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The grades are based on a review of safety issues reported to Leapfrog in a separate annual hospital survey or to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The report card doesn’t include all hospitals because participation is voluntary.
Nine hospitals in the Miami Valley received “A” grades, three earned “B” grades, and three scored “C” grades, according to the report.
Kettering Health Network had four of the “A” hospitals in the area: Fort Hamilton Hospital; Grandview Medical Center; Greene Memorial Hospital and Sycamore Medical Center.
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“All the hospitals in our network scored above average and rank among the safest hospitals in the nation,” said Brenda Kuhn, chief quality officer for the Dayton-based hospital network. “These grades demonstrate our continued success in providing quality care to our patients.”
Premier Health’s Upper Valley Medical Center also received the top score for patient safety, continuing a string of consecutive “A” grades dating back to the spring of 2016.
“Receiving this distinction for three consecutive scoring periods is a testament to the pride that exists at Upper Valley Medical Center to achieve “A”-grade results for our patients,” said Mike Maiberger, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Premier Health, also based in Dayton.
More than 2,600 U.S. hospitals were graded for the report. Of those, 823 earned an “A” ranking. The largest group was “C” grades, with 933 ranked at that level. There are 706 “B” rank hospitals, and 167 hospitals earned a “D” from Leapfrog. Just 10 were rated with an “F.”
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Compared to “A”-grade hospitals, those hospitals receiving “B” grades had a 9 percent higher risk of avoidable death, while the risk was 35 percent higher in “C”-grade hospitals and 50 percent higher in hospitals receiving “D” and “F” grades, according to Leapfrog.
The report also ranks states for overall hospital safety based on the percentage of “A” hospitals. In the latest report, Ohio ranked No. 13 with 49 out of 112 hospital (44 percent) receiving “A” grades. Ohio’s ranking was up from No. 16 a year ago.
Safety grades for Dayton-area hospitals:
* Greene Memorial Hospital, “A”
* Grandview Medical Center, “A”
* Sycamore Medical Center, “A”
* Southview Medical Center, “A”
* Upper Valley Medical Center, “A”
* Fort Hamilton Hospital, “A”
* West Chester Hospital, “A”
* Bethesda Butler Hospital, “A”
* McCullough-Hyde Memorial, “A”
* Soin Medical Center, “B”
* Kettering Medical Center, “B”
* Atrium Medical Center, “B”
* Miami Valley Hospital, “C”
* Good Samaritan Hospital, “C”
* Wayne Hospital, “C”
Source: The Leapfrog Group
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Safety grades for Dayton-area hospitals:
* Greene Memorial Hospital, “A”
* Grandview Medical Center, “A”
* Sycamore Medical Center, “A”
* Southview Medical Center, “A”
* Upper Valley Medical Center, “A”
* Fort Hamilton Hospital, “A”
* West Chester Hospital, “A”
* Bethesda Butler Hospital, “A”
* McCullough-Hyde Memorial, “A”
* Soin Medical Center, “B”
* Kettering Medical Center, “B”
* Atrium Medical Center, “B”
* Miami Valley Hospital, “C”
* Good Samaritan Hospital, “C”
* Wayne Hospital, “C”
Source: The Leapfrog Group
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