Here are N.J.’s safest hospitals. See how yours fared in new national report. Updated Dec 15, 2020; Posted Dec 15, 2020 St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J. is the only hospital in the state to receive straight-A's in the Leapfrog safety report card since the surveys began in 2012. Facebook Share New Jersey hospitals rank 17th best in the nation for safety, a drop from eighth place a year ago and a potentially troubling sign as the pandemic continues to make unrelenting demands on healthcare professionals, according to the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety report card. Six hospitals went up a grade while 15 hospitals went down a grade, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, a consumer, research nonprofit that jointly releases the report with Leapfrog.