The Leapfrog Group has assigned letter grades to hospitals based on their patient safety performance twice annually since spring 2012. Fifty-nine of those hospitals have earned an A in every update, including the fall 2017 update released Tuesday.
These 59 straight-A hospitals have maintained the highest possible grade 12 consecutive times. Here is a list of the hospitals broken down by state.
Arizona
Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix)
California
French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Orange County-Anaheim
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-West Los Angeles
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Rosa
Kaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital, Downey Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center
Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center (San Luis Obispo)
Twin Cities Community Hospital (Templeton)
Colorado
Centura Health-Porter Adventist Hospital (Denver)
Rose Medical Center (Denver)
Florida
Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center (Daytona Beach)
Memorial Hospital Miramar
Georgia
Gordon Hospital (Calhoun)
Illinois
AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, Breese
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield)
OSF St. Joseph Medical Center (Bloomington)
OSF St. Mary Medical Center (Galesburg)
Rush Copley Medical Center (Aurora)
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago)
University of Chicago Medical Center
West Suburban Medical Center (Oak Park)
Louisiana
Minden Medical Center
Massachusetts
Addison Gilbert Hospital (Gloucester)
Berkshire Medical Center (Pittsfield)
Beverly Hospital
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (Boston)
Harrington Memorial Hospital (Southbridge)
Cape Cod Hospital (Hyannis)
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Saint Anne's Hospital (Fall River)
Maine
Cary Medical Center (Caribou)
Inland Hospital (Waterville)
Mid Coast Hospital (Brunswick)
Michigan
Henry Ford Allegiance Health (Jackson)
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital (Commerce Township)
University of Michigan Health System (Ann Arbor)
Minnesota
St. Francis Regional Medical Center (Shakopee)
Mississippi
Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle (Columbus)
North Carolina
Rex Hospital (Raleigh)
New Jersey
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Jersey City Medical Center
Saint Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston)
Ohio
Dublin Methodist Hospital
Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware)
St. John Medical Center (Westlake)
Texas
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
St. David's Medical Center (Austin)
Virginia
Carilion New River Valley Medical Center (Christiansburg)
Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg)
Sentara CarePlex Hospital (Hampton)
Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk)
Sentara Obici Hospital (Suffolk)
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (Virginia Beach)
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center
Washington
Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
Editor's note: A previous version of this article listed Henry Ford Allegiance Health under the Mississippi section. The hospital is located in Michigan. We regret this error.
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