Rhode Island Hospital Safety Rankings

More Rhode Island hospitals aren't making the grade than are when it comes to the country's safest, according to a new ranking out Monday.

Twice a year, The Leapfrog Group releases its Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a program which assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals. Rhode Island placed 14th in the most recent rankings.

The Top 10 in its Fall 2016 rankings are:

1. Hawaii
2. Idaho
3. Maine
4. Wisconsin
5. North Carolina
6. Utah
7. Massachusetts
8. Vermont
9. Oregon
10. Virginia

>>>See the full rankings and grades here

Rank is determined by the number of hospitals in a state that received an "A" rating from Leapfrog. In Rhode Island, four of the state's 10 hospitals received that rating in Leapfrog's Fall 2016 assessment.

Five hospitals in the state did receive a "C" grade, but none scored below that letter. One scored a "B".

The safety grade is based on factors such as how often patients at a given hospital acquire infections or other conditions during their stay, or how well-staffed a hospital's intensive care unit may be.

According to the Leapfrog ranking, Rhode Island's safest hospital ( receiving "straight A's" over the past three years) is South County Hospital in Wakefield.

You can find a full description of the data and methodology used in determining the grades here.

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