2 IL Hospitals Get 'F' Rating For Patient Safety, Nonprofit Says

ILLINOIS — A new analysis on hospital safety in Illinois was released Thursday. The Leapfrog Group, which assesses hospital safety across the country and publishes its findings in the form of letter grades twice a year, released its Fall 2018 safety ratings, with 32 percent of hospitals nationwide earning an A grade.

In Illinois:

• 43 hospitals received an A grade
• 31 hospitals received a B grade
• 31 hospitals received a C grade
• 3 hospitals received a D grade
• 2 hospitals received an F grade

The Leapfrog Group explains that its rating system is focused entirely on errors, accidents, injuries and infections. The hospital safety grades are released by the nonprofit group twice a year, in the spring and in the fall.

New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, Massachusetts and Texas had the highest percentage of hospitals that received an A grade. The states with the lowest percentage of hospitals that received an A grade are Connecticut, Nebraska, Washington D.C., Delaware and North Dakota, according to Leapfrog. Washington D.C., Delaware and North Dakota did not have a single hospital that received an A grade.

Here are the grades Illinois hospitals were given by the Leapfrog Group as part of the fall rankings:

• AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Bolingbrook: A
• AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Glen Oaks: A
• AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale: A
• AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange: A
• Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana: A
• Centegra Hospital - McHenry: A
• Centegra Hospital Huntley: A
• Edward Hospital, Naperville: A
• Elmhurst Memorial Hospital: A
• Graham Hospital, Canton: A
• HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital, O'Fallon: A
• HSHS St. John's Hospital, Springfield: A
• HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, Breese: A
• Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, Dixon: A
• Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Melrose Park: A
• MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn: A
• McDonough District Hospital, Macomb: A
• Morris Hospital: A
• NorthShore University HealthSystem -Evanston Hospital: A
• NorthShore University HealthSystem -Glenbrook Hospital, Glenview: A
• NorthShore University HealthSystem -Skokie Hospital: A
• NorthShore University HealthSystem-Highland Park Hospital: A
• Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital: Winfield: A
• Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital: A
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago: A
• OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center, Urbana: A
• OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center, Alton: A
• OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington: A
• OSF St. Mary Medical Center, Galesburg: A
• Presence Mercy Medical Center, Aurora: A
• Presence Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago: A
• Presence Saint Joseph Hospital, Chicago: A
• Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Elgin: A
• Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, Chicago: A
• Presence St. Mary's Hospital, Kankakee: A
• Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee: A
• Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora: A
• Rush Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park: A
• Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox: A
• SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon: A
• SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Centralia: A
• St. Mary's Hospital of Decatur: A
• University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago: A
• Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal: B
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago: B
• Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin: B
• AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village: B
• AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates: B
• Anderson Hospital, Maryville: A
• Decatur Memorial Hospital: B
• Franciscan St. James Health - Chicago Heights: B
• Gateway Regional Medical Center, Granite City: B
• HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham: B
• Illinois Valley Community Hospital, Peru: B
• Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey: B
• Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers, Evergreen Park: B
• Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers, Maywood: B
• Memorial Hospital, Belleville: B
• Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights: B
• Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest: B
• Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb: B
• OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria: B
• OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center, Danville: B
• OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center, Rockford: B
• Ottawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center dba OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, B
• Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights: B
• Passavant Area Hospital, Jacksonville: B
• Presence Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston: B
• Presence St. Joseph Medical Center, Joliet: B
• Rush University Medical Center, Chicago: B
• Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon: B
• Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago: B
• West Suburban Medical Center, Oak Park: B
• Westlake Hospital, Melrose Park: B
• Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn: C
• Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville: C
• Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove: C
• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington: C
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge: C
• Advocate South Suburban Hospital, Hazel Crest: C
• Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago: C
• Alton Memorial Hospital: C
• Blessing Hospital, Quincy: C
• CGH Medical Center, Sterling: C
• FHN Memorial Hospital, Freeport: C
• Franciscan St. James Health - Olympia Fields: C
• Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus, Silvis: C
• Herrin Hospital, Herrin: C
• Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago: C
• John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, Chicago: C
• Memorial Hospital East, Shiloh: C
• Memorial Hospital of Carbondale: C
• Memorial Medical Center, Springfield: C
• Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago: C
• Mercyhealth Hospital Rockton Ave, Rockford: C
• MetroSouth Medical Center, Blue Island: C
• Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago: C
• St. Margaret's Hospital, Spring Valley: C
• Swedish American Hospital, Rockford: C
• Trinity Moline, Moline: C
• Trinity Rock Island: C
• UnityPoint Health - Methodist, Peoria: C
• University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago: C
• Vista Medical Center East, Waukegan: C
• Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago: C
• Holy Cross Hospital, Chicago: D
• Loretto Hospital, Chicago: D
• UnityPoint Health - Proctor, Peoria: D
• Mt. Sinai Hospital, Chicago: F
• South Shore Hospital, Chicago: F

In the spring, Leapfrog gave 37 hospitals in Illinois an A grade, compared to 43 this time around. In the spring, only one hospital received a D, compared with three in the fall rankings, and only one received an F.

“Health care was an important issue in the 2018 midterm elections, yet both parties are still neglecting the third leading cause of death in America—errors and infections in hospitals,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, said in a press release. “Every elected official, from city councilors, to senators, to the President, should hold hospitals accountable and support efforts to improve patient safety.”

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 28 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.” 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. (You can read more about the letter grades here.)

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