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Hospitals in the Washington, D.C., area got generally lackluster ratings for quality and safety of health care in the latest reviews by federal and independent groups. Two well-known D.C. hospitals got one star, the lowest ranking, in a federal survey, while a nonprofit rater gave another D.C. hospital a flunking grade of F.
The reviewers, due to the coronavirus, suspended their 2020 ratings, so the new measurements were the first in many months and they showed, to a degree, how institutions held up during the pandemic. The rankings also underscored the urgency of local officials’ announced plans to revamp hospital care, including helping to fund two new facilities.
58 hospitals received a B grade.
98 hospitals received a C grade.
19 hospitals received a D grade.
3 hospitals received an F grade.
California hospitals that received an A grade include the Keck Hospital of USC in Los Angeles, Stanford Health Care s hospitals in Stanford and Pleasanton, Temecula Valley Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego.
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Los Angeles Community Hospital, Memorial Hospital of Gardena and San Joaquin General Hospital were the three that received a failing grade from Leapfrog. Patch has reached out to these hospitals for comment.
It s worth noting the hospitals were graded during a time of extraordinary pressure on the health care system due to the coronavirus pandemic.
UpdatedThu, May 6, 2021 at 2:00 pm CT
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The Leapfrog Group recently released its spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades, assessing more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals on how well a facility prevents medical errors and other harm to patients. (Shutterstock)
AUSTIN, TX Several Austin area hospitals received top safety marks while others didn t quite measure up in The Leapfrog Group s annual spring safety grades released Thursday.
The nonprofit health care watchdog group grades hospitals twice a year, assigning letter grades from A to F based on each hospital s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections.
More than 2,700 general, acute-care U.S. hospitals were assessed for Leapfrog s Spring Safety Grades. Among those hospitals, 27 have achieved 19 consecutive A grades in every biannual grading cycle since Leapfrog launched the safety grades in spring 2012.
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Wellstar Douglas Hospital was one of 24 Georgia hospitals that scored an A for safety in ratings released Thursday by a nonprofit health-care watchdog group. (Jim Massara / Patch)
DOUGLASVILLE, GA Even during a pandemic, Wellstar Douglas Hospital was ranked among the safest hospitals in Georgia last week by a nationwide nonprofit health-care watchdog group.
The Douglasville hospital received an A grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing how well it protected patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. Leapfrog s latest report was released on Thursday.
Leapfrog grades hospitals twice a year, assigning letter grades from A to F based on each hospital s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections.