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NY ranking in hospital safety among worst nationally. Check your hospital's grade here:
https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/2...tica-nletter01
From the article: "New York hospitals received mixed safety grades as the state's health care system ranked among the worst nationally, a consumer watchdog group reported.
Only 17 hospitals statewide, or about 11%, received the highest A safety grade from Leapfrog, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, while 25 hospitals received the second-lowest D grade. One hospital received an F.
The review looked at a variety of serious health-related issues, from infectious-disease prevention measures to surgical errors, and found an alarming increase in health care-associated infections amid worsening patient experiences.
New York state overall ranked 40th worst in the country in terms of hospital safety, tied with Alabama, according to Leapfrog's latest spring grades.
New York’s spring ranking was a slight drop from its fall ranking, where it was listed as 39th worst in the country.
The recent ranking noted New York's percentage of hospitals receiving an A safety grade, at about 11%, fell far short of top-performing states ranging between 40% and 50%, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Colorado.
What goes into the national hospital safety rankings?
New York has historically had some of the worst rankings for hospital quality and safety in the country, despite spending more than other states on health care.
Potential reasons for the poor ratings include limited state fines imposed on hospitals that put patients at risk, as well as some hospitals’ failures to implement best practices, according to a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group, a consumer watchdog.
The study looked at Leapfrog as well as the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services star-ratings system.
Hospital trade groups have disputed many of the rankings, citing a lack of uniform standards as well as varying timeframes for data reviews that failed to account for the complexities of health care delivery.
Leapfrog, however, asserted it focuses on preventable safety issues, such as infections, medical mistakes like sponges or tools left in bodies and complications such as collapsed lungs, that should raise concerns for patients.
While the differences between rankings are connected to the scoring measures used, experts say patients should try to be aware of the results in each respective system because they focus on a variety of important issues.
Leapfrog’s latest grades, for example, reveal hospitals nationally have shown significant increases in healthcare-associated infections, reaching a five-year high during the pandemic and remaining high.
Among the findings:
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections jumped 60%
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections leaped 37%
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections increased 19%.
NY's hospital safety grades
Many of the hospitals across the Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley saw their safety grades improve or drop since Leapfrog last released grades in the fall.
Some hospitals weren't graded because they were not included in the review, which exclude facilities based on several reasons, including a lack of sufficient data reported to regulators and Leapfrog.
Finger Lakes
- F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua: C
- Geneva General Hospital: C
- Highland Hospital in Rochester: C
- Newark-Wayne Community Hospital: C
- Rochester General Hospital: D
- Strong Memorial Hospital: C
- Unity Hospital in Rochester: B
- UR Medicine Noyes Health in Dansville: C
Hudson Valley
- Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson: F
- Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown: B
- Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern: C
- MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie: D
- Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital: D
- Montefiore Nyack Hospital: B
- Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall in Newburgh: C
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor: C
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester in Bronxville: B
- Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck: C
- Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco: A
- Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow: B
- Putnam Hospital in Carmel: C
- St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick: A
- St. John's Riverside Hospital Andrus Pavilion in Yonkers: C
- St. John's Riverside Hospital ParkCare Pavilion in Yonkers: D
- St. John's Riverside Hospital in Dobbs Ferry: D
- St. Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers: C
- Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie: C
- Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla: D
- White Plains Hospital: A
Southern Tier
- Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira: C
- Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta: C
- Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis: B
- Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca: C
- Guthrie Corning Hospital: C
- Guthrie Cortland Medical Center: C
- Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton: D
- UHS — Binghamton General Hospital: D
- UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich: C
- UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City: D
- St. Joseph's Hospital in Elmira: C
Mohawk Valley
- Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare in Utica: C
- Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville: C
- Oneida Health Hospital in Oneida: C
- Rome Memorial Hospital: D
- Saint Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam: D
- St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica: C
Here is the original source used:
https://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/...isplay/1155271
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