Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Ratings: See How Mercer Hospitals Fared

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — The Leapfrog Group released its spring hospital safety grades on Tuesday, and four Mercer County Hospitals were on the list.

The nonprofit health care watchdog group grades hospitals twice a year, assigning letter grades from "A" to "F" based on each hospital's ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Read More: New Jersey Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst

Here are the rankings

A

• Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell, Pennington

B

• Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton

C

• St. Francis Medical Center of Trenton

In New Jersey, 30 hospitals received an "A" grade, 16 got a "B," 19 earned a "C" and four received a "D."

To determine each hospital's grade, a panel of medical experts selected 30 evidence-based measures of patient safety such as postoperative sepsis, blood leakage and kidney injury. They then determined the weight of each measure based on evidence, the opportunity for improvement and patient impact.

Data on each measure was collected through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Information from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, available to all hospitals to complete, also affects grades.

The latest ratings reflect care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Leapfrog Group said its and other groups' research showed the pandemic reversed years of progress in patient safety.

Currently, Leapfrog does not assign grades to military or Veterans Administration hospitals, critical access hospitals, specialty hospitals, children's hospitals or outpatient surgery centers.

To see details of the ranking, click here.

(With reporting from Josh Bakan Patch Staff)

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