See What 'Grade' East Orange Hospital Got In Latest Leapfrog Rating

EAST ORANGE, NJ — A hospital in East Orange is among a slew of medical centers in New Jersey that received a rating from a watchdog agency as part of its twice-yearly “safety grades.”

On Wednesday, CareWell Health Medical Center in East Orange received a “C” grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent health care nonprofit. See the full rating broken down by category here.

The Leapfrog Group uses an academic grading scale with five letter grades to score nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide on more than 30 measures of patient safety. Leapfrog says its hospital rating system is the only one in the country focusing solely on a hospital’s ability to protect patients from preventable errors. Learn more about their methodology here, or watch the video below.

CareWell Health Medical Center in East Orange nailed down a “C” grade for Spring 2023. It’s an improvement from Fall 2022, when the hospital got a “D” grade from Leapfrog.

The facility, formerly known as East Orange General Hospital, was purchased by a for-profit company in 2021 and renamed as CareWell Health.

Other recent grades for CareWell Health include:

• Spring 2022 – D
• Fall 2021 – C
• Spring 2021 – D
• Fall 2020 – D
• Spring 2020 – D

New Jersey led the country in the number of hospitals receiving an “A” grade for the latest round of grades, released Wednesday. Read More: New NJ Hospital Safety Ratings Released (See Best, Worst)

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