These Are The 30 Safest Hospitals In NJ, Nonprofit Says

Thirty New Jersey hospitals received an A in hospital safety, according to new grades released by The Leapfrog Group on Tuesday.

The hospital safety grades are released by the nonprofit group twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. The grades released on Tuesday showed that five states — Oregon, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Wisconsin and Idaho — showed significant improvement since the safety grades were first implemented in 2012.

“Errors and infections in hospitals are the third leading cause of death in America, and people deserve to know which of their hospitals are best at preventing them,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of Leapfrog, said in a press release.

Medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections are taken into account by Leapfrog when calculating the grades. The goal of the rankings is to determine a patient’s risk of further injury or infection if they visit a certain hospital.

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 27 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.)

Here are the New Jersey hospitals that received an A:

1. Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel
2. Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton
3. CarePoint Health-Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne
4. CarePoint Health-Christ Hospital, Jersey City
5. Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center, Hoboken
6. Clara Maass Medical Center, Belleville
7. Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood
8. Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack
9. Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck
10. Inspira Medical Center Elmer, Elmer
11. Inspira Medical Center Vineland, Vineland
12. Inspira Medical Center Woodbury, Woodbury
13. Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, Cherry Hill
14. Jefferson Stratford Hospital, Stratford
15. Jefferson Washington Township Hospital, Turnersville
16. Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City
17. Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch
18. Morristown Medical Center, Morristown
19. Newton Medical Center, Newton
20. Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank
21. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton, Hamilton
22. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, Somerville
23. Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston
24. Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick
25. Shore Medical Center, Somers Point
26. Southern Ocean Medical Center, Manahawkin
27. The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood
28. Virtua Marlton Hospital, Marlton
29. Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly
30. Virtua Voorhees Hospital, Voorhees

Click here to see how every New Jersey hospital was ranked.

Leapfrog notes that of the 2,632 hospitals graded in Tuesday’s update, 832 earned an “A,” 662 a “B,” 964 a “C,” 159 a “D” and 15 an “F.”