Over a dozen hospitals in Greater Boston earned an “A” grade ranking in the latest safety report from health care watchdog group Leapfrog, with others dipping in their rankings and at least four Massachusetts hospitals receiving a “D” grade.
The biannual Safety Grade report, released this month, assigns grades to all general hospitals in the U.S. “based on their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections,” the organization wrote in a release announcing the report.
The group then assigns letter grades to hospitals on a scale of “A,” “B,” “C,” D” and “F,” using up to 30 performance measures.
Overall, nearly 3,000 general acute-care hospitals were evaluated based on their abilities to prevent medical errors, accidents and infections, editors said.
The states with hospitals that ranked the highest for patient safety were Utah, Virginia, Connecticut, North Carolina and New Jersey. According to the report, no hospitals in Iowa, North Dakota, Vermont or Wyoming received “A” grades.
In Massachusetts, a total of 53 hospitals were graded. Seventeen hospitals received “A” rankings, 16 received “B” grades, sixteen received “C” grades, and four received “D” grades. No local hospitals received “F” grades.
The full Leapfrog safety report, including grades for hospitals from other New England states, can be found here.