TUCSON, AZ \u2014 A new hospital safety report released this month gave 12 Arizona hospitals top \u201cA\u201d grades for protecting patients from preventable harm \u2014 but none of them were in Tucson. <\/p>\n
The Leapfrog Group\u2019s Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grades are a biannual ranking that assigns \u201cA,\u201d \u201cB,\u201d \u201cC,\u201d \u201cD\u201d or \u201cF\u201d letter grades to all general hospitals in the United States based on their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. <\/p>\n
Arizona as a whole grew from 39th to 33rd in the nation since the last rankings came out in the fall. <\/p>\n
In addition to the 12 A hospitals, 11 received a ‘B’ grade and 21 received a ‘C’ grade. None were marked ‘D’ or ‘F.’ <\/p>\n
\u201cA\u201d hospitals in Arizona are: <\/p>\n
Flagstaff Medical Center \u2014 Flagstaff HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center \u2014 Scottsdale HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center \u2014 Phoenix Mayo Clinic-Phoenix \u2014 Phoenix Mercy Gilbert Medical Center \u2014 Gilbert Banner Gateway Medical Center \u2014 Gilbert Banner Ironwood Medical Center \u2014 Queen Creek Banner Ocotillo Medical Center \u2014 Chandler Chandler Regional Medical Center \u2014 Chandler Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital – Mesa \u2014 Mesa Havasu Regional Medical Center \u2014 Lake Havasu City Verde Valley Medical Center \u2014 Cottonwood <\/p>\n
The 11 \u201cB\u201d hospitals in Arizona are: <\/p>\n
Canyon Vista Medical Center \u2014 Sierra Vista HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center \u2014 Phoenix HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center \u2014 Phoenix HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center \u2014 Scottsdale HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center \u2014 Scottsdale Kingman Regional Medical Center \u2014 Kingman Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita \u2014 Sahuarita Onvida Health Yuma Medical Center \u2014 Yuma St. Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center \u2014 Phoenix Valley View Medical Center \u2014 Fort Mohave Western Arizona Regional Medical Ctr \u2014 Bullhead City <\/p>\n
The 21 ‘C’ hospitals are: <\/p>\n
Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix \u2014 Phoenix Banner Baywood Medical Center \u2014 Mesa Banner Boswell Medical Center \u2014 Sun City Banner Casa Grande Medical Center \u2014 Casa Grande Banner Del E Webb Medical Center \u2014 Sun City West Banner Desert Medical Center \u2014 Mesa Banner Estrella Medical Center \u2014 Phoenix Banner Thunderbird Medical Center \u2014 Glendale Banner University Medical Center-South \u2014 Tucson Banner University Medical Center-Tucson \u2014 Tucson HonorHealth Florence Medical Center \u2014 Florence HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical Center \u2014 Mesa HonorHealth Tempe Medical Center \u2014 Tempe Northwest Medical Center \u2014 Tucson Northwest Medical Center Houghton \u2014 Tucson Oro Valley Hospital \u2014 Oro Valley St. Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center \u2014 Glendale Tucson Medical Center \u2014 Tucson Valleywise Health \u2014 Phoenix Yavapai Regional Medical Center – East Campus \u2014 Prescott Valley Yavapai Regional Medical Center – West Campus \u2014 Prescott <\/p>\n
Leapfrog said its biannual report \u2014 the only national ratings program focused exclusively on patient safety \u2014 shows improvement in 17 measures, including health care-associated infections, medication safety systems and patient experience. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe good news is that hospitals across the country are making meaningful strides in patient safety and helping save countless lives,\u201d Leah Binder, the group\u2019s president and CEO, said in a news release. <\/p>\n
After peaking in fall 2022, several health care-associated infections declined sharply, according to the report. Central line-associated bloodstream infections fell by half; catheter-associated urinary tract infections dropped 45 percent; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections declined 42 percent; and serious intestinal infections linked to antibiotic use went down 30 percent. <\/p>\n
The report also found gains in medication safety. Use of computerized physician order entry systems, which can flag prescribing errors, rose from 66 percent of hospitals meeting Leapfrog standards in 2018 to 90 percent in 2025. Adoption of barcode medication administration systems increased from 47 percent to 93 percent over the same period. <\/p>\n
Patient experience scores, measured through Medicare and other federal surveys, have improved since hitting a low in fall 2023, rising by about one point on average across five safety-related measures, including communication with nurses and doctors and responsiveness of hospital staff. <\/p>\n
Among states, Connecticut, Virginia and South Carolina had the highest share of A-rated hospitals, followed by Utah, Montana, New Jersey, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina and California. <\/p>\n
Montana and Maryland entered the top 10 for the first time, while Florida rose from 15th place in fall 2025 to seventh. No hospitals in North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont or Wyoming received an A grade. <\/p>\n
About 450 hospitals were not assigned grades after a federal court ruling in South Florida involving several facilities that did not participate in Leapfrog\u2019s 2024 or 2025 survey. The group said it applied the change nationwide and is appealing the decision while reviewing its methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUCSON, AZ \u2014 A new hospital safety report released this month gave 12 Arizona hospitals top \u201cA\u201d grades…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-675854","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\/675854","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=675854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}