New N.J. Hospital Safety Grades Released For 2017

How safe is your hospital? New grades released Wednesday by The Leapfrog Group will tell you just that. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit founded by employers and healthcare providers, ranked 68 New Jersey hospitals as part of its Spring 2017 safety grades.

The hospitals were giving a letter grade from A through F based on several factors. Of the 68 New Jersey hospitals that were graded, 27, or 39 percent received an A. None received an F but there were three that were graded a D.

To come up with the grades, Leapfrog looks at medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. The goal is to determine what a patient's risk of further injury or infection is if they visit a certain hospital.

According to the organization, more than 1,000 Americans die each day from preventable hospital errors. Hospitals given a B rating by Leapfrog had a 9 percent higher risk of avoidable death than A hospitals. That number jumps to 35 percent in C hospitals and 50 percent higher in D and F hospitals.

At the state level, New Jersey was ranked 15th in the nation. Maine was ranked No. 1. Hawaii, Oregon, Wisconsin and Idaho rounded out the top five.

You can compare this year's scores to the 2016 New Jersey hospital grades by clicking here.

Here is each New Jersey hospital, their grades and links to their full safety scores:

A:

• CarePoint Health-Christ Hospital, 176 Palisade Avenue, Jersey City (View the full Score)
• CentraState Medical Center, 901 W. Main Street, Freehold (View the full Score)
• Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, 350 Engle Street, Englewood (View the full Score)
• Holy Name Medical Center, 718 Teaneck Road, Teaneck (View the full Score)
• Inspira Medical Center Elmer, 501 W. Front Street, Elmer (View the full Score)
• Inspira Medical Center Vineland, 1505 W. Sherman Avenue, Vineland (View the full Score)
• Inspira Medical Center Woodbury, 509 N. Broad Street, Woodbury (View the full Score)
• Jersey City Medical Center, 355 Grand Street, Jersey City (View the full Score)
• JFK Medical Center, 65 James Street, Edison (View the full Score)
• Kennedy University Hospital - Cherry Hill Campus, 2201 Chapel Avenue West, Cherry Hill (View the full Score)
• Kennedy University Hospital - Stratford, 18 East Laurel Road, Stratford (View the full Score)
• Kennedy University Hospital - Washington Township Campus, 435 Hurffville-Cross Keys Road, Turnersville (View the full Score)
• Monmouth Medical Center, 300 Second Avenue, Long Branch (View the full Score)
• Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Avenue, Morristown (View the full Score)
• Newton Medical Center, 175 High Street, Newton (View the full Score)
• Ocean Medical Center, 425 Jack Martin Boulevard, Brick (View the full Score)
• Riverview Medical Center, 1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank (View the full Score)
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset, 110 Rehill Avenue, Somerville (View the full Score)
• Saint Barnabas Medical Center, 94 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston (View the full Score)
• Saint Peter's University Hospital, 254 Easton Avenue, New Brunswick (View the full Score)
• Shore Medical Center, 100 Medical Center Way, Somers Point (View the full Score)
• Southern Ocean Medical Center, 1140 Route 72 W., Manahawkin (View the full Score)
• The Valley Hospital, 223 N. Van Dien Avenue, Ridgewood (View the full Score)
• University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, 1 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro (View the full Score)
• Virtua Marlton Hospital, 90 Brick Road, Marlton (View the full Score)
• Virtua Memorial Hospital, 175 Madison Avenue, Mount Holly (View the full Score)
• Virtua Voorhees Hospital, 100 Bowman Drive, Voorhees (View the full Score)

B:

• Cape Regional Medical Center, 2 Stone Harbor Boulevard, Cape May Court House (View the full Score)
• Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell, One Capital Way, Pennington (View the full Score)
• Capital Health Regional Medical Center, 750 Brunswick Avenue, Trenton (View the full Score)
• Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center, 308 Willow Avenue, Hoboken (View the full Score)
• Chilton Medical Center, 97 W. Parkway, Pompton Plains (View the full Score)
• Clara Maass Medical Center, 1 Clara Maass Drive, Belleville (View the full Score)
• Hackensack University Medical Center, 30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack (View the full Score)
• Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley, 250 Old Hook Road, Westwood (View the full Score)
• HackensackUMC Mountainside, 1 Bay Avenue, Montclair (View the full Score)
• Hunterdon Medical Center, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington (View the full Score)
• Jersey Shore University Medical Center, 1945 Route 33, Neptune (View the full Score)
• Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, 1600 Haddon Avenue, Camden (View the full Score)
• Overlook Medical Center, 99 Beauvoir Avenue, Summit (View the full Score)
• Raritan Bay Medical Center of Old Bridge, 1 Hospital Plaza, Old Bridge (View the full Score)
• Raritan Bay Medical Center of Perth Amboy, 530 New Brunswick Avenue, Perth Amboy (View the full Score)
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 1 Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick (View the full Score)
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton Mercer County (View the full Score)
• Saint Clare's Hospital of Denville, 25 Pocono Road, Denville (View the full Score)
• Saint Clare's Hospital of Dover, 400 West Blackwell Street, Dover (View the full Score)
• St. Francis Medical Center of Trenton, 601 Hamilton Avenue, Trenton (View the full Score)

C:

• Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus, 1925 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City (View the full Score)
• Atlanticare Regional Medical Center-Mainland Campus, 65 W. Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona (View the full Score)
• Bayshore Community Hospital, 727 N. Beers Street, Holmdel (View the full Score)
• CarePoint Health-Bayonne Medical Center, 29 E. 29th Street, Bayonne (View the full Score)
• Community Medical Center of Toms River, 99 Route 37 W., Toms River (View the full Score)
• Cooper University Health Care, 1 Cooper Plaza, Camden (View the full Score)
• HackensackUMC Palisades, 7600 River Road, North Bergen (View the full Score)
• Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, 651 Willow Grove Street, Hackettstown (View the full Score)
• Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, 218 Sunset Road, Willingboro (View the full Score)
• Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, 55 Meadowlands Parkway, Secaucus (View the full Score)
• Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, 600 River Avenue, Lakewood (View the full Score)
• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Avenue, Newark (View the full Score)
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway, 865 Stone Street, Rahway (View the full Score)
• St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson (View the full Score)
• St. Joseph's Wayne Hospital, 224 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne (View the full Score)
• St. Luke's Warren Campus, 185 Roseberry Street, Phillipsburg (View the full Score)
• St. Mary's General Hospital, 350 Boulevard, Passaic (View the full Score)
• Trinitas Regional Medical Center, 225 Williamson Street, Elizabeth (View the full Score)

D:

• Memorial Hospital of Salem County, 310 Salem Woodstown Road, Salem (View the full Score)
• Saint Michael's Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark (View the full Score)
• University Hospital, 150 Bergen Street, Newark (View the full Score)

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