How Long Island Hospitals Rank in Patient Safety

Hospitals across the country vary when it comes to patient safety. Publicly reported data allows groups to rate these services.

The Washington, D.C.-based Leapfrog Group’s twice annual Hospital Safety Score is conducted to analyze medical facilities throughout the nation to determine which ones rank the best in procedures meant to ensure patient well-being during their stays. The “Hospital Safety Score grades hospitals on how safe they keep their patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections,” the group’s website states.

The group derives its scores using a number of sources and assigns grades twice yearly to more than 2,500 hospitals across the country, including 139 in New York.

“The Hospital Safety Score uses national performance measures from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey and Health Information Technology Supplement,” the group explains.

Here’s how Long Island area hospitals covered in the report stack up:

Southampton Hospital
240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton
Spring 2015 Grade: C

Peconic Bay Medical Center
1300 Roanoke Ave., Riverhead
Spring 2015 Grade: D

John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
75 N. Country Road, Port Jefferson
Spring 2015 Grade: A

St. Charles Hospital
200 Belle Terre Road, Port Jefferson
Spring 2015 Grade: A

Stony Brook University Hospital
101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
Spring 2015 Grade: B

North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System - Southside Hospital
301 E. Main St., Bay Shore
Spring 2015 Grade: C

St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center
50 Route 25A, Smithtown
Spring 2015 Grade: C

Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
1000 Montauk Highway, West Islip
Spring 2015 Grade: C

North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System - Huntington Hospital
270 Park Ave., Huntington
Spring 2015 Grade: B

St. Joseph Hospital
4295 Hempstead Turnpike, Bethpage
Spring 2015 Grade: B

North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System - Plainview Hospital
888 Old Country Road, Plainview
Spring 2015 Grade: C

North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System - Syosset Hospital
221 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset
Spring 2015 Grade: B

Nassau University Medical Center
2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow
Spring 2015 Grade: A

South Nassau Communities Hospital
1 Healthy Way, Oceanside
Spring 2015 Grade: C

Mercy Medical Center
1000 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre
Spring 2015 Grade: A

Winthrop-University Hospital
259 First St., Mineola
Spring 2015 Grade: B

North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System - Glen Cove
101 St. Andrews Lane, Glen Cove
Spring 2015 Grade: C

North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System - Franklin Hospital
900 Franklin Ave., Valley Stream
Spring 2015 Grade: C

St. Francis Hospital
100 Port Washington Boulevard, Roslyn
Spring 2015 Grade: A

North Shore University Hospital
300 Community Dr., Manhasset
Spring 2015 Grade: B

North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System
270-05 76th Ave., New Hyde Park
Spring 2015 Grade: C

See the full rankings here.

Photo: Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow