Administered on behalf of employers and other purchasers, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the nation’s only rating system focused entirely on errors, accidents, injuries and infections. It is an independent, nonprofit grading system that assigns “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” and “F” letter grades to general acute-care hospitals in the United States. Of more than 2,600 hospitals graded for fall 2018, 32 percent (823) earned an “A,” 24 percent (706) earned a “B,” 37 percent (933) a “C,” 6 percent (167) a “D” and just under 1 percent (10) an “F”. Impressively, 42 hospitals nationwide have achieved an “A” in every grading update since the launch of the Safety Grade in spring 2012.

The Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health serves as the Leapfrog Regional Leader for southeastern Pennsylvania (five-county Philadelphia area) and Delaware, where 46 hospitals received a 2018 Fall Safety Grade. 22 percent earned (10) and “A”, 24 percent (11) a “B”, 50 percent (23) a “C”, and 4 percent (2) a “D”.

GPBCH congratulates area hospitals that received an “A” in southeastern Pennsylvania:
• Abington Health: Abington Memorial and Lansdale Hospital Campuses
• Bryn Mawr Hospital
• Doylestown Hospital
• Grand View Health
• Jeanes Hospital
• Mercy Fitzgerald and Mercy Philadelphia Hospitals
• Roxborough Memorial Hospital
• Thomas Jefferson University Hospital-Methodist Campus

The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute is Leapfrog Regional Leader for New Jersey. GPBCH congratulates southern New Jersey hospitals that received an “A”:
• Atlantic Regional Medical Center – City Campus, and Mainland Campus
• Inspira Medical Center: Elmer and Woodbury Campuses
• Jefferson: Cherry Hill Hospital and Stratford Hospital Campuses
• Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center
• Shore Medical Center
• Southern Ocean Medical Center
• Virtua: Marlton Hospital and Voorhees Hospital Campuses

To view hospital safety grades and state rankings of "A" hospitals click here.