Report: Michigan hospitals 5th safest nationally
Michigan's hospitals are the fifth safest overall nationally, according to a report issued Tuesday by The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit organization that reviews hospital patient safety.
Only hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia, Utah and Colorado ranked higher than Michigan in the biannual report, which issues grades to hospitals on such measures as medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems in place to prevent harm.
Of the more than 80 Michigan hospitals The Leapfrog Group reviewed, 41 got an "A" grade; another 22 earned a "B" grade; 17 were given a "C" grade. Only one got a "D." No hospital in Michigan got an "F," or failing, grade.
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“Patients in Michigan deserve to know which hospitals are safest, so they can make an informed decision to protect themselves and their loved ones when seeking care,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, said in a statement.
Michigan Medicine, the Ann Arbor-based health system affiliated with the University of Michigan, is the only hospital in the state to get straight "A" grades over the last 10 years of Leapfrog's reporting.
The only hospital to get a "D" grade on the latest report is Hurley Hospital in Flint. Hurley has had a "D" grade consistently since the fall of 2019 report. In the spring of 2019, Hurley was the only hospital in Michigan to get an "F" grade.
Hospital grades
The following is a full list of hospitals that got an "A" on the Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades report:
Ascension Borgess Hospital, Kalamazoo
Ascension Genesys Hospital, Grand Blanc
Ascension Providence Hospital, Novi
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield
Ascension St. Joseph Hospital, Tawas City
Beaumont Hospital, Dearborn
Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills
Beaumont Hospital, Trenton
Beaumont Hospital, Troy
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo
Covenant Medical Center, Saginaw
Dickinson County Healthcare System, Iron Mountain
Garden City Hospital
Henry Ford Allegiance Health, Jackson
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital
Lake Huron Medical Center, Port Huron
McLaren Central Michigan, Mount Pleasant
Mercy Health St. Mary's, Grand Rapids
Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital
Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital, Gaylord
Munson Medical Center, Traverse City
MyMichigan Medical Center Gratiot, Alma
MyMichigan Medical Center Midland
MyMichigan Medical Center West Branch
North Ottawa Community Hospital, Grand Haven
Oaklawn Hospital, Marshall
ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital, Adrian
ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital
Sparrow Hospital and Health System, Lansing
Spectrum Health Big Rapids Hospital
Spectrum Health Lakeland Medical Center, St. Joseph
Spectrum Health Lakeland Niles Hospital
Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital
Spectrum Health United Hospital in Greenville
Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital
St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea
University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Health - West, Wyoming
UP Health System - Marquette
UP Health System - Portage, Hancock
Getting "B" grades were:
Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital
Ascension River District Hospital, East China Township
Ascension St. John Hospital, Detroit
Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
Beaumont Hospital, Wayne
Bronson Battle Creek
DMC Harper University Hospital, Detroit
DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, Commerce Township
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, Clinton Township
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
McLaren Bay Region
McLaren Greater Lansing, Lansing
McLaren Lapeer Region, Lapeer
McLaren Macomb, Mt. Clemens
McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey
McLaren Pt. Huron
Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital
Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital, Grand Rapids
Spectrum health Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids
St. Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital, Howell
St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia
The following is a list of hospitals with "C" grades:
Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Madison Heights
Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Warren
Ascension St. Mary's Hospital, Saginaw
Beaumont Hospital, Taylor
DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital
DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital, Detroit
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Hilldale Hospital
Holland Hospital
McLaren Flint
McLaren Oakland, Pontiac
Memorial Healthcare, Owosso
Mercy Health Muskegon
MyMichigan Medical Center, Alpena
MyMichigan Medical Center Sault, Sault Ste. Marie
ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Pontiac
The grades are publicly reported at HospitalSafetyGrade.org.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield as among the hospitals with an "A" grade.
Contact Kristen Shamus: kshamus@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @kristenshamus.
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