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Saint Francis Hospital
Provides Award-Winning Care
Saint Francis Hospital, a member of Trinity Health
Of New England, continues to provide award-
winning, state-of-the-art, best-of-the-best safe care
with the ultimate convenience close to home.
Saint Francis Hospital was named a 2025-26 Best Regional Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, marking the 13th
consecutive year the hospital earned the recognition. In addition, Saint Francis was named a High Performing Hospital in 13
specialties.
Saint Francis Hospital once again received recognition from the American Heart Association for demonstrating commitment
to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart failure and stroke, ultimately leading to more
lives saved, shorter recovery times, and fewer readmissions to the hospital. This year, Saint Francis received Get With The
Guidelines
®
Gold Plus Awards for Heart Failure and Stroke. Further underscoring our commitment, Saint Francis led the
State of Connecticut in achieving the lowest readmission rate for heart failure patients, based on data from the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Healthgrades named Saint Francis one of America's 50 Best for Outpatient Joint Replacement and Outpatient Orthopedic
Surgery. In addition, Saint Francis earned Five-Star ratings for Outpatient Total Knee Replacement, Outpatient Total Hip
Replacement, and Back and Neck Surgery, and was awarded the Outpatient Joint Replacement Excellence Award, placing
the hospital among the nation's top 10 percent in that specialty.
JOINT REPLACEMENT
ORTHOPEDIC
SURGERY
