Plainview Hospital Gets a D For Patient Safety: Leapfrog

Plainview Hosptial received a "D" grade from the Leapfrog Group, which released its fall 2017 hospital safety rankings last week.

The hospitals were given a letter grade from A through F based on several factors.

Of the 21 Long Island hospitals that were graded, only one received an A. None received an F, but there were three that was graded a D.

The hospital safety grades are released by the nonprofit group twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. The recent grades show that five states — Oregon, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Wisconsin and Idaho — exhibit significant improvement since the safety grades were first implemented in 2012.

In April, Plainview Hospital received a "C" grade.

"Errors and infections in hospitals are the third leading cause of death in America, and people deserve to know which of their hospitals are best at preventing them," Leah Binder, president and CEO of Leapfrog, said in a press release.

Here are the grades the Long Island hospitals received this year: (Visit the full list to learn more about individual rankings.)

Here are the grades Long Island hospitals received, according to Leapfrog:

A

• John T. Mather Memorial Hospital, Port Jefferson

B

• Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport
• Northwell Health - Huntington Hospital, Huntington
• NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola
• Southampton Hospital, Southampton
• St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, Smithtown
• St. Charles Hospital, Port Jefferson
• St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn

C

• Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park
• Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, Valley Stream
• Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Centre
• Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow
• North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset
• Northwell Health System - Glen Cove Hospital, Glen Cove
• Northwell Health System - Syosset Hospital, Syosset
• Peconic Bay Medical Center, Riverhead
• South Nassau Communities Hospital, Oceanside
• St. Joseph Hospital, Bethpage
• Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook

D

• Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, Patchogue
• Northwell Health System - Plainview Hospital, Plainview
• Northwelll Health System - Southside Hospital, Bay Shore

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