RI's Top Hospitals, from First to Last

South County Hospital landed at the top and Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket held up the bottom in a recent report on patient satisfaction at hospitals across the country.

Patients at about 5,000 hospitals across the country ranked their experiences Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, which was conducted Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of 2014. The results were released this month.

Leading the pack in Rhode Island was South County Hospital. Its rankings were based the 45 percent of of the 1,785 surveys that were distributed to patients and were filled out. It was the only hospital to get a five-star rating. It is one of 207 hospitals in America that earned five stars.

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Nationally, the number of lowest and highest-ranked hospitals for patient experience slid in the latest Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare list, according to new data.

Poor scores can result lower reimbursement rates from Medicare under the government’s value-based purchasing program, according to the survey.