Eleven U.S. hospitals have earned consecutive “A” safety grades from The Leapfrog Group since 2012.
Hospital safety grades are assigned biannually, based on the hospital’s ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections, according to a Nov. 13 news release from Leapfrog.
Read where Leapfrog’s 23 “F” hospitals are located here.
Here are the 11 hospitals with 26 consecutive “A” grades:
Arizona
Mayo Clinic (Phoenix)
California
French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)
Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center
Massachusetts
Saint Anne’s Hospital (Fall River)
Illinois
Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield)
University of Chicago Medical Center
Virginia
Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)
Sentara CarePlex Hospital (Hampton)
Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk)
Washington
Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
