New England Hospitals Honored For Outstanding Care

Several New England hospitals were named to the 2009 Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Hospital Honor Roll, which recognizes adult, acute care hospitals for performance among the top 25 percent of those measured, nationally.

Listed by state, the following hospitals made the Honor Roll:

Maine

• The Aroostook Medical Center, Presque Isle
• Cary Medical Center, Caribou
• Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston
• Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor
• Houlton Regional Hospital, Houlton
• Inland Hospital, Waterville
• Mayo Regional Hospital, Dover-Foxcroft
• Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta
• Millinocket Regional Hospital, Millinocket
• Mount Desert Island Hospital, Bar Harbor
• Redington-Fairview General Hospital, Skowhegan
• Sebasticook Valley Hospital, Pittsfield
• Southern Maine Medical Center, Biddeford
• St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor
• St. Mary's Regional Medical Center, Lewiston
• Waldo County General Hospital, Belfast

Massachusetts

• Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield
• Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, Ware
• Baystate Medical Center, Springfield
• Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston
• Caritas Norwood Hospital, Norwood
• Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton
• Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth
• Faulkner Hospital, Boston
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
• Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge
• New England Baptist Hospital, Boston
• Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton
• North Shore Medical Center, Salem
• Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester
• Saints Medical Center, Lowell
• Winchester Hospital, Winchester

New Hampshire

• Catholic Medical Center, Manchester
• Cheshire Medical Center, Keene
• Concord Hospital, Concord
• Exeter Hospital, Exeter
• Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester
• Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough
• Southern New Hampshire Medical Center, Nashua
• St. Joseph Hospital, Nashua
• Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover

Rhode Island

• The Miriam Hospital, Providence
• Newport Hospital, Newport
• South County Hospital, Wakefield

Hospitals were evaluated by measuring clinical quality, patient safety and patient experience.