New IL Hospital Safety Grades: 33 A's, 5 D's, 1 F

Chicago IL

10 November, 2021

12:57 PM

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ILLINOIS — More than 30 Illinois hospitals got top marks for safety, while a handful of others didn't measure up, according to new rankings released Wednesday by the Leapfrog Group. The nonprofit health care watchdog grades hospitals twice a year, assigning letter grades from A to F based on each hospital's ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections. The fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grade represents the largest set of hospitals ever graded, with grades assigned to 2,901 facilities. In Illinois, 33 hospitals received an A, while 32 got B's and 45 got C's. Four hospitals took home a D at the top of their report card, while one — St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago — flunked the test. Patched has reached out to St. Bernard Hospital for comment. Any information received will be added here. Memorial Hospital East in Shiloh was not graded. Here are the full rankings, according to Leapfrog: A AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center GlenOaksAMITA Health Adventist Medical Center HinsdaleAMITA Health Adventist Medical Center La GrangeAMITA Health Mercy Medical Center AuroraAMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center ChicagoAMITA Health Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center ChicagoBlessing HospitalElmhurst Memorial HospitalHSHS Holy Family HospitalHSHS St. Elizabeth's HospitalLoyola Gottlieb Memorial HospitalMcDonough District HospitalMorris HospitalNorthwest Community HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Central DuPage HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Delnor HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Huntley HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Kishwaukee HospitalNorthwestern Medicine McHenry HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Palos HospitalOSF Saint Anthony's Health CenterOSF St. Mary Medical CenterOttawa Regional Hospital and Healthcare Center dba OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical CenterRiverside Medical CenterRush Copley Medical CenterRush Oak Park HospitalRush University Medical CenterSilver Cross HospitalSSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount VernonSSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-CentraliaUnityPoint Health - MethodistUniversity of Chicago Medical Center B AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center BolingbrookAMITA Health Saint Francis Hospital EvanstonAMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital ChicagoAMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital ElginAMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center JolietAMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman EstatesAnderson HospitalCommunity First Medical CenterCrossroads Community HospitalDecatur Memorial HospitalEdward HospitalGraham HospitalHSHS St. Anthony's Memorial HospitalHSHS St. John's HospitalHSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, BreeseHumboldt Park HealthIngalls Memorial HospitalLoretto HospitalMacNeal HospitalNorthShore University HealthSystem -Evanston HospitalNorthShore University HealthSystem -Glenbrook HospitalOSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical CenterOSF HealthCare System dba OSF Little Co of Mary Medical CenterOSF Sacred Heart Medical CenterOSF Saint Anthony Medical CenterOSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical CenterOSF St. Joseph Medical CenterSIH Memorial Hospital of CarbondaleSt. Margaret's Health - PeruSwedish HospitalUnityPoint Health - ProctorWest Suburban Medical Center C Advocate Condell Medical CenterAdvocate Good Samaritan HospitalAdvocate Good Shepherd HospitalAdvocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterAdvocate Lutheran General HospitalAdvocate Sherman HospitalAdvocate South Suburban HospitalAdvocate Trinity HospitalAlton Memorial HospitalAMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove VillageAMITA Health St. Mary's Hospital KankakeeCarle BroMenn Medical CenterCarle Richland Memorial HospitalCGH Medical CenterFHN Memorial HospitalFranciscan St. James Health - Olympia FieldsGalesburg Cottage HospitalGenesis Medical Center, SilvisHeartland Regional Medical CenterHoly Cross HospitalHSHS St. Mary's HospitalInsight Hospital & Medical Center ChicagoJackson Park HospitalJavon Bea HospitalJohn H. Stroger Jr. HospitalKatherine Shaw Bethea HospitalLoyola University Medical CenterMemorial Hospital BellevilleMemorial Medical CenterMt. Sinai HospitalNorthShore University HealthSystem-Highland Park HospitalNorthwestern Medicine, Lake Forest HospitalNorthwestern Memorial HospitalOSF Heart of Mary Medical CenterPassavant Area HospitalSaint Anthony HospitalSarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterSIH Herrin HospitalSt. Margaret's Health - Spring ValleySwedish American HospitalThorek Memorial HospitalTrinity MolineTrinity Rock IslandUnityPoint Health-PekinWeiss Memorial Hospital D Advocate Christ Medical CenterGateway Regional Medical CenterRoseland Community HospitalUniversity of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences SystemVista Medical Center East F St Bernard Hospital Not Graded Memorial Hospital East The rankings come as the coronavirus pandemic places increasing strain on the state's health care system. "As the pandemic continues, we all have heightened awareness of the importance of hospitals in our communities and in our lives," said Leapfrog Group president and CEO Leah Binder. "It is critical that all hospitals put patient safety first. Now we have more information on more hospitals than ever before, so people can protect themselves and their families." To determine each hospital's grade, a panel of medical experts selected 30 evidence-based measures of patient safety such as postoperative sepsis, blood leakage and kidney injury. They then determined the weight of each measure based on evidence, opportunity for improvement and patient impact. Data on each measure was collected through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Information from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, available to all hospitals to complete, also affects grades. Currently, Leapfrog does not assign grades to military or Veterans Administration hospitals, critical access hospitals, specialty hospitals, children's hospitals or outpatient surgery centers. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade methodology has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of Patient Safety. The full methodology for the 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is available online. Findings from the fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade include: Thirty-two percent of hospitals received an A grade; 26 percent received a B 35 percent received a C 7 percent received a D and less than 1 percent received an F. The five states with the highest percentages of A hospitals are Virginia, North Carolina, Idaho, Massachusetts and Colorado. There were no A hospitals in Delaware, Washington, D.C. and North Dakota.