2 Augusta hospitals score A grade in safety, according to nonprofit's analysis
Two Augusta hospitals were recently highlight by The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization focused on health care transparency and safety.
In the latest Hospital Safety Grades list, Georgia ranked 21st in the nation, with 24 hospitals — a little more than 30% of hospitals in the state — scoring an A grade in safety. Doctors Hospital and Piedmont Augusta were both among the hospitals awarded As.
Georgia improved its ranking by 10 spots after being No. 31 in the 2023 spring list.
The list is updated twice a year and its methodology is centered around hospital prevention of medical errors and harms to patients. This includes several measures such as surgery problems, communication with hospital staff, patient falls and infections.
Here is the full list of Georgia hospital that received an A grade in safety:
AdventHealth Redmond in Rome.
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center in Rome.
Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas (northeast of Valdosta).
Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie (northwest of Valdosta).
Doctors Hospital in Augusta.
Emory Johns Creek Hospital in Johns Creek (between Alpharetta and Lawrenceville).
Emory St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta.
Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin (southeast of Macon).
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia (southwest of Statesboro).
Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah.
Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross (north of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge).
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow in Winder (west of Athens).
Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Bradenton (northeast of Lawrenceville).
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens.
Piedmont Augusta Hospital in Augusta.
Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside in Columbus.
Piedmont Macon Medical Center in Macon.
Piedmont Macon North Hospital in Macon.
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital in Jasper (north of Woodstock).
Southern Regional Medical Center in Riverdale (south of metro Atlanta).
Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton (east of Albany).
Wellstar Kennestone Medical Center in Marietta.
Wellstar Paulding Hospital in Hiram (north of Douglasville).
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center in Lagrange (north of Columbus).
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Utah had the highest percentage of grade-A hospitals in the U.S. this fall. The other top 10 states, in order, are Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Connecticut, Montana, Tennessee, Florida and Texas. Some states had no grade-A hospitals and were the lowest performers, including Vermont, Wyoming, Delaware, Washington, DC, and North Dakota.
For more information, go to HospitalSafetyGrade.org.
This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Augusta, Ga. hospitals score A grade in safety, according to Leapfrog