The Leapfrog Group gave 16 hospitals failing grades in its Fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grades. The organization assigns letter grades every fall and spring to more than 2,600 acute care hospitals for patient safety performance. The data does not yet include hospitals' performance during the height of COVID-19.
Here is a list of this fall's "F" hospitals, broken down by state:
Arkansas Ouachita County Medical Center (Camden)
California San Joaquin General Hospital (French Camp)
Florida Bayfront Health Brooksville Bayfront Health Seven Rivers (Crystal River) Bayfront Health Spring Hill
Illinois Gateway Regional Medical Center (Granite City) John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital (Chicago)
Kansas Southwest Medical Center (Liberal)
Missouri St. Alexius Hospital-Broadway Campus (St. Louis)
North Dakota Sanford Broadway Medical Center (Fargo)
New York Ellis Hospital (Schenectady) Maimonides Medical Center (New York City)
Oklahoma Comanche County Memorial Hospital (Lawton)
South Carolina MUSC Health-Marion Medical Center (Mullins) Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties
Tennessee Tennova Healthcare-Harton (Tullahoma)
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