SAN DIEGO, CA — A total of 14 hospitals in San Diego and nationwide made significant improvements in preventing a “disturbing” increase in hospital infections during the coronavirus pandemic, The Leapfrog Group said with the release Monday of its Fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades Report. The hospitals represented the cities of Chula Vista, Encinitas, Escondido, La Jolla, La Mesa, National City, Poway, and San Diego.
The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit healthcare watchdog group, used an academic grading scale with five letter grades to score nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents and infections. Overall, the report shows hospitals significantly reduced infections after the pandemic spike, but patient-reported experiences declined for the second year in a row.
Of the 87 hospitals that received an “A” grade on the report in California, 14 of them were San Diego hospitals:
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula VistaScripps Mercy Hospital of Chula Vista, Chula VistaScripps Memorial Hospital of Encinitas, EncinitasPalomar Medical Center Escondido, EscondidoUC San Diego Health La Jolla – Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, La JollaScripps Memorial Hospital of La Jolla, La JollaScripps Green Hospital, La JollaSharp Grossmont Hospital, La MesaParadise Valley Hospital, National CityPalomar Medical Center Poway, PowayUC San Diego Health Hillcrest – Hillcrest Medical Center, San DiegoSharp Memorial Hospital, San DiegoKaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center, San DiegoKaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, San Diego
Among 283 California hospitals evaluated in the report, 87 received the gold-standard “A” safety grade. Another 74 earned a “B,” 95 earned a “C” and 23 earned a “D.” Four California hospitals received a failing grade of “F,” according to the report.
Two San Diego area hospitals improved their grades from “B” and “C” to “A” in recent months: Palomar Medical Center Escondido in Escondido and Palomar Medical Center Poway in Poway.
The total number of California hospitals that received an “A” Grade for the Fall of 2023 are as follows:
West Anaheim Medical Center, AnaheimKaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center, AnaheimKaiser Foundation Hospital – Antioch, AntiochBakersfield Memorial Hospital, BakersfieldAdventist Health – Bakersfield, BakersfieldBakersfield Heart Hospital, Bakersfield, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, BurlingameSt. John’s Hospital Camarillo, Camarillo, Mercy San Juan Medical Center, CarmichaelSharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula VistaScripps Mercy Hospital of Chula Vista, Chula VistaScripps Memorial Hospital of Encinitas, EncinitasPalomar Medical Center Escondido, EscondidoMercy Hospital of Folsom, FolsomKaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center, FontanaGlendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, GlendaleAdventist Health Glendale, GlendaleGoleta Valley Cottage Hospital, GoletaSierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, Grass ValleyMarinHealth Medical Center, GreenbraeKaiser Permanente Foundation Hospital South Bay, Harbor CityCentinela Hospital Medical Center, InglewoodKaiser Permanente Orange County-Irvine Medical Center, IrvineHoag Hospital Irvine, IrvineUC San Diego Health La Jolla – Jacobs Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, La JollaScripps Memorial Hospital of La Jolla, La JollaScripps Green Hospital, La JollaSharp Grossmont Hospital, La MesaLa Palma Intercommunity Hospital, La PalmaMemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center, Laguna HillsLoma Linda University Medical Center, Loma LindaLoma Linda University Medical Center East Campus, Loma LindaKaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los AngelesUniversity of California Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los AngelesMartin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital, Los Angeles El Camino Hospital Los Gatos, Los GatosMercy Medical Center, MercedKaiser Foundation Hospital – Modesto, ModestoMontclair Hospital Medical Center, MontclairEl Camino Hospital, Mountain ViewParadise Valley Hospital, National CityHoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport BeachNorthridge Hospital Medical Center-Roscoe Boulevard Campus, NorthridgeNovato Community Hospital, NovatoKaiser Foundation Hospital – Oakland, OaklandKaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center, OntarioUCI Health, OrangeSt. John’s Regional Medical Center of Oxnard, OxnardPalmdale Regional Medical Center, PalmdaleKaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center, Panorama CityPomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, PomonaPalomar Medical Center Poway, PowayEisenhower Medical Center, Rancho MirageSt. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Red BluffSequoia Hospital, Redwood CityKaiser Foundation Hospital – Richmond, RichmondParkview Community Hospital Medical Center, RiversideKaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center, RiversideKaiser Foundation Hospital – Roseville, RosevilleMercy General Hospital, SacramentoSalinas Valley Health Medical Center, SalinasDignity Health St. Bernardine Medical Center, San BernardinoUC San Diego Health Hillcrest – Hillcrest Medical Center, San DiegoSharp Memorial Hospital, San DiegoKaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center, San DiegoKaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, San DiegoUCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, San FranciscoKaiser Foundation Hospital – San Francisco, San FranciscoUCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, San FranciscoUCSF Health – Mission Bay, San FranciscoGood Samaritan Hospital of San Jose, San JoseKaiser Foundation Hospital – San Leandro, San LeandroFrench Hospital Medical Center, San Luis ObispoKaiser Foundation Hospital – San Rafael, San RafaelKaiser Foundation Hospital – Santa Clara, Santa ClaraMarian Regional Medical Center, Santa MariaSutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, Santa RosaKaiser Foundation Hospital – Santa Rosa, Santa RosaSherman Oaks Hospital, Sherman OaksKaiser Foundation Hospital – South San Francisco, South San FranciscoStanford Health Care, StanfordTemecula Valley Hospital, TemeculaLos Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand OaksTorrance Memorial Medical Center, TorranceKaiser Foundation Hospital – Vallejo, VallejoKaiser Foundation Hospital – Walnut Creek, Walnut CreekWoodland Memorial Hospital, Woodland
The Leapfrog Group grades hospitals twice a year. In the fall report, the first report using post-pandemic data, 30 percent of hospitals nationwide earned an “A,” 24 percent earned a “B,” 39 percent earned a “C,” 7 percent earned a “D,” and fewer than 1 percent earned an “F.”
The 10 states with the highest number of “A” hospitals are Utah, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Connecticut, Montana, Tennessee, Florida and Texas.
States that had no “A” hospitals are Vermont, Wyoming, Delaware and North Dakota, as well as Washington, D.C.
More than 85 percent of hospitals saw decreases in the three most dangerous infections — MRSA, central-line bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
19 percent improved in all three infection measures; 66 percent improved in at least one infection measure; 16 percent continued to worsen or did not improve.
“Now that we have pre- and post-pandemic data for patient safety measures, we are encouraged by the improvement in infections and applaud hospitals for reversing the disturbing infection spike we saw during the pandemic,” Leapfrog president and CEO Leah Binder said in a news release.
However, Binder said the continued decline in patient experiences is “deeply concerning.” Hospitals in all states have seen a significant decline in reported patient experiences since the fall of 2021, the report said.
Leapfrog says its hospital rating system is the only one in the country focusing solely on a hospital’s ability to protect patients from preventable errors.
The 17 California hospitals that upgraded from a “B” or “C” grade to an “A” grade for the fall of 2023s are:
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