UConn Health ranks among the nation’s top 10% in joint replacement, major orthopedic surgery, and overall medical care, according to an objective third-party measurement of U.S. hospitals’ quality performance.

The firm Bluebook Quantros, which uses proprietary metrics to score inpatient quality performance across general, acute, and nonfederal hospitals, issued a total of four 2025 CareChex Awards for Medical Excellence to UConn’s John Dempsey Hospital. The fourth is for ranking in the top 10% in the Northeast Region for overall hospital care.

“We are very proud of the quality care our providers and staff deliver, and it is always extremely rewarding when we earn this tremendous recognition,” says Caryl Ryan, chief nursing officer and the hospital’s chief operating officer and vice president for quality and patient care services. “Our hospital continues to be consistently recognized by national organizations for providing high-quality care, and CareChex is now one of many. I am continuously impressed by the outstanding care provided to our patients and very appreciative of everyone’s efforts in attaining such distinctive quality awards.”

This is the third time in the last four years CareChex rated John Dempsey Hospital in the top 10% of U.S. hospitals for overall medical care.

“As one of Connecticut’s few dedicated academic medical centers, we are committed to being at the forefront of orthopedic care, bringing state-of-the-art, cutting-edge procedures and  technologies to our patients, while ensuring that quality and safety are always a top priority,” says Dr. Isaac Moss, chair of the UConn Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. “It’s great to get this external recognition for all the amazing work done by our entire team.”

Bluebook Quantros describes its datasets as based on a rigorous review of patient complications, readmissions and mortality, with 39 clinical categories in medical excellence and patient safety, and not including any self-reported or survey data.