Long Island Hospital Safety Grades Fall 2018: The Best And Worst

How safe is your hospital? New grades released recently by The Leapfrog Group will tell you just that. The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit founded by employers and healthcare providers, ranked 23 Long Island hospitals as part of its new Fall 2018 rankings released on Thursday.

Three Long Island hospitals received an A grade in hospital safety. The nonprofit group found that of the more than 2,600 hospitals graded in the country, 32 percent earned an A grade.

While no Long Island hospitals received an F grade, there were four that were graded a D. (scroll down for rankings)

The Leapfrog Group explains that its rating system is focused entirely on errors, accidents, injuries and infections. The hospital safety grades are released by the nonprofit group twice a year, in the spring and in the fall.

New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, Massachusetts and Texas had the highest percentage of hospitals that received an A grade. The states with the lowest percentage of hospitals that received an A grade are Connecticut, Nebraska, Washington D.C., Delaware and North Dakota, according to Leapfrog. Washington D.C., Delaware and North Dakota did not have a single hospital that received an A grade.

Here are the grades Long Island hospitals were given by the Leapfrog Group:

A

• Mather Hospital, Port Jefferson
• St. Charles Hospital, Port Jefferson
• St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn

B

• Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip
• North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset
• St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, Smithtown

C

• Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park
• Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, Valley Stream
• Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre
• Northwell Health - Huntington Hospital, Huntington
• Northwell Health System - Plainview Hospital, Plainview
• Northwell Health System - Syossett Hospital, Syosset
• NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola
• Peconic Bay Medical Center, Riverhead
• South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside
• Southampton Hospital, Southampton
• St. Joseph Hospital, Bethpage
• Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook

D

• Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, Patchogue
• Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow
• Northwell Health System - Glen Cove Hospital, Glen Cove
• Northwelll Health System - Southside Hospital, Bay Shore

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