11 MD Hospitals Receive an ‘A’ Rating for New Safety Classes: See the full list

The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that rates hospitals twice a year, awards 3,000 general hospitals grades ranging from “A” to “F” on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents and infections.

Overall, hospitals have made great progress since the pandemic years, when the risk of contracting fatal infections was elevated nationwide, but more work needs to be done, the Leapfrog Group said in a news release.

Overall, 26.8% of the 41 hospitals scored in Maryland earned an “A.” That’s the 30th best rate in the country.

Overall, Maryland had:

• 15 hospitals that received a “B” grade;
• 15 hospitals that received a “C” grade; And
• No hospitals received grades of “D” or “F”.

These are the figures each hospital received:

• A: Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (Annapolis)
• A: MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore)
• A: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda)
• A: ChristianaCare – Union Hospital (Elkton)
• A: Meritus Medical Center (Hagerstown)
• A: University of Maryland Charles Regional Medical Center (La Plata)
• A: MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital (Leonardtown)
• A: Garrett Regional Medical Center (Oakland)
• A: TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, Inc. (Salisbury)
• A: Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center (Silver Spring)
• A: University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (Towson)
• B: Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore)
• B: The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore)
• B: MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (Baltimore)
• B: MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (Baltimore)
• B: MedStar Harbor Hospital (Baltimore)
• B: Atlantic General Hospital (Berlin)
• B: UPMC Western Maryland (Cumberland)
• B: University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton (Easton)
• B: Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center (Fort Washington)
• B: UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center (Glen Burnie)
• B: MedStar Montgomery Medical Center (Olney)
• B: CalvertHealth Medical Center (Prince Frederik)
• B: Northwest Hospital (Randallstown)
• B: Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center (Rockville)
• B: Greater Baltimore Medical Center (Towson)
• C: University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore)
• C: Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital (Baltimore)
• C: Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (Baltimore)
• C: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (Baltimore)
• C: University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus (Baltimore)
• C: University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (Bel Air)
• C: Suburban Hospital (Bethesda)
• C: MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (Clinton)
• C: Johns Hopkins Howard County General Hospital (Columbia)
• C: Frederick Health Hospital (Frederick)
• C: Holy Cross Germantown Hospital (Germantown)
• C: Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center (Lanham)
• C: Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring)
• C: University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center (Upper Marlboro)
• C: Carroll Hospital Center (Westminster)

Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore received no score because it is a pediatric center. The University of Maryland Shore Medical Center in Chestertown was not rated due to missing data.

For the third review cycle, Utah tops the list with the highest percentage of “A” hospitals, followed by Virginia, Connecticut, North Carolina, New Jersey, California, Rhode Island, Idaho, Pennsylvania, Colorado and South Carolina, respectively. California is in the top 10 for the first time since the fall of 2014.

The Fall 2024 assessments show improvement in patient safety across several performance measures, including notable improvements in healthcare-associated infections, hand hygiene and medication safety. Preventable deaths and harm in hospitals have long been a key policy focus for The Leapfrog Group.

Leapfrog Group president and CEO Leah Binder said in a news release that the progress hospitals have made in patient safety has saved “countless lives,” but that medical centers across the country must accelerate their progress “because no one should have to die from a avoidable mistake. in a hospital.”

Binder said significant performance gaps remain among U.S. hospitals. For example, four states – Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Vermont – had no “A” hospitals.

“That’s why it’s so important that people consult the numbers when making decisions about seeking care,” Binder said. “Not all hospitals are the same.”

Nationally, healthcare-acquired infections reached their highest peak since 2016 in the fall 2022 safety numbers, but have fallen dramatically since then, according to the report.

The number of central line-associated bloodstream infections also fell by 38 percent, the number of catheter-related urinary tract infections by 36 percent and MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) infections fell by 34 percent.