ICYMI: Patient Safety Rankings: Best and Worst Ohio Hospitals

Forty four Ohio hospitals received a top patient-safety ranking — and only two rated among the worst — in a report for Spring 2016 from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit founded by employers and health-care providers to provide transparency into hospital performance.

Hospitals in the nationwide report released Monday received a letter grade from A through F based on several factors. Of the 2,571 hospitals studied in the United States, 798 earned an A, 639 earned a B, 957 earned a C, 162 earned a D and 15 earned an F.

In Ohio, 107 hospitals were ranked. No Ohio hospitals received an F grade.

Two Ohio hospitals received a D grade. They are:

• East Liverpool City Hospital, East Liverpool
• University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo

Follow the links to review each hospital's individual report.

Leapfrog looked at medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections to determine the grades, judging whether patients risked further injury or infection if they visited a certain hospital. Hospitals with B rating by Leapfrog had a 9 percent higher risk of avoidable death than A hospitals. That number jumps to 35 percent in C hospitals and 50 percent higher in D and F hospitals.

The analysis estimates that 33,459 lives could be saved if every hospital improved its safety record to A standards. Still, the study estimates 43,903 avoidable deaths occur in A-list hospitals each year. Leapfrog estimates 206,021 avoidable deaths occur each year in U.S. hospitals.

Ohio has 44 A-rated hospitals, they are:

• University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, Chardon
• Lake Health TriPoint Medical Center, Concord Twp.
• Aultman Hospital, Canton
• Lake Health West Medical Center, Willoughby
• Summa - Western Reserve Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls
• University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center, Richmond Heights
• Cleveland Clinic Health System - Euclid Hospital, Euclid
• University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland
• Cleveland Clinic Health System - Lutheran Hospital, Cleveland
• Cleveland Clinic Health System - Medina General Hospital, Medina
• Southwest General Health Center, Middleburg Heights
• Genesis Hospital, Zanesville
• St. John Medical Center, Westlake
• Samaritan Hospital, Ashland
• Knox Community Hospital, Mount Vernon
• OhioHealth MedCentral Mansfield Hospital, Mansfield
• Southern Ohio Medical Cent, er, Portsmouth
• Adena Regional Medical Center, Chillicothe
• The Ohio State University Hospital East, Columbus
• The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus
• Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus
• Grady Memorial Hospital, Delaware
• Doctors Hospital of Columbus Ohio, Columbus
• Dublin Methodist Hospital, Dublin
• Ohio Health - Marion General Hospital, Marion
• ProMedica Memorial Hospital, Fremont
• Mercy Tiffin Hospital, Tiffin
• Bay Park Community Hospital, Oregon
• Blanchard Valley Hospital, Findlay
• Wood County Hospital, Bowling Green
• Flower Hospital, Sylvania
• Wilson Memorial Hospital, Sidney
• Kettering Health Network - Sycamore Medical Center, Miamisburg
• Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy
• Atrium Medical Center, Middletown
• Mercy Health - Anderson Hospital, Cincinnati
• Bethesda North Hospital, Cincinnati
• West Chester Hospital, West Chester
• The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati
• Mercy Hospital of Defiance, Defiance
• Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
• Van Wert County Hospital, Van Wert
• Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital, Coldwater
• McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, Oxford

» explore the full list of Ohio Hospital Patient Safety Rankings