{"id":646439,"date":"2026-05-16T09:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/646439\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:24:25","slug":"these-hospitals-are-the-safest-in-kansas-city-ranking-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/646439\/","title":{"rendered":"These hospitals are the safest in Kansas City, ranking says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fewer Kansas City-area hospitals are considered safe this spring than last fall, the latest report from The Leapfrog Group finds.<\/a><\/p>\n

The organization, which has given hospitals letter grades on patient safety for over 20 years, released its spring 2026 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades.<\/a><\/p>\n

Twice a year, hospitals are evaluated in 32 areas grouped in five categories: infections; problems with surgery; safety problems; practices to prevent errors; and staffing levels and education. The nonprofit gets data from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, alongside a Leapfrog survey.<\/a><\/p>\n

The survey\u2019s overall grades range from A to F, and the Kansas City area once again did not have any D or F facilities. It has fewer A-grades in the latest results, dropping from the seven recorded in November 2025 to five recorded in May.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the Kansas City-area hospitals with the <\/a>best and worst patient safety ratings for spring 2026<\/a>, according to Leapfrog Group.<\/p>\n

Safest hospitals in the Kansas City area (A grades)<\/p>\n

AdventHealth South Overland Park Hospital, 7820 W 165th St.<\/p>\n

AdventHealth South Overland Park Hospital<\/a> scored above average in 14 out of 32 categories, including the best possible score on doctors, nursing and hospital staff, looking at nursing and bedside care for patients and the responsiveness of hospital staff.<\/p>\n

It also received an A grade in fall 2025\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

Liberty Hospital, 2525 Glenn Hendren Drive<\/p>\n

Liberty Hospital<\/a> scored above average in 15 out of 32 categories, including the best possible score on doctors, nursing and hospital staff. Every category under the \u201cPractices to Prevent Errors\u201d tab received an above average grade, reviewing the hospital\u2019s handwashing techniques and safeness in administering medicine<\/p>\n

The hospital last received an overall A grade in spring 2023.<\/p>\n

Saint Luke\u2019s East Hospital, 100 NE St. Lukes Blvd., Lee\u2019s Summit<\/p>\n

Saint Luke\u2019s East Hospital<\/a> scored above average in 17 out of 32 categories, but some categories were not measured. It received the best possible score for \u201cPractices to Prevent Errors,\u201d reviewing the hospital\u2019s abilities to order medications through computers and how the staff works together to prevent errors.<\/p>\n

The hospital has received A grades during the last three reports dating back to fall 2024.<\/p>\n

Saint Luke\u2019s Hospital of Kansas City, 4401 Wornall Road<\/p>\n

Saint Luke\u2019s Hospital of Kansas City<\/a> scored above average in 14 out of 32 categories, including the best possible score under the \u201cProblems with Surgery\u201d tab.<\/p>\n

The hospital received A grades in both reports in 2025.<\/p>\n

St. Mary\u2019s Medical Center, 201 NW R.D. Mize Road, Blue Springs<\/p>\n

St. Mary\u2019s Medical Center<\/a> scored above average in 10 out of 32 categories. It received an above average score in the \u201cSafety Problems\u201d tab, based on hospital care related to patient falls and injuries or air or gas bubbles found in blood.<\/p>\n

The hospital received an A grade in fall 2025\u2019s report and a B-grade in spring 2025\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

KC-area hospitals that received B grades<\/p>\n

Here are the hospitals that received B grades in The Leapfrog Group\u2019s latest report:<\/p>\n

AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, 9100 W. 74th St.,Belton Regional Medical Center, 17065 S. Outer RoadCenterpoint Medical Center, 19600 E. 39th St., IndependenceLee\u2019s Summit Medical Center, 2100 SE Blue ParkwayProvidence Medical Center, 8929 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, KansasSaint Luke\u2019s South Hospital, 12300 Metcalf Ave., Overland ParkSt. Joseph Medical Center, 1000 Carondelet Drive, Kansas CityUniversity Health Lakewood Medical Center, 7900 Lees Summit Road, Kansas CityUniversity Health Truman Medical Center, 2301 Holmes St., Kansas CityMost unsafe hospitals in the Kansas City area (C grades)<\/p>\n

Six Kansas City-area hospitals received C grades in The Leapfrog Group\u2019s latest report:<\/p>\n

Menorah Medical Center, 5721 W. 119th St., Overland ParkNorth Kansas City Hospital, 2800 Clay Edwards DriveOlathe Medical Center, 20333 W. 151st St.Overland Park Regional Medical Center, 10500 Quivira RoadResearch Medical Center Main Campus, 2316 E. Meyer Blvd., Kansas CitySaint Luke\u2019s North Hospital Barry Road, 5830 NW Barry Road<\/p>\n

The University of Kansas Hospital<\/a>, 4000 Cambridge St. in Kansas City, Kansas, did not receive a grade for spring 2026. The hospital has received only C grades for the past five assessments.<\/p>\n

As for the distribution of grades across the state<\/a>, 25% of Kansas hospitals earned A grades, higher than the 23% recorded in fall 2025. Missouri also improved, with 19% of its hospitals earning A grades compared to the 17% in fall 2025\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit does not release grades<\/a> for VA hospitals, mental health facilities, free-standing pediatric hospitals and some specialty facilities, like surgery centers and cancer hospitals.<\/p>\n

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Joseph Hernandez joined The Kansas City Star\u2019s service journalism team in 2021. A Cristo Rey Kansas City High School and Mizzou graduate, he now covers trending topics and finds things for readers to do around the metro.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fewer Kansas City-area hospitals are considered safe this spring than last fall, the latest report from The Leapfrog…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-646439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}