Dignity Health Hospitals Across California Achieve Top 'A' Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group

California, November 15, 2024 – The Leapfrog Group, a national patient ratings program, announced today that 19 Dignity Health hospitals in California have earned an  “A” Hospital Safety Grade recognizing Dignity Health’s strong commitment to patient safety.

This national distinction recognizes the hospitals’ achievements in protecting patients from harm and providing safe healthcare. Leapfrog assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to general hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections, and other harm to patients in their care.

“This prestigious recognition, awarded to fewer than one-third of hospitals nationwide, reflects our steadfast commitment to providing safe, high-quality, and equitable care," says Julie J. Sprengel, California President, CommonSpirit Health, the parent company of Dignity Health. "We are especially proud to have expanded the number of our hospitals in California receiving Leapfrog’s highest safety grade, which demonstrates our ongoing dedication to ensuring the safety and well-being of every patient who comes to us for care."

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program exclusively based on hospital prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries. It is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually in the fall and spring. 

“Achieving an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade is a significant accomplishment for Dignity Health hospitals in California,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It reflects enormous dedication to your patients and their families, and your communities should be proud.”

The following Dignity Health hospitals in California all received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade:

• Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
• Dominican Hospital
• French Hospital Medical Center
• Marian Regional Medical Center
• Mercy Bakersfield - SW
• Mercy General Hospital
• Mercy Hospital of Folsom
• Mercy Medical Center Merced
• Mercy San Juan Medical Center
• Methodist Hospital of Sacramento 
• Northridge Hospital Medical Center
• Sequoia Hospital
• Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
• St. Elizabeth Community Hospital
• St. John's Hospital Camarillo
• St. John's Regional Medical Center
• St. Bernardine Medical Center
• St. Joseph’s Stockton
• Woodland Memorial Hospital

To see Dignity Health’s full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter, Facebook and via its newsletter.

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About CommonSpirit Health

CommonSpirit Health is a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. It was created in February 2019 by Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health. With its national office in Chicago and a team of over 150,000 employees and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, CommonSpirit operates 142 hospitals and nearly 2,200 care sites across 24 states. In FY 2023, CommonSpirit had revenues of $34.6 billion and provided $5 billion in charity care, community benefit, and unreimbursed government programs. Learn more at www.commonspirit.org.

About The Leapfrog Group                                                                                   

Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog's other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. For more, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our newsletter.