Thirty-one of 108 Illinois hospitals reviewed by the Leapfrog Group received top grades for patient safety, according to the group’s annual spring  report released Wednesday. [Health News Illinois]

It’s down four from when the national nonprofit last graded the state’s general acute hospitals in the fall.

Canva image

Twenty-four hospitals received a B, 22 received a C and three received a D.

Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago was the lone hospital to receive an F grade.

Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City did not receive a grade.

Twenty-six hospitals were not assigned a grade. The Leapfrog Group said the new designation is due to a ruling by a federal court in Florida, which sided with five state hospitals in a case challenging the methodology used by the organization to give safety ratings.

While the ruling only applied to the five Florida hospitals, Leapfrog said it did not assign grades to 450 hospitals across the country that did not participate in its 2024 or 2025 hospital survey.

“Leapfrog is pursuing an appeal and reviewing the Safety Grade methodology with its National Expert Panel to ensure the Hospital Safety Grade continues to be useful for consumers,” they said.

Illinois ranked 21st nationally, with 29 percent of its hospitals receiving top marks. That’s down four spots from the fall, when 32.4 percent of Illinois hospitals had A grades.

National data found significant improvement in 17 measures of errors and infections, including healthcare-associated infections, bar code medication administration, computerized physician order entry and five patient experience measures.

“The good news is that hospitals across the country are making meaningful strides in patient safety and helping save countless lives," said Leapfrog CEO Leah Binder. "But not all hospitals are the same.”

###