NJ and CT hospitals rank among nation's safest, a report finds. NY? Not so much

Did your hospital get an A or an F?

Leapfrog gave letter grades to nearly 3,000 hospitals across 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., based on a range of patient safety measures.

Hospitals in New York ranked 30th [see ranking here] in the nation for their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Less than 24% of hospitals in the state received an “A” grade, a slight drop from the 25%-plus reported in Leapfrog’s spring rankings.

New Jersey, however, is among the top five states for patient care, coming in at No. 3 with 52.2% of its hospitals earning A grades. That, too, is down slightly from the spring rankings.

Connecticut came in just behind the Garden State at No. 4, with half of its hospitals earning an A grade. That’s on par with its spring ranking.

This year’s fall grading from the patient safety organization suggests hospitals with higher grades tend to be part of a larger health system, which is a network of healthcare facilities that are owned or managed under a single parent organization.

The report shows 94% of hospitals that achieved an “A” grade were affiliated with a health system.

More than 830 hospitals earned an A grade, with the highest percentages found in Utah, Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut and North Carolina. Iowa, North Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming had no hospitals with an “A” grade.

Here are the grades for [your state] hospitals for Fall 2025:

(Use search tool to get the list of hospital names and grades for your state)

Leapfrog uses data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and information from other supplemental data sources to rank their hospitals, according to their website.

Based on that data, Leapfrog measures 22 aspects of patient health and safety. Then, Leapfrog says researchers weigh the evidence, opportunity for improvement and impact of each measure to calculate a grade. If data in in more than 6 categories is missing, Leapfrog won’t rank that hospital.

Leapfrog says you can use the ratings to find hospitals that prioritize patient safety, meaning hospitals got better grades if they had track records for preventing hospital-acquired infections, hand washing, training doctors, communicating about prescriptions and more.