Best And Worst FL Hospital Safety Grades 2020: Report
FLORIDA — Several hospitals in Florida received top grades for safety, while others didn’t quite measure up, according to new spring 2020 ratings released by the Leapfrog Group recently.
Safety grades are released by the nonprofit organization twice per year, in the spring and the fall. The ratings of more than 2,600 hospitals focus on accidents, injuries and infections, and help to assess how well a facility prevents medical errors and other harm to patients.
It’s worth noting the metrics used to determine this spring’s hospital grades originated from safety data reported for periods ending in 2018 and 2019. The report does not take into account the strain the new coronavirus outbreak is placing on some hospitals where staff are experiencing shortages of drugs and protection equipment.
In Florida:
58 hospitals received an A grade.
65 hospitals received a B grade.
47 hospitals received a C grade.
5 hospitals received a D grade.
1 hospital received an F grade.
(See detailed list below)
The latest grades show 33 percent of hospitals nationwide earned an “A” grade while 25 percent earned a “B.” Some 35 percent earned a “C” grade, 7 percent a “D” and less than 1 percent received an “F” grade.
Here are the Leapfrog Group's spring 2020 grades for hospitals in Florida:
Grade "A"
AdventHealth Altamonte Springs, Altamonte Springs
AdventHealth Apopka, Apopka
AdventHealth Carrollwood, Tampa
AdventHealth Celebration, Celebration
AdventHealth Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach
AdventHealth DeLand, DeLand
AdventHealth East Orlando, Orlando
AdventHealth Fish Memorial, Orange City
AdventHealth Kissimmee, Kissimmee
AdventHealth North Pinellas, Tarpon Springs
AdventHealth Orlando, Orlando
AdventHealth Palm Coast, Palm Coast
AdventHealth Sebring, Sebring
AdventHealth Tampa, Tampa
AdventHealth Waterman, Tavares
AdventHealth Wesley Chapel, Wesley Chapel
AdventHealth Winter Park, Winter Park
AdventHealth Zephyrhills, Zephyrhills
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside, Jacksonville
Baptist Health South Florida South Miami Hospital, South Miami
Baptist Health South Florida West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Miami
Baptist Medical Center Beaches, Jacksonville Beach
Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Jacksonville
Baptist Medical Center Nassau, Fernandina Beach
Baptist Medical Center South, Jacksonville
Brandon Regional Hospital, Brandon
Cape Coral Hospital, Cape Coral
Capital Regional Medical Center, Tallahassee
Central Florida Regional Hospital, Sanford
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Sarasota
Englewood Community Hospital, Englewood
Gulf Coast Medical Center, Fort Myers
Healthpark Medical Center, Fort Myers
JFK Medical Center North Campus, West Palm Beach
Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter
Larkin Community Hospital, South Miami
Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers
Mayo Clinic Hospital, Jacksonville
Mease Countryside Hospital, Safety Harbor
Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville
Memorial Hospital Miramar, Miramar
Memorial Hospital Pembroke, Pembroke Pines
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, New Port Richey
North Florida Regional Medical Center, Gainesville
Northside Hospital, St. Petersburg
Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital, Clermont
Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital, Longwood
Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah
Raulerson Hospital, Okeechobee
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota
St. Joseph's Hospital - South, Riverview
St. Lucie Medical Center, Port St. Lucie
Viera Hospital, Melbourne
Grade "B"
AdventHealth Dade City, Dade City
Adventhealth Heart of Florida, Davenport
AdventHealth Lake Placid, Lake Placid
AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach, New Smyrna Beach
AdventHealth Ocala, Ocala
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola, Pensacola
Baptist Health South Florida Doctors Hospital, Coral Gables
Blake Medical Center, Bradenton
Broward Health Coral Springs, Coral Springs
Broward Health Imperial Point, Fort Lauderdale
Cape Canaveral Hospital, Cocoa Beach
Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inverness
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach
Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, Port St. Lucie
Coral Gables Hospital, Coral Gables
Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach
Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Port Charlotte
Florida Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale
Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center, Panama City
Hialeah Hospital, Hialeah
Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale
Lake City Medical Center, Lake City
Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland
Lakewood Ranch Medical Center, Lakewood Ranch
Largo Medical Center, Largo
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute, Fort Pierce
Lehigh Regional Medical Center, Lehigh Acres
Manatee Memorial Hospital, Bradenton
Medical Center of Trinity, Trinity
Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Tampa
Memorial Hospital West, Pembroke Pines
Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood
Memorial Regional Hospital South, Hollywood
Mercy Hospital, Miami
Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater
Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach
North Shore Medical Center, Miami
Northwest Medical Center, Margate
Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville
Osceola Regional Medical Center, Kissimmee
Palms of Pasadena Hospital, Saint Petersburg
Palms West Hospital, Loxahatchee
Parrish Medical Center, Titusville
Putnam Community Medical Center, Palatka
Sacred Heart Hospital On The Emerald Coast, Miramar Beach
South Bay Hospital, Sun City Center
South Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City
St. Anthony's Hospital, Saint Petersburg
St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa
St. Petersburg General Hospital, St. Petersburg
St. Vincent's Medical Center Clay County, Middleburg
St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside, Jacksonville
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa
Twin Cities Hospital, Niceville
UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville
UF Health North, Jacksonville
Venice Regional Bayfront Health, Venice
Wellington Regional Medical Center, Wellington
West Boca Medical Center, Boca Raton
West Florida Hospital, Pensacola
Westside Regional Medical Center, Plantation
Grade "C"
AdventHealth Lake Wales, Lake Wales
Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura
Baptist Health South Florida Baptist Hospital of Miami, Miami
Baptist Hospital, Pensacola
Bartow Regional Medical Center, Bartow
Bayfront Health Port Charlotte, Port Charlotte
Bayfront Health Punta Gorda, Punta Gorda
Bayfront Health St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
Bethesda Hospital Inc., Boynton Beach
Bethesda Hospital West, Boynton Beach
Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton
Broward Health Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale
Broward Health North, Pompano Beach
Flagler Hospital, Saint Augustine
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Fort Walton Beach
Good Samaritan Medical Center, West Palm Beach
Gulf Breeze Hospital, Gulf Breeze
Halifax Health Medical Center - Port Orange, Port Orange
Highlands Regional Medical Center, Sebring
Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne
Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami
Jackson North Medical Center, North Miami Beach
Jackson South Medical Center, Miami
JFK Medical Center, Atlantis
Leesburg Regional Medical Center, Leesburg
Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin
Melbourne Regional Medical Center, Melbourne
NCH Baker Hospital, Naples
NCH North Naples Hospital, Naples
North Okaloosa Medical Center, Crestview
Oviedo Medical Center, Oviedo
Palm Bay Hospital, Palm Bay
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens
Plantation General Hospital, Plantation
Poinciana Medical Center, Kissimmee
Rockledge Regional Medical Center, Rockledge
St. Cloud Regional Medical Center, St. Cloud
St. Mary's Medical Center, West Palm Beach
The Villages Regional Hospital, The Villages
UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville
Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven
Grade "D"
Halifax Health Medical Center, Daytona Beach
Jackson Hospital, Marianna
Physicians Regional Medical Center - Collier Boulevard, Naples
Sebastian River Medical Center, Sebastian
Grade "F"
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Tallahassee
To determine each state’s grade, Leapfrog used up to 28 national performance measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and information from other supplemental data sources. When averaged, performance measures produce a single letter grade representing a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors.
The goal of the Hospital Safety Grade is to reduce deaths caused by hospital errors and injuries.
Leapfrog estimates that if the risk at all hospitals was equivalent to what it is at "A" hospitals, 50,000 lives at other facilities would have been saved. Overall, the researchers estimate that 160,000 lives are lost every year due to avoidable medical errors. That figure is down from 2016, when the Leapfrog Group estimated there were 205,000 avoidable deaths.
For a full description of the methodology, go here.
This article originally appeared on the St. Pete Patch