2 Union County Hospitals Get 'B' Safety Grade, 1 Gets 'C' Grade

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Three Union County hospitals were among New Jersey hospitals to be graded in the new 2020 ratings released recently by the Leapfrog Group.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway at 865 Stone St., in Rahway, and Overlook Medical Center at 99 Beauvoir Ave., in Summit, both received "B" safety ratings. While Trinitas Regional Medical Center at 225 Williamson St., in Elizabeth received a "C" rating.

A total of 25 New Jersey hospitals received an "A" grade for patient safety. In that same analysis, two New Jersey hospitals received a "D" grade. Twenty-four hospitals received a "B," while 16 got a "C."

To see the full list of New Jersey hospital ratings, and see how your local hospital fared, click here.

Leapfrog's safety grades are released by the nonprofit organization twice per year, in the spring and the fall. The ratings of more than 2,600 hospitals nationwide focus on accidents, injuries and infections, and help to assess how well a facility prevents medical errors and other harm to patients.

The group determines the hospital grades by looking through safety data reported in 2018 and 2019. The safety grade is the only rating focused entirely on how well hospitals protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

The report does not take into account the strain the coronavirus outbreak is placing on some hospitals, with shortages of drugs and protection equipment.

— Additional reporting by Josh Bakan, Patch Staff

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