November 15, 2021

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and in the midst of the fourth COVID wave, three TriHealth hospitals – Bethesda Butler, Bethesda North and Good Samaritan Hospital – were each awarded the highest rating for their efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the nation’s highest safety standards, according to the newly released Fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. Bethesda Butler improved its grade from “B” to “A” since the Spring 2021 Leapfrog rankings. McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital was awarded a “B” safety grade for this reporting period, narrowly missing an “A”, due in part to Leapfrog’s adjusted methodology for the Fall 2021 reporting period. In fact, McCullough-Hyde would have received an “A” grade based on the Spring 2021 Leapfrog grading methodology. TriHealth Evendale did not have enough publicly reported data to generate a Safety Grade. As a system, TriHealth again received the most "A" grades in Cincinnati, outpacing other local healthcare systems.

The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve healthcare quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, awarded these two hospitals with "A" grades based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms among patients in their care. The Safety Grade assigns an A, B, C, D or F grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms among patients in their care. Nationally, only 30% of all hospitals achieve "A" ratings. TriHealth hospitals consistently earn “A” safety grades from Leapfrog, continuing as a local leader for hospital safety.

Developed under the guidance of an Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 27 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to approximately 2,500 U.S. hospitals twice per year. It is peer reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.

To see full grade details, and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org and follow the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade on Twitter and Facebook.