How Safe Is Springfield Hospital?

A hospital safety group has released its grades for hospitals across Pennsylvania, using patient safety as the main metric. In Delaware County, Springfield Hospital earned a "C" in 2016. But what grade did it earn in 2017?

According to the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Group, the hospital's safety has remained the same.

The group gives the hospital a "C" grade for 2017.

Check out Springfield Hospital's full report card online here.

The grades are based on several factors, including medical errors, the quality of staffing, surgical complications and infections.

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 34rd in the nation, down one slot from spring 2016. Maine was ranked No. 1. Hawaii, Oregon, Wisconsin and Idaho rounded out the top five.

You can see all of PA's hospital grades here.

The Leapfrog 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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