Connecticut Hospitals Don’t Make ‘Top Performer’ List

C-Hit | by Lisa Chedekel | Sep 20, 2012  Connecticut is the only New England state—and one of just three nationally—to have no hospitals designated as “Top Performers” by The Joint Commission, which issued an annual report gauging the performance of more than 3,300 accredited hospitals on 45 accountability measures linked to positive patient outcomes.

The Commission’s report lists 620 hospitals, in 47 states, that it says are “leading the way nationally in using evidence-based care processes closely linked to positive patient outcomes.” Every state has at least one hospital on the list—except Connecticut, North Dakota and South Dakota. Read more