Two times a year, the nonprofit health care monitoring group The Leapfrog Group gives 3,000 general hospitals letter grades ranging from "A" to "F" based on how well they avoid infections, accidents, and medical errors.
In general, hospitals have made significant progress since the pandemic years, when there was a higher risk of lethal illnesses across the country, but more needs to be done, according to a news release from the Leapfrog Group.
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital,
Barrington, UChicago Medicine, OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center, Alton, and Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights Advent Health, Bolingbrook Loretto Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago Ascension Resurrection,
Chicago Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Chicago Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb Endeavour Health Elmhurst Hospital, Evanston Ascension Saint Francis, Evanston, Elmhurst Endeavour Health Evanston Hospital Galesburg's OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Northwestern Medicine Endeavour Health Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview; Delnor Hospital, Geneva; Endeavour Health Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, U.C. Chicago Medicine Northwestern Medicine, Hinsdale, and Advent Health Hospital Huntley, Huntley Ascension Kankakee, Saint Mary, Chicago Medicine AdventHealth, Northwestern Medicine, La Grange Northwest Medicine, Libertyville, Lake Forest Advocate Condell Medical Center, and Lake Forest Hospital The McHenry Hospital
McHenry Morris Hospital, Morris Endeavor Health Edward Hospital, Naperville Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox Ottawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center, Ottawa OSF Healthcare Saint James, Pontiac Blessing Hospital, Quincy Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield
Eighteen hospitals received "B" marks, forty-eight received "C" grades, thirteen received "D" grades, and two received "F" grades. With the largest percentage of "A" hospitals during the third grading cycle, Utah is at the top of the list. Next in line are Virginia, Connecticut, North Carolina, New Jersey, California, Rhode Island, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and South Carolina. It was the first time since the fall of 2014 that California was in the top 10. Patient safety has improved according to the autumn 2024 assessments on a number of performance metrics, including pharmaceutical safety, hand hygiene, and infections linked to medical care.
The Leapfrog Group has long prioritized hospital harm and preventable fatalities as a key area of policy concern.
According to a news release from Leapfrog Group president and CEO Leah Binder, hospitals have achieved progress in patient safety that has saved "countless lives." However, she also stated that medical facilities throughout the country must speed up their development because "no one should have to die from a preventable error in a hospital." Significant differences in performance still exist among U.S. institutions, according to Binder. Four states, for instance, lacked "A" hospitals: Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont.
"That's why it's so important for people to look at their grades when deciding whether or not to seek care," Binder stated. "Not every hospital is the same." In the autumn 2022 safety grades, health care-acquired infections nationwide peaked for the first time since 2016, although they have since sharply decreased, the report states.
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