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Va. ranks second nationwide in hospital patient safety, with 9 Hampton Roads hospitals

    • RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia ranked second in hospital patient nationwide in the most recent Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Grade state rankings. Nine Hampton Roads hospitals made the list.

    According to a May 7 press release from the organization, the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade program assigns a letter grade to almost 3,000 “general acute care hospitals” throughout the United States. These scores are based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Leapfrog Group and other unnamed sources.


    Of the 72 Virginia hospitals graded, 40 of them received an “A” grade. That 56.3% rate earned Virginia its second-place ranking.

    Several hospitals were located within Hampton Roads:

    The other hospitals throughout the state of Virginia include:

    The Spring 2024 score report from the Leapfrog Group puts Virginia just behind Utah, missing out on that first-place spot by just over one percent. Notably, the third-place state — New Jersey — has over 10% less A-graded hospitals.

    In the Fall 2023 grading period, Utah and Virginia ranked the same as they did in the Spring. However, Fall’s third-place ranking — North Carolina — fell to eighth place this Spring.

    To learn more about this ranking system and to see where other states landed, click here.