Leapfrog graded nearly 3K hospitals from ‘A’ to ‘F.’ How did yours fare?

The Leapfrog Group on Wednesday released its spring 2023 Leapfrog Hospitals Safety Grades, giving just under a third of hospitals an “A” for their ability to shield patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.

Resource library: How Hospital Quality Ratings Work

Methodology

For the latest report, Leapfrog assigned “A” to “F” letter grades to nearly 3,000 general acute-care hospitals using up to 22 evidence-based measures of patient safety, including data from CMS Medicare PSI 90 Patient Safety and Adverse Events composite.

The ratings, which are updated twice a year, do not cover facilities such as military or VA hospitals, critical...