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BI Deaconess - Needham Gets An "A" From Hospital Safety Group

The Leapfrog Group has announced its spring 2018 ratings, giving hospitals a grade of A to F for patient safety.

How safe is Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham? New grades released Tuesday by The Leapfrog Group will tell you just that. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit founded by employers and healthcare providers, ranked 60 Massachusetts hospitals as part of its Spring 2017 safety grades.

The hospitals were given a letter grade from A through F based on several factors. Exactly half of the 60 Massachusetts hospitals that were graded received an A. None received a grade lower than a C. The group assessed roughly 2,500 hospitals nationwide - 30 percent earned an "A," 28 percent earned a "B," 35 percent a "C," 6 percent a "D" and 1 percent an "F."

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Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham received an A.

The assessment system assigns school-style letter grades to general acute-care hospitals. The hope is to determine a patient's risk of further injury or infection if they visit a certain hospital.

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Click here to see how other hospitals in Massachusetts performed.


Patch reporters Dan Hampton and Feroze Dhanoa contributed to this report.

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