{"id":307786,"date":"2026-05-09T15:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307786\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T15:18:10","slug":"14-valley-hospitals-but-only-one-in-fresno-earn-a-grades-for-patient-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307786\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Valley Hospitals, but Only One in Fresno, Earn A Grades for Patient Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fourteen hospitals across the San Joaquin Valley received top marks in the spring 2026\u00a0hospital safety grades<\/a>\u00a0issued Wednesday by The Leapfrog Group, including seven facilities that were given \u201cStraight A\u201d ratings for sustaining A grades for more than two years.<\/p>\n

The ratings are based on 22 measures of patient safety, which are calculated to numeric scores and then translated to letter grades on an A-to-F scale. Hospitals are asked to voluntarily report quality and safety data, much of which is derived from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.<\/p>\n

The grading measures include infection control; surgery problems; practices taken to prevent errors including medication errors; and leadership, responsiveness and communication with patients by hospital staff and nurses.<\/p>\n

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The independent, nonprofit\u00a0Leapfrog Group<\/a>\u00a0was founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers of health care services. It began issuing grades to hospitals twice a year starting in 2012, assigning letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety.<\/p>\n

Valley hospitals receiving \u201cStraight A\u201d marks in the spring 2026 announcement are:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Leapfrog scores demonstrate our ongoing commitment to provide exceptional care in a safe environment,\u201d Shahzad Jahromi, MD, physician in chief for Kaiser\u00a0Permanente Fresno said in a news release. \u201cWe are honored to be recognized once again as a leader in patient safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hospitals that were given A grades are:<\/p>\n

Letter grades of B were given to:<\/p>\n

Five Valley hospitals receiving C grades are:<\/p>\n

Four hospitals did not participate in 2024 or 2025 Leapfrog surveys and were not assigned grades for the spring 2026 round. Those were:<\/p>\n

Dameron Hospital, Stockton.
\nDoctors Hospital, Manteca.
\nDoctors Medical Center, Modesto.
\nEmanuel Medical Center, Turlock.<\/p>\n

Neither Valley Children\u2019s Hospital, a pediatric hospital in Madera, nor Madera Community Hospital, which was closed for two years before reopening in March 2025, were included in the grading. The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fresno, operated by the federal government, was also excluded.<\/p>\n

Nationwide, the Leapfrog Group reported significant improvement in a range of measures of errors and infections. \u201cThe good news is that hospitals across the country are making meaningful strides in patient safety and helping save countless lives,\u201d Leapfrog Group President and CEO Leah Binder said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n

(GV Wire contributed to this report.)<\/p>\n

About the Reporter<\/p>\n

Tim Sheehan is the Health Care Reporting Fellow at the nonprofit Central Valley Journalism Collaborative. The fellowship is supported by a grant from the Fresno State Institute for Media and Public Trust. Contact Sheehan at\u00a0tim@cvlocaljournalism.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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