Lehigh Valley and St. Luke’s University health network hospitals once again earned high marks for safety and quality in a recent national survey.

The nonprofit Leapfrog Group releases its Hospital Safety Grade reports in the fall and spring each year. Hospitals are graded from A to F based on multiple factors, such as how well they prevent medical errors, accidents and infections. The newest batch of grades was released Thursday for thousands of hospitals nationwide.

All 11 of St. Luke’s campuses, — Geisinger St. Luke’s, St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill, St. Luke’s Hospital-Allentown, St. Luke’s Hospital-Anderson Campus, St. Luke’s-Carbon, St. Luke’s-Easton, St. Luke’s-Monroe, St. Luke’s-Miners, St. Luke’s-Sacred Heart, St. Luke’s-Upper Bucks, St. Luke’s-Warren and Geisinger St. Luke’s Hospital — earned A safety grades.

“You know St. Luke’s is truly awesome because everyone is saying it. This month it’s Leapfrog giving St. Luke’s A grades,” said Donna Sabol, senior vice president and chief quality officer.

St. Luke’s also was recently recognized alongside Texas-based Houston Methodist and the Mayo Clinic by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality as the nation’s three highest-performing health systems for safety and quality.

LVHN, part of Jefferson Health, performed comparably to last spring, earning its fourth consecutive A grade for LVH-Pocono in East Stroudsburg and its second consecutive A for Dickson City and LVH-Schuylkill. LVH-Hazelton moved up to an A from a B rating last spring.

LVH-Cedar Crest, and LVH-Muhlenberg earned B’s. For the first time in about two years, LVH-Hecktown Oaks dropped down to a B. LVH-Carbon retained a C ranking.

“Jefferson Health’s mission is fundamentally about improving lives through compassionate, high-quality care. This recognition is a direct reflection of our commitment to prioritizing excellence in everything we do,” said Dr. Baligh R. Yehia, president of Jefferson Health. “Maintaining this standard of excellence in both access and quality is only possible because of the extraordinary efforts of all our colleagues, physicians, nurses, caregivers and staff.”

In Pennsylvania, 131 hospitals were graded, and 57 earned an A, 32 earned a B, 35 earned a C and seven earned a D. Overall, 43.5% of Pennsylvania hospitals received A grades, and the state ranks as 8th in the country for percentage of A-graded hospitals.

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