{"id":236923,"date":"2025-10-23T11:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=236923"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T15:17:44","slug":"uconn-healths-among-americas-best-in-state-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/10\/uconn-healths-among-americas-best-in-state-hospitals\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Health\u2019s Among \u2018America\u2019s Best-in-State Hospitals\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UConn Health\u2019s John Dempsey Hospital has once again earned a spot on <em>Newsweek\u2019s America\u2019s Best-in-State Hospitals<\/em> list, marking the third time in the rankings\u2019 three-year history it has received this prestigious recognition.<\/p>\n<p>John Dempsey Hospital is recognized among the top five hospitals in Connecticut and is the only hospital in the state to also receive <em>Newsweek\u2019s Patient Experience Award \u2013 <\/em>a distinction based on exceptional patient satisfaction scores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis continued recognition reflects our hospital\u2019s ongoing commitment to clinical excellence, innovation, and patient-centered care,\u201d says Caryl Ryan, chief nursing officer and hospital chief operating officer. \u201cIt\u2019s a tribute to our outstanding clinical providers, and all UConn Health staff who continue to contribute and sustain our positive patient experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rankings evaluate hospitals nationwide on four key areas: quality metrics, reputation among medical professionals, patient experience data, and patient-reported outcomes. This year\u2019s list includes 800 hospitals across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rankings.newsweek.com\/americas-best-state-hospitals-2026\/connecticut\">See Newsweek\u2019s 2026 America\u2019s Best-in-State Hospitals in Connecticut.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Dempsey Hospital earns Newsweek distinction 3 years running<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":185704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2231,2388,179],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2010],"class_list":["post-236923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-well-being","category-healthcare-workforce","category-uconn-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 11:32:03","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236981,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236923\/revisions\/236981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/185704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236923"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=236923"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=236923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}