Hospital Safety Grades: How Did Cleveland Area Hospitals Fare?

CLEVELAND, OH — Hate going to the hospital? Well, you can feel a little bit better about it if you’re laid up in one of these ten Cleveland-area institutions.

All ten received A’s from an independent, national not-for-profit that grades hospitals.

The Leapfrog Group, along with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, evaluated the hospitals on the basis of numerous criteria and consolidated the results into a single letter grade for each.

The ten A-rated hospitals for the fall of 2016 are: Cleveland Clinic Health System - Lutheran Hospital, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic Health System - Euclid Hospital, Southwest General Health Center, Cleveland Clinic Health System - Hillcrest Hospital, St. John Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic Health System - Medina General Hospital and Summa - Western Reserve Hospital.

28 other hospitals in Ohio received an A-grade - see full list below to see how your neighborhood hospital scored.

Only three hospitals in the Cleveland-area received D’s. They were University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center, University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center and Mercy Regional Medical Center of Lorain.

The national Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for more than 2,500 hospitals are available at the safety score website.

The site says choosing the right hospital can reduce your risk of avoidable death by 50 percent.

“The analysis finds that despite considerable improvement in the safety of hospital care since the Score’s launch in 2012, avoidable deaths remain high,” the site said. “Findings point to a 9 percent higher risk of avoidable death in B hospitals, 35 percent higher in C hospitals, and 50 percent higher in D and F hospitals, than in A hospitals.”

Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, Illinois ranked 15th for hospital safety. Forty five of Illinois’ 113 grade-eligible hospitals received A grades, putting it at 39.8 percent. Hawaii had the highest percentage of A-grade hospitals. Two-thirds of its 12 hospitals received A’s. No qualifying hospitals in Alaska, Delaware, the District of Columbia and North Dakota received an A.

Here are the letter grades for the last two marking periods— Fall and Spring 2016 — for each hospital in Ohio:

• Samaritan Hospital, Ashland: A, A
• The University Hospital, Cincinnati: C, C
• Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus: B, A
• Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth: B, A
• Lima Memorial Health System, Lima: C, B
• Union Hospital of Dover, Dover: C, B
• Ohio Health ‐ Marion General Hospital, Marion: A, A
• Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital, Westerville: B, B
• Wilson Health ‐ Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney: A, A
• Grant Medical Center, Columbus: B, C
• Summa ‐ Akron City Hospital, Akron: C, C
• Firelands Regional Health System, Sandusky: B, B
• Kettering Health Network ‐ Greene Memorial Hospital, Xenia: A, C
• Akron General Medical Center, Akron: C, C
• Wood County Hospital, Bowling Green: A, A
• Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys: B, C
• Mount Carmel West Hospital, Columbus: C, C
• Wooster Community Hospital, Wooster: A
• St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Cleveland: A, B
• Genesis Hospital, Zanesville: B, A
• Knox Community Hospital, Mount Vernon: A, A
• University Hospitals Parma Medical Center, Parma: C, C
• Wayne HealthCare, Greenville: D, C
• McCullough‐Hyde Memorial Hospital, Oxford: A, A
• University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo: D, D
• Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton: C, C
• Good Samaritan Hospital & Health Center, Dayton: C
• Holzer Medical Center, Gallipolis: Gallipolis: C
• Trumbull Memorial Hospital, Warren: C
• Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital, Coldwater: C, A
• MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland: C, C
• The Ohio State University Hospital East, Columbus: A, A
• St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown: C, C
• Fisher‐Titus Medical Center, Norwalk: A, B
• St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima: C, B
• The Toledo Hospital, Toledo: B, B
• Mercy Medical Center, Canton: C, C
• Van Wert County Hospital, Van Wert: C, A
• Fairfield Medical Center, Lancaster: C, B
• Flower Hospital, Sylvania: A, A
• University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center, Richmond Heights: D, A
• Atrium Medical Center, Middletown: B, A
• Cleveland Clinic Health System ‐ Fairview Hospital, Cleveland: B, B
• Kettering Health Network ‐ Kettering Medical Center, Kettering: A, B
• East Ohio Regional Hospital, Martins Ferry: C, C
• Mercy Health ‐ St. Charles Hospital, Oregon: C, C
• Cleveland Clinic Health System ‐ Euclid Hospital, Euclid: A, A
• Aultman Hospital, Canton: B, A
• The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus: A, A
• Springfield Regional Medical Center, Springfield: C, C
• Cleveland Clinic Health System ‐ Lutheran Hospital, Cleveland: A, A
• St. Luke's Hospital of Maumee, Maumee: C, B
• Cleveland Clinic Health System ‐ Medina General Hospital, Medina: A, A
• Memorial Health, Marysville: A
• Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay: A, A
• East Liverpool City Hospital, East Liverpool: A, D
• Lake Health TriPoint Medical Center, Concord Twp: C, A
• The Bellevue Hospital, Bellevue: A, C
• Coshocton County Memorial Hospital, Coshocton: B
• Mercy Health ‐ St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo: C, C
• University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center, Bedford: D, C
• OhioHealth MedCentral Mansfield Hospital, Mansfield: A, A
• Bryan Hospital, Bryan: A
• St. John Medical Center, Westlake: A, A
• Ashtabula County Medical Center, Ashtabula: C, B
• Alliance Community Hospital, Alliance: C, B
• Fort Hamilton Hospital, Hamilton: A, B
• Kettering Health Network ‐ Grandview Medical Center, Dayton: B, B
• Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, Cincinnati: A, A
• University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland: A, A
• Northside Medical Center, Youngstown: D
• Cleveland Clinic Health System ‐ Marymount Hospital, Garfield Hts: B, B
• Cleveland Clinic Health System ‐ South Pointe Hospital, Warrensville Hts: B, C
• University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center, Elyria: C, C
• Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta: C
• Summa ‐ Western Reserve Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls: A, A
• Doctors Hospital of Columbus Ohio, Columbus: B, A
• Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Hts: A, A
• ProMedica Memorial Hospital, Fremont: A, A
• Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe: B, A
• St. Joseph Health Center, Warren: B, B
• The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati: A, A
• Berger Health System, Circleville: C, B
• Mercy Regional Medical Center of Lorain, Lorain: D, C
• Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy: A, A
• Bethesda North Hospital, Bethesda: A, A
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland: A, B
• Salem Community Hospital d/b/a Salem Regional Medical Center, Salem: C, C
• University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Chardon: B, A
• Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine: B, C
• Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center, Cambridge: A, B
• Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware: A, A
• Trinity Health System of Steubenville, Steubenville: C, C
• Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark: A, C
• Cleveland Clinic Health System ‐ Hillcrest Hospital, Mayfield Hts: A, C
• Kettering Health Network ‐ Sycamore Medical Center, Miamisburg: B, A
• Bay Park Community Hospital, Oregon: A, A
• Mercy Health ‐ St. Anne Hospital, Toledo: B, C
• Bethesda Butler Hospital, Hamilton: B, B
• Mercy Hospital of Defiance, Defiance: A, A
• St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, Youngstown: C, C
• Dublin Methodist Hospital, Dublin: A, A
• West Chester Hospital, West Chester: A, A
• University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center, Beachwood: C, C
• Lake Health West Medical Center, Willoughby: B, A
• Summa ‐ St. Thomas Hospital, Akron: C, C
• Mount Carmel East Hospital, Columbus: B, B
• Soin Medical Center, Beavercreek: C, C
• CHWC Archbold Hospital & Medical Center, Archbold: A
• Southview Hospital, Dayton: B, B

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