The hospitals were given a letter grade from A through F based on several factors. Of the 271 California hospitals that were graded, 68 of them received an A. Six of them received an F. In between, there were 79 ‘B’ hospitals, 93 ‘C’ hospitals and 25 ‘D’ hospitals.
To come up with the grades, Leapfrog looks at things like medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. The goal is to determine what a patient’s risk of further injury or infection is if they visit a certain hospital.
According to the organization, more than 1,000 Americans die each day from preventable hospital errors. Hospitals given a B rating by Leapfrog had a 9 percent higher risk of avoidable death than A hospitals. That number jumps to 35 percent in C hospitals and 50 percent higher in D and F hospitals.
At the state level, Maine was ranked No. 1. Hawaii, Oregon, Wisconsin and Idaho rounded out the top five.
Since Leapfrog began its ratings in 2012, the organization says there have been significant strides in improving patient safety, such as a 21 percent decrease in hospital acquired conditions, increased use of computerized physician order entry systems, and millions of averted patient harms. More than 1,000 people a day are estimated to die from preventable errors, making this the third leading cause of death in America.
“When we launched the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade in 2012, our goal was to alert consumers to the hazards involved in a hospital stay and help them choose the safest option. We also hoped to galvanize hospitals to make safety the first priority day in and day out,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of Leapfrog.
Here are the grades the California hospitals received. (Visit the full list to learn more about individual rankings.)
A:
- Barton Memorial Hospital, 2170 South Avenue, South Lake Tahoe
- California Pacific Medical Center – California Campus, 3700 California Street, San Francisco
- Centinela Hospital Medical Center, 555 E. Hardy Street, Inglewood
- Chinese Hospital, 845 Jackson Street, San Francisco
- Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, 23625 Holman Highway, Monterey
- Doctors Hospital of Manteca, 1205 E. North Street, Manteca
- Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, 1441 Florida Avenue, Modesto
- Dominican Hospital, 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz
- Eisenhower Medical Center, 39000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage
- Encino Hospital Medical Center, 16237 Ventura Boulevard, Encino
- Enloe Medical Center, 1531 Esplanade, Chico
- French Hospital Medical Center, 1911 Johnson Avenue, San Luis Obispo
- Glendale Adventist Medical Center, 1509 Wilson Terrace, Glendale
- Hoag Hospital Irvine, 16200 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, 1 Hoag Drive, Newport Beach
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Baldwin Park Medical Center, 1011 Baldwin Park Boulevard, Baldwin Park
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Fremont, 39400 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Redwood City, 1100 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Roseville, 1600 Eureka Road, Roseville
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Francisco, 2425 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – San Rafael, 99 Montecillo Road, San Rafael
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Santa Rosa, 401 Bicentennial Way, Santa Rosa
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – South San Francisco, 1200 El Camino Real, South San Francisco
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Vacaville, 1 Quality Drive, Vacaville
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Vallejo, 975 Sereno Drive, Vallejo
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – West Los Angeles, 6041 Cadillac Avenue, Los Angeles
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital – West Los Angeles, 6041 Cadillac Avenue, Los Angeles
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County-Irvine, 6650 Alton Parkway, Irvine
- Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center, 9961 Sierra Avenue, Fontana
- Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital, Downey Medical Center, 9333 E. Imperial Highway, Downey
- Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center, 2295 S Vineyard Ave, Ontario
- Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center, 13652 Cantara Street, Panorama City
- Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center, 5601 De Soto Avenue, Woodland Hills
- Kaweah Delta Medical Center, 400 W. Mineral King Avenue, Visalia
- Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, 215 West Janss Road, Thousand Oaks
- Marian Medical Center, 1400 E. Church Street, Santa Maria
- Marin General Hospital, 250 Bon Air Road, Greenbrae
- Marshall Medical Center, 1100 Marshall Way, Placerville
- Memorial Hospital Los Banos, 520 I Street, Los Banos
- Mercy General Hospital, 4001 J Street, Sacramento,
- Mercy San Juan Medical Center, 6501 Coyle Avenue, Carmichael
- Mills-Peninsula Health Services, 1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame
- Natividad Medical Center, 1441 Constitution BoulevardSalinas
- Novato Community Hospital, 180 Rowland WayNovato
- Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, 9920 Talbert Avenue, Fountain Valley
- Patient’s Hospital of Redding, 2900 Eureka WayRedding
- Petaluma Valley Hospital, 400 N. McDowell Boulevard, Petaluma
- Placentia-Linda Hospital, 1301 N. Rose Drive, Placentia
- Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, 900 Hyde Street, San Francisco
- Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, 450 E. Romie Lane, Salinas
- Scripps Green Hospital, 10666 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla
- Scripps Memorial Hospital of La Jolla, 9888 Genesee AvenueLa Jolla
- Sequoia Hospital, 170 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Redwood City
- Sharp Memorial Hospital, 7901 Frost Street, San Diego
- Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, 1010 Murray Avenue, San Luis Obispo
- St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, 2550 Sister Mary Columba Drive, Red Bluff
- St. Mary’s Medical Center, 450 Stanyan Street, San Francisco
- Sutter Davis Hospital, 2000 Sutter Place, Davis
- Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, 30 Mark West Springs Rd, Santa Rosa
- Temecula Valley Hospital, 31700 Temecula Parkway, Temecula
- Twin Cities Community Hospital, 1100 Las Tablas Road, Templeton
- UC San Diego Health Hillcrest – Hillcrest Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego
- UC San Diego Health La Jolla – Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, 9300 Campus Point Drive, La Jolla
- UCLA Medical Center of Santa Monica, 1250 16th Street, Santa Monica
- UCSF Medical Center / Moffitt-Long Hospitals, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco
- Ukiah Valley Medical Center, 275 Hospital Drive, Ukiah
- University of California Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive S., Orange
- Woodland Memorial Hospital, 1325 Cottonwood Street, Woodland
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