The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assigns a letter grade to nearly 3,000 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. It is the only rating focused on a hospital’s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections. For more information about the Hospital Safety Grade, including details on individual hospital grades and state rankings, please visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.
Pennsylvania ranked 4th based on the percentage of “A” hospital in the state, with 44.1% of the participating hospitals receiving an A grade. This was the same ranking for PA in Spring of 2023, which demonstrates our hospitals continued commitment and dedication to hospital safety.
Read the full press release HERE.
See below for the full list of “A” and “B” hospitals in our region.
“A” Hospital Safety Grade
- Allegheny General Hospital
- Butler Memorial Hospital
- Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
- Forbes Hospital
- Heritage Valley Beaver
- Heritage Valley Sewickley
- Saint Vincent Hospital
- UPMC Altoona
- UPMC Hamot
- UPMC Jameson
- UPMC Passavant
- UPMC Passavant – Cranberry
- UPMC Presbyterian
- UPMC Shadyside
- UPMC Somerset
- UPMC St. Margaret
- Washington Hospital
“B” Hospital Safety Grade
- AHN Grove City
- Allegheny Valley Hospital
- Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber
- Excela Health Latrobe Hospital
- Punxsutawney Area Hospital
- Sharon Regional Medical Center
- St. Clair Health
- UPMC East
- UPMC Horizon – Shenango Valley Campus
- UPMC Mercy
- UPMC Northwest
- West Penn Hospital
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