The Leapfrog Group gave nine hospitals failing grades in its spring 2019 Hospital Safety Grades released May 15.
The organization assigns letter grades every fall and spring to more than 2,600 acute care hospitals for patient safety performance.
This figure marks a decrease from the 17 hospitals that received an "F" in Leapfrog's fall 2018 Safety Grades update. Of the nine hospitals assigned "F"s this spring, two also earned "F"s this past fall. These hospitals are denoted with asterisks below.
Here is a list of this spring's "F" hospitals broken down by state:
Arkansas
National Park Medical Center (Hot Springs)
California
Lompoc Valley Medical Center
Valley Presbyterian Hospital (Van Nuys)
Kentucky
Methodist Hospital of Henderson
Michigan
Hurley Medical Center (Flint)
New Mexico
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (Gallup)*
New York
St. John's Episcopal Hospital (New York City)*
UPMC Chautauqua WCA (Jamestown)
Washington, D.C.
United Medical Center