CHICAGO – December 16, 2020 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care, and driven in Illinois by the Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH), announced today fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades . The independent grading system assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to general acute-care hospitals in the US based on their ability to protect patients from avoidable errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
Statewide, 104 hospitals were graded, and 35 earned an A, 28 earned a B, 38 earned a C, one earned a D, and two hospitals earned an F. Leapfrog has assigned ...