California Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018

CALIFORNIA — 83 California hospitals received an A grade in hospital safety, according to new Fall 2018 ratings released by the Leapfrog Group on Thursday. The nonprofit group found that of the more than 2,600 hospitals graded in the country, 32 percent earned an A grade.

The Leapfrog Group explains that its rating system is focused entirely on errors, accidents, injuries and infections. The hospital safety grades are released by the nonprofit group twice a year, in the spring and in the fall.

New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, Massachusetts and Texas had the highest percentage of hospitals that received an A grade. The states with the lowest percentage of hospitals that received an A grade are Connecticut, Nebraska, Washington D.C., Delaware and North Dakota, according to Leapfrog. Washington D.C., Delaware and North Dakota did not have a single hospital that received an A grade.

Here are the grades California hospitals were given by the Leapfrog Group.

Grade A

1. Adventist Health - Bakersfield
2. Adventist Health - Glendale
3. Adventist Health - St. Helena
4. Adventist Medical Center - Selma
5. Alhambra Hospital Medical Center, Alhambra
6. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton
7. Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield
8. Barton Memorial Hospital, South Lake Tahoe
9. Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Inglewood
10. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO, San Bernardino
11. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey
12. Desert Valley Hospital, Victorville
13. Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Modesto
14. Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage
15. Enloe Medical Center, Chico
16. French Hospital Medical Center, San Luis Obispo
17. Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, Hollister
18. Hoag Hospital Irvine, Irvine
19. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach
20. Huntington Hospital, Pasadena
21. Inland Valley Medical Center, Wildomar
22. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch
23. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Medical Center
24. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont
25. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno
26. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City
27. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville
28. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento
29. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco
30. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro
31. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael
32. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara
33. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa
34. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento
35. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco
36. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville
37. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vallejo
38. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek
39. Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County - Anaheim
40. Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County-Irvine
41. Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center - Fontana
42. Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital South Bay - Harbor City
43. Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital, Downey Medical Center - Downey
44. Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center - Moreno Valley
45. Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center - Ontario
46. Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center - Panorama City
47. Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center - Riverside
48. Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center - San Diego
49. La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, Palma
50. Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda
51. Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus, Loma Linda
52. Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, Thousand Oaks
53. Mercy Hospital of Folsom, Folsom
54. Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, Fountain Valley
55. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center - San Pedro
56. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center - Torrance
57. Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa
58. Rancho Springs Medical Center, Murrieta
59. San Dimas Community Hospital, San Dimas
60. Scripps Memorial Hospital of La Jolla - La Jolla
61. Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City
62. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center - Chula Vista
63. Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center - Coronado
64. Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego
65. Sherman Oaks Hospital, Sherman Oaks
66. Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, San Luis Obispo
67. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Red Bluff
68. St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo
69. St. Joseph Hospital of Orange - Orange
70. St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton
71. St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco
72. Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare, Pleasanton
73. Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, Santa Rosa
74. Temecula Valley Hospital, Temecula
75. Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance
76. Twin Cities Community Hospital, Templeton
77. UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center, San Diego
78. UCLA Medical Center of Santa Monica, Santa Monica
79. UCSF Health - Mission Bay, San Fancisco
80. UCSF Medical Center Moffitt-Long Hospitals, San Fancisco
81. University of California Irvine Health, Orange
82. University of California Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
83. White Memorial Medical Center DBA Adventist Health White Memorial, Los Angeles

Grade B

1. Adventist Health - Lodi Memorial
2. Adventist Health - Sonora
3. Adventist Health - Ukiah Valley
4. Adventist Medical Center - Hanford
5. Alvarado Hospital Medical Center, San Diego
6. California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles
7. Chinese Hospital, San Francisco
8. Citrus Valley Medical Center -Queen of the Valley Campus, West Covina
9. Citrus Valley Medical Center Inter-Community Campus, Covina
10. El Camino Hospital, Mountain View
11. Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock
12. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, Fountain Valley
13. Greater El Monte Community Hospital, El Monte
14. John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus
15. John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus
16. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca
17. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Modesto
18. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland
19. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose
20. Kaiser Permanente - Los Angeles Medical Center
21. Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center
22. Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles
23. Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Lakewood
24. Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach
25. Madera Community Hospital, Madera
26. Marian Regional Medical Center, Santa Maria
27. Mercy Hospital - Downtown, Bakersfield
28. Mercy Hospital - Southwest, Bakersfield
29. Mercy Medical Center, Merced
30. Mission Hospital - Laguna Beach
31. Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo
32. Natividad Medical Center, Salinas
33. NorthBay Medical Center, Fairfield
34. NorthBay VacaValley Hospital, Vacaville
35. Palmdale Regional Medical Center, Palmdale
36. Palomar Medical Center, Escondido
37. Paradise Valley Hospital, National City
38. Pomerado Hospital, Poway
39. Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona
40. Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica
41. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center of Burbank, Burbank
42. Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas
43. San Antonio Regional Hospital, Upland
44. San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon
45. Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla
46. Scripps Memorial Hospital of Encinitas
47. Seton Medical Center, Daly City
48. Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa
49. Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Grass Valley
50. Sierra View Medical Center, Porterville
51. Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services, Simi Valley
52. St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino
53. St. John's Regional Medical Center of Oxnard, Oxnard
54. Stanford Health Care, Stanford
55. Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, Auburn
56. UC San Diego Health La Jolla - Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, La Jolla
57. University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
58. Whittier Hospital Medical Center, Whittier

Grade C

1. Adventist Health - Feather River Hospital, Paradise
2. AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center, Anaheim
3. Alameda Hospital, Alameda
4. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Summit Campus, Oakland
5. Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster
6. Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, Arroyo Grande
7. California Pacific Medical Center - California Campus, San Francisco
8. California Pacific Medical Center - Davies Campus, San Francisco
9. California Pacific Medical Center - Pacific Campus, San Francisco
10. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
11. Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura
12. Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez
13. Corona Regional Medical Center, Corona
14. Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs
15. Doctors Hospital of Manteca
16. Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz
17. Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley
18. El Camino Hospital Los Gatos, Los Gatos
19. El Centro Regional Medical Center, El Centro
20. Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, Glendora
21. Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center, Garden Grove
22. Garfield Medical Center, Monterey Park
23. Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, Glendale
24. Good Samaritan Hospital of Los Angeles
25. Good Samaritan Hospital of San Jose
26. Hemet Valley Medical Center, Hemet
27. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia
28. JFK Memorial Hospital, Indio
29. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Richmond
30. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West Los Angeles
31. Kaweah Delta Medical Center, Visalia
32. Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield
33. LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER-MURRIETA
34. Los Alamitos Medical Center, Los Alamitos
35. Los Angeles County - Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance
36. Los Angeles County - Olive View UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar
37. Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae
38. Marshall Medical Center, Placerville
39. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, Los Angeles
40. Menifee Valley Medical Center, Sun City
41. Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento
42. Mercy Medical Center of Redding
43. Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael
44. Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
45. Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Arcadia,
46. Mills-Peninsula Health Services, Burlingame
47. Mission Community Hospital, Panorama City
48. Monterey Park Hospital, Monterey Park,
49. Northridge Hospital Medical Center-Roscoe Boulevard Campus, Northridge
50. Novato Community Hospital, Novato
51. Oroville Hospital, Oroville
52. Petaluma Valley Hospital, Petaluma
53. PIH Health Hospital - Downey
54. PIH Health Hospital-Whittier
55. Placentia-Linda Hospital, Placentia
56. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills
57. Providence Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana,
58. Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands
59. Regional Medical Center of San Jose
60. Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside
61. Riverside University Health System - Medical Center, Moreno Valley
62. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center of Laguna Hills
63. Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno
64. Saint Francis Memorial Hospital,San Francisco
65. San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, San Gabriel
66. San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, Banning
67. San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo
68. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara
69. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa
70. Scripps Mercy Hospital of Chula Vista
71. Scripps Mercy Hospital of San Diego
72. Shasta Regional Medical Center
73. Sonoma Valley Hospital, Sonoma
74. St. Joseph Hospital of Eureka
75. St. Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
76. St. Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy
77. St. Mary Medical Center of Long Beach
78. St. Rose Hospital, Hayward
79. St. Vincent Medical Center of Los Angeles
80. Sutter Amador Hospital, Jackson
81. Sutter Coast Hospital, Crescent City
82. Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis
83. Sutter Delta Medical Center, Antioch
84. Sutter Medical Center- Sacramento
85. Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville
86. Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, Tracy
87. Tri-City Medical Center of Oceanside
88. USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Glendale
89. Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura
90. Watsonville Community Hospital, Watsonville
91. West Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim
92. West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, West Hills,
93. Woodland Memorial Hospital, Woodland

Grade D

1. Bakersfield Heart Hospital, Bakersfield
2. Beverly Hospital, Montebello
3. California Pacific Medical Center – Mission Bernal Campus, San Francisco
4. Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno
5. Hi-Desert Medical Center, Joshua Tree
6. Highland Hospital, Oakland
7. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles
8. Lompoc Valley Medical Center, Lompoc
9. Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles
10. Memorial Medical Center of Modesto
11. O'Connor Hospital, San Jose
12. Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center, Riverside
13. Rideout Memorial Hospital, Marysville
14. San Leandro Hospital, San Leandro
15. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose
16. St. Joseph Health Saint Mary, Apple Valley
17. Sutter East Bay Hospitals dba Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Alta Bates Campus, Berkeley
18. Sutter Solano Medical Center, Vallejo
19. Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys
20. Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco

Grade F

1. Memorial Hospital of Gardena, Gardena
2. St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood

“Health care was an important issue in the 2018 midterm elections, yet both parties are still neglecting the third leading cause of death in America—errors and infections in hospitals,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, said in a press release. “Every elected official, from city councilors, to senators, to the President, should hold hospitals accountable and support efforts to improve patient safety.”

Leapfrog assigns A,B,C,D and F letter grades to general acute-care hospitals in the United States. Leapfrog explains that the safety grade includes 28 measures that are taken together to “produce a single letter grade representing a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors.” The group uses performance measures from a variety of sources, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (You can read more about the letter grades here.)

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