St. Mary Medical Center Gets C Grade, New Safety Ranking Reveals

BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — St. Mary Medical Center has received an overall "C" rating in a study released Thursday of how hospitals protect patients from medical errors, accidents, and more.

The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2025 Hospital Safety Grades are a biannual ranking that assigns a “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” to all general hospitals in the United States based on their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

In its rating of the hospital, Leapfrog rated the hospital on infections, problems with surgery, safety problems, practices to prevent errors, and doctors, nurses and hospital staff.

The hospital was given a score and where it stands with the average hospital score.

Here are the ratings for St. Mary Medical Center:

• INFECTIONS — 0.606 (Average Hospital Score: 0.719)
• PROBLEMS WITH SURGERY — 0.000 (Average Hospital Score: 0.014)
• SAFETY PROBLEMS — 1.07 (Average Hospital Score: 1.00)
• PRACTICES TO PREVENT ERRORS — 100 (Average Hospital Score: 80.23)
• DOCTORS, NURSES, HOSPITAL STAFF — 120 (Average Hospital Score: 117.49)

Leah Binder, the president and chief executive of The Leapfrog Group, said “A” grades should be a source of pride for hospitals, but she warned them not to “rest on that laurel.”
“Patient safety is a relentless, never-ending quest to put patients first,” she said in a news release. “That’s why Leapfrog is highlighting the hospitals across the U.S. that have earned Straight A’s for over two years. Sustaining an A over multiple years reflects a deep-rooted commitment to patient safety.”