How Safe Are Main Line Hospitals? See Their Safety Grades Here

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Group released its fall 2017 Hospital Safety Grade report, and Pennsylvania hospitals fared well. So how did healthcare facilities on the Main Line and surrounding area fare in the new report?

A total of 38 Pennsylvania hospitals earned "A" grades in the new report.

On the Main Line, two facilities earned "A" grades.

They are Bryn Mawr and Paoli hospitals.

In Wynnewood, Lankenau Medical Center earned a "B" grade.

Other nearby hospital grades include a "B" at Roxborough Memorial, "B" at Riddle Hospital, a "C" at Springfield Hospital, and a "C" at Phoenixville Hospital.

Five Philadelphia hospitals earned "A" grades, as well.

The entire study on hospital safety is available here.

"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.

A total of 38 Pennsylvania hospitals earned "A" grades, including five other Philadelphia hospitals. All PA hospital ranks are available online here.

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.

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."

With reporting from Kara Seymour

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