Doylestown Hospital Gets A Grade On New Ranking

Safety at Doylestown Hospital has improved over the last year, according to The Leapfrog Group. The nonprofit organization, which twice a year ranks hospital safety using a letter grade from A through F, has increased Doylestown Hospital's grade from a C to an A.

Doylestown Hospital received the A grade for the spring 2017 rankings released Wednesday. That's up from a C grade in spring 2016.

The grades are based on several factors, including medical errors, the quality of staffing, surgical complications and infections. You can see specific details about Doylestown's grade by clicking here.

Doylestown Hospital was one of just two Bucks County hospitals to get the A grade. The other was Grand View Health in Sellersville. Click here to see the full list of grades for all Pennsylvania hospitals.

The goal of the grades 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, Pennsylvania was ranked 34th in the nation, down one slot from spring 2016. Maine was ranked No. 1. Hawaii, Oregon, Wisconsin and Idaho rounded out the top five.

The Leapfrong Group, founded by employers and healthcare providers, has been grading hospitals for more than a decade.

Click here to see more detail on each hospital's grade.

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