Where are the 59 Leapfrog straight-A hospitals?

Brian Zimmerman -

The Leapfrog Group has assigned letter grades to hospitals based on their patient safety performance twice annually since spring 2012. Fifty-nine of those hospitals have earned an A in every update, including the fall 2017 update released Tuesday.

These 59 straight-A hospitals have maintained the highest possible grade 12 consecutive times. Here is a list of the hospitals broken down by state.

Arizona

Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix)

California

French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)

Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County-Anaheim

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-West Los Angeles

Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Rosa

Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital, Downey Medical Center

Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center

Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)

Twin Cities Community Hospital (Templeton)

Colorado

Centura Health-Porter Adventist Hospital (Denver)

Rose Medical Center (Denver)

Florida

Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center (Daytona Beach)

Memorial Hospital Miramar

Georgia

Gordon Hospital (Calhoun)

Illinois

AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates

Elmhurst Memorial Hospital

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, Breese

Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield)

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center (Bloomington)

OSF St. Mary Medical Center (Galesburg)

Rush Copley Medical Center (Aurora)

Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)

University of Chicago Medical Center

West Suburban Medical Center (Oak Park)

Louisiana

Minden Medical Center

Massachusetts

Addison Gilbert Hospital (Gloucester)

Berkshire Medical Center (Pittsfield)

Beverly Hospital

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (Boston)

Harrington Memorial Hospital (Southbridge)

Cape Cod Hospital (Hyannis)

Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Saint Anne's Hospital (Fall River)

Maine

Cary Medical Center (Caribou)

Inland Hospital (Waterville)

Mid Coast Hospital (Brunswick)

Michigan

Henry Ford Allegiance Health (Jackson)

Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital (Commerce Township)

University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor)

Minnesota

St. Francis Regional Medical Center (Shakopee)

Mississippi

Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle (Columbus)

North Carolina

Rex Hospital (Raleigh)

New Jersey

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

Jersey City Medical Center

Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston)

Ohio

Dublin Methodist Hospital

Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware)

St. John Medical Center (Westlake)

Texas

Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital

St. David's Medical Center (Austin)

Virginia

Carilion New River Valley Medical Center (Christiansburg)

Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)

Sentara CarePlex Hospital (Hampton)

Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk)

Sentara Obici Hospital (Suffolk)

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (Virginia Beach)

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center

Washington

Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)

Editor's note: A previous version of this article listed Henry Ford Allegiance Health under the Mississippi section. The hospital is located in Michigan. We regret this error.

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