Out of the 2,633 hospitals that received a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade this fall, 20 received a failing grade, up from the 15 that earned an F in the spring.
Leapfrog's Hospital Safety Grade assigns A through F letter grades to U.S. hospitals twice each year. The grades are peer-reviewed and Leapfrog's scoring methodology is fully transparent to the public.
This fall, hospitals with a failing grade are located in seven states and the District of Columbia.
California
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (Colton)
Downey Regional Medical Center
El Centro Regional Medical Center
Fremont Medical Center (Yuba City)
Inland Valley Medical Center (Wildomar)
Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District (Brawley)
Rancho Springs, Medical Center (Murrieta)
Rideout Memorial Hospital (Marysville)
Tulare Regional Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Not For Profit Hospital Corp./United Medical Center
Florida
Jackson North Medical Center (North Miami Beach)
Lehigh Regional Medical Center (Lehigh Acres)
Wuesthoff Medical Center-Melbourne
Mississippi
Delta Regional Medical Center (Greenville)
New York
St. John's Episcopal Hospital (Far Rockaway)
SUNY Downstate Medical Center University Hospital of Brooklyn
Oklahoma
Jackson County Memorial Hospital (Altus)
Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley General Hospital (McKees Rocks)
Washington
Highline Medical Center (Burien)
Samaritan Hospital (Moses Lake)