NJ Hospital Safety Grades 2020: The Best And The Worst

NEW JERSEY — Nearly half of New Jersey’ hospitals received an A grade for safety, according to new Spring 2020 ratings released by the Leapfrog Group on Wednesday.

The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality and safety of American health care, assesses roughly 2,500 hospitals nationwide twice a year. Leapfrog uses up to 28 national performance measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and information from other supplemental data sources.

Taken together, those performance measures produce a single letter grade representing a hospital's overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors. You can read more about the grading system here.

In New Jersey:

• 30 hospitals received an A grade (31 in Fall 2019)
• 21 hospitals received a B grade (20 in Fall 2018)
• 15 hospitals received a C grade (12 in Fall 2019)
• 2 hospitals received a D grade (2 in Fall 2019)
• 0 hospitals received an F grade (0 in Fall 2018)

Here is the Leapfrog Group's Spring 2020 grades for hospitals in New Jersey:

A

• CarePoint Health-Bayonne Medical Center; Bayonne
• Chilton Medical Center; Pompton Plains
• Englewood Hospital and Medical Center; Englewood
• Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical Center; Westwood
• Hunterdon Medical Center; Flemington
• Inspira Medical Center Elmer; Elmer
• Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital; Cherry Hill
• Jefferson Stratford Hospital; Stratford
• Jefferson Washington Township Hospital; Turnersville
• Jersey Shore University Medical Center; Neptune
• Monmouth Medical Center; Long Branch
• Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus; Lakewood
• Morristown Medical Center; Morristown
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Newark
• Newton Medical Center; Newton
• Ocean Medical Center; Brick
• Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center; Plainsboro
• Raritan Bay Medical Center of Perth Amboy; Perth Amboy
• Riverview Medical Center; Red Bank
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton; Hamilton
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset; Somerville
• Saint Barnabas Medical Center; Livingston
• Saint Clare’s Hospital of Denville; Denville
• Saint Clare’s Hospital of Dover; Dover
• Saint Michael’s Medical Center; Newark
• Shore Medical Center; Somers Point
• St. Luke’s Warren Campus; Phillipsburg
• The Valley Hospital; Ridgewood
• Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; Camden
• Virtua Voorhees Hospital; Voorhees

B

• AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center City Campus; Atlantic City
• AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Mainland Campus; Pomona
• CarePoint Health-Christ Hospital; Jersey City
• CarePoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center; Hoboken
• CentraState Medical Center; Freehold
• Community Medical Center of Toms River; Toms River
• Cooper University Hospital; Camden
• Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center; Montclair
• Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center; North Bergen
• HMH JFK Medical Center; Edison
• Holy Name Medical Center; Teaneck
• Inspira Medical Center Vineland; Vineland
• Jersey City Medical Center; Jersey City
• Overlook Medical Center; Summit
• Raritan Bay Medical Center of Old Bridge; Old Bridge;
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital; New Brunswick
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway; Rahway
• Saint Peter’s University Hospital; New Brunswick
• St. Mary’s General Hospital; Passaic
• Virtua Marlton Hospital; Marlton
• Virtua Willingboro; Willingboro

C

• Bayshore Medical Center; Holmdel
• Cape Regional Medical Center; Cape May Court House
• Capital Health Medical Center-Hopewell;Pennington
• Capital Health Regional Medical Center; Trenton
• Clara Maass Medical Center; Belleville
• Hackensack University Medical Center; Hackensack
• Hackettstown Regional Medical Center; Hackettstown
• Hudson Regional Hospital; Secaucus
• Salem Medical Center; Salem
• Southern Ocean Medical Center; Manahawkin
• St. Francis Medical Center of Trenton; Trenton
• St. Joseph’s University Medical Center; Paterson
• St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center; Wayne
• Trinitas Regional Medical Center; Elizabeth
• Virtua Memorial Hospital; Mount Holly

D

• East Orange General Hospital; East Orange
• University Hospital; Newark