Beth Israel Needham Gets "B" Rating in Hospital Study

NEEDHAM, MA - The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit founded by employers and health-care providers, announced its Fall 2016 hospital safety rankings Monday, a measure of how safe a hospital is for patients.

At the local level, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham received a B grade. The hospital scored an A in both the spring and fall 2015 studies, a B in the fall 2014 ratings, and an A in spring 2014.

Click here to see the full assessment for Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham.

The safety grade is based on factors, such as how often patients at a given hospital acquire infections or other conditions during their stay, or how well-staffed a hospital's intensive care unit may be.

According to the Leapfrog ranking, Massachusetts' safest hospitals (those receiving "straight A's" over the past three years) are: Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis; Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge; Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River; Beverly Hospital, Beverly; Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield; Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Brockton; Holy Family Hospital, Methuen; Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton; Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Boston; and Addison Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester.

You can find a full description of the data and methodology used in determining the grades here.

Alison Bauter contributed to this report.

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