Central Mass. hospitals receive high marks for safety
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UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester
Most of Central Massachusetts’ hospitals received high grades for safety from the biannual rankings from national nonprofit Leapfrog Group's Hospital Safety Grade Report, however UMass Memorial Medical campuses fell back to a C grade.
The Leapfrog Group scores more than 2,600 hospitals on a grade rank of patient safety based on publicly available data on prevention of medical errors, infections and other potential harms on patients.
The hospitals throughout Central Massachusetts performed well, however both UMass Memorial campuses in Worcester fell back to a C rating and Natick’s Leonard Morse Hospital fell to a C after two consecutive B ratings.
Massachusetts was ranked 12th in the nation for safe hospitals with 42.37% of the state’s hospitals receiving an A in the fall report. This marked a decline from 4th place this spring when 48.28% of the state’s hospitals received an A.
How Central Massachusetts hospitals fared:
- Heywood Hospital, Gardner: B. This is marks the hospitals first B following three straight A ratings.
- MetroWest Medical Center, Framingham: B. The hospital got an A last spring after a B the previous fall, following four straight C's.
- Milford Regional Medical Center: A. The hospital earned its third straight A after getting a C in the spring of 2018 following A's in 2017.
- Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester: A. It's the second straight A for the hospital, which scored a B last fall but previously seven straight A's.
- UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital Clinton campus: A. The hospital hadn't been rated in previous reports.
- Leonard Morse Hospital, Natick: C. The hospital previously had two straight B's, with a previous mix of A,B and C scores.
- Harrington Memorial Hospital, Southbridge: A. The hospital most recently received two B’s and previously four A’s.
- Marlborough Hospital: A. The hospital bounced back after two consecutive C ratings.
- UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital Leominster campus: B. The hospital climbed back up after receiving five consecutive C ratings.
- UMass Memorial Medical Center - Memorial Campus, Worcester: C. The hospital got a C in the spring but a B rating in the previous two reports, following C's in five of the previous six cycles.
- UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus, Worcester: C. It's the third straight C, and eighth in the last nine ratings.
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