community hospitals of various sizes—that stood apart and serve as guides for the broader industry.

This list measured patient outcomes and experience, operational efficiency, financial health, and community impact, to see which organizations came out on top. And according to PINC AI’s analysis, there’s much to gain in following their lead.

“If all hospitals performed at the same level as the 100 Top Hospitals, more than 272,000 additional lives would be saved in the hospital and more than 432,000 additional patients would be spared complications as a result of care. $15.7 billion in inpatients costs would be avoided,” the report says.

While the entire list is available in the report, let’s take a look at the top 10 major teaching hospitals and large community hospitals:

Top Major Teaching Hospitals:

1. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

Location: Temple, Texas
Clinical outcomes:★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience:★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 13
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2. Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital

Location: Ypsilanti, Mich.
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 13
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2. Baylor University Medical Center

Location: Dallas
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
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4. St. Luke's University Hospital - Bethlehem

Location: Bethlehem, Penn.
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 11
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5. University of Utah Hospital

Location: Salt Lake City
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 6
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6. NYU Langone Health - Tisch Hospital

Location: New York City
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
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7. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 15
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8. Pennsylvania Hospital

Location: Philadelphia
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
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9. UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital

Location: Aurora, Colo.
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 9
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10. Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Location: Philadelphia
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
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Top Large Community Hospitals

1. St. David's Medical Center

Location: Austin, Texas
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 14
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2. St. David's North Austin Medical Center

Location: Austin, Texas
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
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3. Parkridge Medical Center

Location: Chattanooga, Tenn.
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 25%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
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4. Sharp Memorial Hospital

Location: San Diego
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
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5. Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

Location: Sugar Land, Texas
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★
Patient experience: ★★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 5
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6. Cape Coral Hospital

Location: Cape Coral, Fla.
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
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7. Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center

Location: Reno
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★
Financial health: ★★★
Community health survey performance: 100%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 4
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8. Medical City Plano

Location: Plano, Texas
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
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9. Chippenham Hospital

Location: Richmond
Clinical outcomes: ★★★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: 75%
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 3
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10. Olathe Medical Center

Location: Olathe, Kan.
Clinical outcomes: ★★★
Operation efficiency: ★★★★★
Patient experience: ★★★★
Financial health: ★★★★★
Community health survey performance: No survey data
Total number of years on 100 Top list: 2
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