Florida Hospitals Earn High, Low Marks In Leapfrog?s 2021 Ratings

FLORIDA ? How safe are hospitals in Florida?

The answer varies from hospital to hospital, but you more than likely can find at least one nearby facility where you?re in good hands, according to new safety grades released by a national watchdog organization focused on improving health care in the United States.

The Leapfrog Group on Wednesday released the fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grade, which assigns a letter grade to the nation?s general hospitals based on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents, injuries, and infections that kill or harm patients.

This year?s list reviewed just over 2,900 hospitals, the largest number of hospitals ever graded.

?As the pandemic continues, we all have heightened awareness of the importance of hospitals in our communities and in our lives,? said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, in a news release. ?It is critical that all hospitals put patient safety first."

Now we have more information on more hospitals than ever before, so people can protect themselves and their families,? Binder said.

Here?s a snapshot of how hospitals in Florida were graded:

Hospitals Receiving A Ratings

AdventHealth Carrollwood
7171 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa
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AdventHealth Celebration
400 Celebration Place, Celebration
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AdventHealth Dade City
13100 Fort King Road, Dade City
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AdventHealth East Orlando
7727 Lake Underhill Road, Orlando
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AdventHealth North Pinellas
1395 S Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs
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AdventHealth Orlando
601 E Rollins Street, Orlando
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AdventHealth Palm Coast
60 Memorial Medical Parkway, Palm Coast
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AdventHealth Tampa
3100 E Fletcher Ave., Tampa
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AdventHealth Wesley Chapel
2600 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Wesley Chapel
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AdventHealth Winter Park
200 N Lakemont Ave., Winter Park
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AdventHealth Zephyrhills
7050 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills
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Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
5151 N 9th Ave., Pensacola
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Baptist Medical Center Beaches
1350 13th Ave. S., Jacksonville Beach
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Baptist Medical Center South
14550 Old St. Augustine Road, Jacksonville
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Brandon Regional Hospital
119 Oakfield Drive, Brandon
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Doctors Hospital of Sarasota
5731 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota
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Englewood Community Hospital
700 Medical Blvd., Englewood
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Lakewood Ranch Medical Center
8330 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Lakewood Ranch
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Larkin Community Hospital
7031 SW 62nd Ave., South Miami
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Mayo Clinic Hospital
4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville
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Mease Countryside Hospital
3231 McMullen-Booth Road, Safety Harbor
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Mease Dunedin Hospital
601 Main St., Dunedin
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Medical Center of Trinity
9330 State Road 54, Trinity
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Memorial Hospital Jacksonville
3625 University Blvd. S, Jacksonville
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Morton Plant Hospital
300 Pinellas St., Clearwater
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Morton Plant North Bay Hospital
6600 Madison St., New Port Richey
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NCH Baker Hospital
350 7th St. N., Naples
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NCH North Naples Hospital
11190 Healthpark Blvd., Naples
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Orlando Health South Lake Hospital
1900 Don Wickham Drive, Clermont
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Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital
9400 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando
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Orlando Health- Orlando Regional Medical Center
52 W Underwood St., Orlando
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Palm Bay Hospital
1425 Malabar Road NE, Palm Bay
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Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point
14000 Fivay Road, Hudson
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Sarasota Memorial Hospital
1700 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota
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St. Anthony's Hospital
1200 7th Ave. N, St. Petersburg
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St. Joseph's Hospital
3001 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Tampa
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St. Joseph's Hospital - South
6901 Simmons Loop, Riverview
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St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside
4201 Belfort Road, Jacksonville
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Venice Regional Bayfront Health
540 The Rialto, Venice
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Hospitals Receiving B Ratings

AdventHealth Kissimmee
2450 North Orange Blossom Trail, Kissimmee
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Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside
1 Shircliff Way, Jacksonville
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Baptist Hospital
1000 W Moreno St., Pensacola
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Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
800 Prudential Drive, Jacksonville
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Bartow Regional Medical Center
2200 Osprey Blvd., Bartow
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Blake Medical Center
2020 59th St. W, Bradenton
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Broward Health Coral Springs
3000 Coral Hills Drive, Coral Springs
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Largo Medical Center
201 14th St. SW, Largo
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Lee Memorial Hospital
2776 Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers
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Memorial Hospital of Tampa
2901 W. Swann Ave., Tampa
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North Shore Medical Center
1100 NW 95th St., Miami
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Northside Hospital
6000 49th St. N, St. Petersburg
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Orlando Health Health Central Hospital
10000 W. Colonial Drive, Ocoee
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Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital
2906 17th St., St. Cloud
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Palms of Pasadena Hospital
1501 Pasadena Avenue S., St. Petersburg
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South Bay Hospital
4016 Sun City Center Blvd., Sun City Center
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South Florida Baptist Hospital
301 N Alexander St., Plant City
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St. Joseph's Hospital North
4211 Van Dyke Road, Lutz
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Tampa General Hospital
1 Tampa General Circle, Tampa
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UF Health North
15255 Max Leggett Parkway, Jacksonville
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West Florida Hospital
8383 N Davis Highway, Pensacola
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Winter Haven Hospital
200 Ave. F NE, Winter Haven
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Hospitals Receiving C Ratings

St. Mary's Medical Center,
901 45th St., West Palm Beach
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St. Petersburg General Hospital
6500 38th Ave. N, St. Petersburg
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University Hospital and Medical Center
7201 N University Drive, Tamarac
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UF Health Jacksonville
655 W 8th St., Jacksonville
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UF Health Shands Hospital
1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville
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West Boca Medical Center
21644 State Road 7, Boca Raton
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Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center
3360 Burns Road, Palm Beach Gardens
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Osceola Regional Medical Center
700 W Oak St., Kissimmee
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Mercy Hospital
3663 S Miami Ave., Miami
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Mount Sinai Medical Center
4300 Alton Road, Miami Beach
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Manatee Memorial Hospital
206 2nd St. E, Bradenton
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Lakeland Regional Medical Center
1324 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland
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JFK Medical Center North Campus
2201 45th St., West Palm Beach
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Jackson North Medical Center
160 NW 170th St., North Miami Beach
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Jackson South Medical Center
9333 SW 152nd St., Miami
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Jackson Memorial Hospital
1611 NW 12th Ave., Miami
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Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center
449 W 23rd St., Panama City
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Good Samaritan Medical Center
1309 N Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach
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Boca Raton Regional Hospital
800 Meadows Road, Boca Raton
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Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
701 6th St. S, St. Petersburg
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Bayfront Health Spring Hill
10461 Quality Drive, Spring Hill
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Bayfront Health Seven Rivers
6201 N Suncoast Blvd., Crystal River
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Bayfront Health Punta Gorda
809 E Marion Ave., Punta Gorda
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Bayfront Health Brooksville
17240 Cortez Blvd., Brooksville
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Baptist Health South Florida West Kendall Baptist Hospital
9555 SW 162 Ave., Miami
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Baptist Health South Florida South Miami Hospital
6200 SW 73rd St., South Miami
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AdventHealth Lake Wales
410 S 11th St., Lake Wales
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Adventhealth Heart of Florida
40100 U.S. 27, Davenport
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To determine each hospital?s grade, a panel of medical experts selected 30 evidence-based measures of patient safety such as postoperative sepsis, blood leakage and kidney injury. They then determined the weight of each measure based on evidence, opportunity for improvement and patient impact.

Data on each measure was collected through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Information from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, available to all hospitals to complete, also affects grades.

Currently, Leapfrog does not assign grades to military or Veterans Administration hospitals, critical access hospitals, specialty hospitals, children?s hospitals or outpatient surgery centers.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade methodology has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of Patient Safety.

The full methodology for the 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is available online.

Findings from the fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade include:

• Thirty-two percent of hospitals received an "A? grade; 26 percent received a "B," 35 percent received a "C," 7 percent received a "D," and less than 1 percent received an "F.?

• The five states with the highest percentages of "A" hospitals are Virginia, North Carolina, Idaho, Massachusetts and Colorado.

• There were no "A" hospitals in Delaware, Washington, D.C. and North Dakota.