California Hospital Safety Grades Released For Fall 2018

CALIFORNIA — 83 California hospitals received an A grade in hospital safety, according to new Fall 2018 ratings released by the Leapfrog Group on Thursday. The nonprofit group found that of the more than 2,600 hospitals graded in the country, 32 percent earned an A grade.

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.

New Jersey, Oregon, Virginia, Massachusetts and Texas had the highest percentage of hospitals that received an A grade. The states with the lowest percentage of hospitals that received an A grade are Connecticut, Nebraska, Washington D.C., Delaware and North Dakota, according to Leapfrog. Washington D.C., Delaware and North Dakota did not have a single hospital that received an A grade.

Here are the grades California hospitals were given by the Leapfrog Group.

Grade A

1. Adventist Health - Bakersfield

2. Adventist Health - Glendale

3. Adventist Health - St. Helena

4. Adventist Medical Center - Selma

5. Alhambra Hospital Medical Center, Alhambra

6. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton

7. Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield

8. Barton Memorial Hospital, South Lake Tahoe

9. Centinela Hospital Medical Center, Inglewood

10. COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO, San Bernardino

11. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey

12. Desert Valley Hospital, Victorville

13. Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, Modesto

14. Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage

15. Enloe Medical Center, Chico

16. French Hospital Medical Center, San Luis Obispo

17. Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, Hollister

18. Hoag Hospital Irvine, Irvine

19. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach

20. Huntington Hospital, Pasadena

21. Inland Valley Medical Center, Wildomar

22. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch

23. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Medical Center

24. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont

25. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno

26. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City

27. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville

28. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento

29. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco

30. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro

31. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael

32. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara

33. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa

34. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento

35. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco

36. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville

37. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vallejo

38. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek

39. Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County - Anaheim

40. Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County-Irvine

41. Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center - Fontana

42. Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital South Bay - Harbor City

43. Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital, Downey Medical Center - Downey

44. Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center - Moreno Valley

45. Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center - Ontario

46. Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center - Panorama City

47. Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center - Riverside

48. Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center - San Diego

49. La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, Palma

50. Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda

51. Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus, Loma Linda

52. Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, Thousand Oaks

53. Mercy Hospital of Folsom, Folsom

54. Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, Fountain Valley

55. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center - San Pedro

56. Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center - Torrance

57. Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa

58. Rancho Springs Medical Center, Murrieta

59. San Dimas Community Hospital, San Dimas

60. Scripps Memorial Hospital of La Jolla - La Jolla

61. Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City

62. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center - Chula Vista

63. Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center - Coronado

64. Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego

65. Sherman Oaks Hospital, Sherman Oaks

66. Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, San Luis Obispo

67. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Red Bluff

68. St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, Camarillo

69. St. Joseph Hospital of Orange - Orange

70. St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton

71. St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco

72. Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare, Pleasanton

73. Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, Santa Rosa

74. Temecula Valley Hospital, Temecula

75. Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance

76. Twin Cities Community Hospital, Templeton

77. UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Medical Center, San Diego

78. UCLA Medical Center of Santa Monica, Santa Monica

79. UCSF Health - Mission Bay, San Fancisco

80. UCSF Medical Center Moffitt-Long Hospitals, San Fancisco

81. University of California Irvine Health, Orange

82. University of California Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles

83. White Memorial Medical Center DBA Adventist Health White Memorial, Los Angeles

Grade B

1. Adventist Health - Lodi Memorial

2. Adventist Health - Sonora

3. Adventist Health - Ukiah Valley

4. Adventist Medical Center - Hanford

5. Alvarado Hospital Medical Center, San Diego

6. California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles

7. Chinese Hospital, San Francisco

8. Citrus Valley Medical Center -Queen of the Valley Campus, West Covina

9. Citrus Valley Medical Center Inter-Community Campus, Covina

10. El Camino Hospital, Mountain View

11. Emanuel Medical Center, Turlock

12. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center, Fountain Valley

13. Greater El Monte Community Hospital, El Monte

14. John Muir Medical Center - Concord Campus

15. John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek Campus

16. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca

17. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Modesto

18. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland

19. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose

20. Kaiser Permanente - Los Angeles Medical Center

21. Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center

22. Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles

23. Lakewood Regional Medical Center, Lakewood

24. Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach

25. Madera Community Hospital, Madera

26. Marian Regional Medical Center, Santa Maria

27. Mercy Hospital - Downtown, Bakersfield

28. Mercy Hospital - Southwest, Bakersfield

29. Mercy Medical Center, Merced

30. Mission Hospital - Laguna Beach

31. Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center, Mission Viejo

32. Natividad Medical Center, Salinas

33. NorthBay Medical Center, Fairfield

34. NorthBay VacaValley Hospital, Vacaville

35. Palmdale Regional Medical Center, Palmdale

36. Palomar Medical Center, Escondido

37. Paradise Valley Hospital, National City

38. Pomerado Hospital, Poway

39. Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona

40. Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica

41. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center of Burbank, Burbank

42. Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Salinas

43. San Antonio Regional Hospital, Upland

44. San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon

45. Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla

46. Scripps Memorial Hospital of Encinitas

47. Seton Medical Center, Daly City

48. Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa

49. Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Grass Valley

50. Sierra View Medical Center, Porterville

51. Simi Valley Hospital and Health Care Services, Simi Valley

52. St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino

53. St. John's Regional Medical Center of Oxnard, Oxnard

54. Stanford Health Care, Stanford

55. Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital, Auburn

56. UC San Diego Health La Jolla - Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, La Jolla

57. University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento

58. Whittier Hospital Medical Center, Whittier

Grade C

1. Adventist Health - Feather River Hospital, Paradise

2. AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center, Anaheim

3. Alameda Hospital, Alameda

4. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Summit Campus, Oakland

5. Antelope Valley Hospital, Lancaster

6. Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, Arroyo Grande

7. California Pacific Medical Center - California Campus, San Francisco

8. California Pacific Medical Center - Davies Campus, San Francisco

9. California Pacific Medical Center - Pacific Campus, San Francisco

10. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

11. Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura

12. Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez

13. Corona Regional Medical Center, Corona

14. Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs

15. Doctors Hospital of Manteca

16. Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz

17. Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley

18. El Camino Hospital Los Gatos, Los Gatos

19. El Centro Regional Medical Center, El Centro

20. Foothill Presbyterian Hospital, Glendora

21. Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center, Garden Grove

22. Garfield Medical Center, Monterey Park

23. Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, Glendale

24. Good Samaritan Hospital of Los Angeles

25. Good Samaritan Hospital of San Jose

26. Hemet Valley Medical Center, Hemet

27. Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia

28. JFK Memorial Hospital, Indio

29. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Richmond

30. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West Los Angeles

31. Kaweah Delta Medical Center, Visalia

32. Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield

33. LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER-MURRIETA

34. Los Alamitos Medical Center, Los Alamitos

35. Los Angeles County - Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance

36. Los Angeles County - Olive View UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar

37. Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae

38. Marshall Medical Center, Placerville

39. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, Los Angeles

40. Menifee Valley Medical Center, Sun City

41. Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento

42. Mercy Medical Center of Redding

43. Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael

44. Methodist Hospital of Sacramento

45. Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Arcadia,

46. Mills-Peninsula Health Services, Burlingame

47. Mission Community Hospital, Panorama City

48. Monterey Park Hospital, Monterey Park,

49. Northridge Hospital Medical Center-Roscoe Boulevard Campus, Northridge

50. Novato Community Hospital, Novato

51. Oroville Hospital, Oroville

52. Petaluma Valley Hospital, Petaluma

53. PIH Health Hospital - Downey

54. PIH Health Hospital-Whittier

55. Placentia-Linda Hospital, Placentia

56. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Mission Hills

57. Providence Tarzana Medical Center, Tarzana,

58. Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands

59. Regional Medical Center of San Jose

60. Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside

61. Riverside University Health System - Medical Center, Moreno Valley

62. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center of Laguna Hills

63. Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno

64. Saint Francis Memorial Hospital,San Francisco

65. San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, San Gabriel

66. San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital, Banning

67. San Mateo Medical Center, San Mateo

68. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara

69. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa

70. Scripps Mercy Hospital of Chula Vista

71. Scripps Mercy Hospital of San Diego

72. Shasta Regional Medical Center

73. Sonoma Valley Hospital, Sonoma

74. St. Joseph Hospital of Eureka

75. St. Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton

76. St. Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy

77. St. Mary Medical Center of Long Beach

78. St. Rose Hospital, Hayward

79. St. Vincent Medical Center of Los Angeles

80. Sutter Amador Hospital, Jackson

81. Sutter Coast Hospital, Crescent City

82. Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis

83. Sutter Delta Medical Center, Antioch

84. Sutter Medical Center- Sacramento

85. Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville

86. Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, Tracy

87. Tri-City Medical Center of Oceanside

88. USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, Glendale

89. Ventura County Medical Center, Ventura

90. Watsonville Community Hospital, Watsonville

91. West Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim

92. West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, West Hills,

93. Woodland Memorial Hospital, Woodland

Grade D

1. Bakersfield Heart Hospital, Bakersfield

2. Beverly Hospital, Montebello

3. California Pacific Medical Center – Mission Bernal Campus, San Francisco

4. Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno

5. Hi-Desert Medical Center, Joshua Tree

6. Highland Hospital, Oakland

7. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles

8. Lompoc Valley Medical Center, Lompoc

9. Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles

10. Memorial Medical Center of Modesto

11. O'Connor Hospital, San Jose

12. Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center, Riverside

13. Rideout Memorial Hospital, Marysville

14. San Leandro Hospital, San Leandro

15. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose

16. St. Joseph Health Saint Mary, Apple Valley

17. Sutter East Bay Hospitals dba Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Alta Bates Campus, Berkeley

18. Sutter Solano Medical Center, Vallejo

19. Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys

20. Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco

Grade F

1. Memorial Hospital of Gardena, Gardena

2. St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood

“Health care was an important issue in the 2018 midterm elections, yet both parties are still neglecting the third leading cause of death in America—errors and infections in hospitals,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, said in a press release. “Every elected official, from city councilors, to senators, to the President, should hold hospitals accountable and support efforts to improve patient safety.”

Leapfrog assigns A,B,C,D and F letter grades to general acute-care hospitals in the United States. Leapfrog explains that the safety grade includes 28 measures that are taken together to “produce a single letter grade representing a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors.” The group uses performance measures from a variety of sources, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (You can read more about the letter grades here.)

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