2 Port Jefferson Hospitals Earn 'A' Safety Grades

PORT JEFFERSON, NY — Patients in the Port Jefferson area are in good hands. Two Port Jeff hospitals received an 'A' grade in hospital safety, according to new fall 2019 ratings released Thursday by the Leapfrog Group.

Mather Hospital and St. Charles Hospital both earned the prestigious grade, two of the only three Long Island hospitals to do so. The majority of hospitals on the island received a 'C.'

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.

The nonprofit group found that of the more than 2,600 hospitals graded in the country, 33 percent earned an A grade, a 1 percent increase from the last round of safety grades, released in Spring 2019.