Advisory Board December 17, 2025

The Leapfrog Group on Monday released its 2025 “Top Hospitals” list, recognizing 156 hospitals — including 111 Advisory Board members — for excellence in patient safety and quality of care.

Methodology

For the list, Leapfrog sorted hospitals into four categories and compared them to their peers. The four categories were:

  • Children’s hospitals
  • General hospitals
  • Rural hospitals
  • Teaching hospitals

To be eligible for recognition, all hospitals were required to:

  • Meet Leapfrog’s standard for computerized physician order entry
  • Meet Leapfrog’s standard for ICU physician staffing
  • Meet Leapfrog’s standard for “never events”
  • Meet or make progress toward meeting Leapfrog’s standard for billing ethics
  • Meet or make progress toward meeting Leapfrog’s standard for informed consent
  • Report on all applicable measures and...

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