The most recent federal hospital quality rankings only listed one five-star medical center in Hawaiʻi — and it’s not the state’s largest.
The Queen’s Medical Center — which was founded in 1859 in Honolulu and is the state’s largest private, nonprofit hospital — dropped to three stars in rankings released last month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
On the Windward side of Oʻahu, Adventist Health Castle in Kailua scored five stars for the third year in a row, placing it in the top 10% of the 2,891 hospitals ranked by CMS nationwide…