The Leapfrog Group gave 17 hospitals failing grades in its spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades list, released May 10.
The organization assigned letter grades to hospitals based on more than 30 measures of patient safety. In the latest update, grades were assigned to nearly 3,000 U.S. facilities.
Among the hospitals evaluated, fewer than 1 percent received an "F."
Here are this spring's "F" hospitals:
Alabama
North Alabama Shoals Hospital (Muscle Shoals)
California
Barstow Community Hospital
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (Valencia)
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley (Sun Valley)
Pioneers Memorial Hospital (Brawley)
San Joaquin General Hospital (French Camp)
Florida
Halifax Health Medical Center (Port Orange)
Illinois
Vista Medical Center East (Waukegan)
Kansas
Southwest Medical Center (Liberal)
Louisiana
Byrd Regional Hospital (Leesville)
Jennings American Legion Hospital (Jennings)
North Carolina
Granville Medical Center (Oxford)
Great Plains Regional Medical Center (Elk City)
Texas
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-McKinney
West Virginia
CAMC General Hospital (Charleston)
CAMC Teays Valley Hospital (Hurricane)
Washington, D.C.
Howard University Hospital
To view a list of the hospitals that received "A's" from Leapfrog this spring, click here.