Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grades Announced

48 Hospitals in Pennsylvania Earn an “A” on the Spring 2026 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Leapfrog Reports Improvements Nationally in Healthcare-Associated Infections, Medication Safety and Patient Experience

The Leapfrog Group today released its spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grade, a biannual “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” assigned to most general hospitals in the United States based on their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Driven in Pennsylvania by the Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare (LVBCH), the Safety Grades give the community critical insight about local hospitals. Hospital Safety Grades are updated twice per year by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog.

In Pennsylvania, 116 hospitals were graded, and 48 earned an A, 34 earned a B, 33 earned a C, 1 earned a D, and none earned an F.  Overall, Pennsylvania has 36.9% “A” Hospitals and ranks as 13th in the country for percentage of “A” hospitals.

LVBCH is your Regional Leader for The Leapfrog Group in Pennsylvania. “We would like to recognize our local hospitals and all the hospitals across Pennsylvania that received an “A” grade,” said Carl Seitz, President, LVBCH.

  • Allegheny Health Network’s Allegheny Valley, West Penn, Canonsburg General, Jefferson Regional, and Wexford campuses
  • Duke LifePoint Healthcare’s Conemaugh Nason Medical Center
  • Einstein Healthcare Network’s Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital
  • Geisinger Health – Part of Risant Health’s Bloomsburg, Lewistown, and Muncy Medical Center campuses
  • Independence Health System’s Clarion and Frick campuses
  • Jefferson Health – Abington’s Lansdale hospital
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Pocono and Schuylkill campuses
  • Main Line Health’s Bryn Mawr, Lankenau, and Riddle campuses
  • Meadville Medical Center
  • Mount Nittany Medical Center
  • Penn Medicine’s Doylestown and Lancaster General campuses
  • Penn State Health’s St. Joseph, Milton S. Hershey, Hampden, and Lancaster campuses
  • Clair Health
  • Luke’s University Health Network’s Grand View, Upper Bucks, Sacred Heart, Bethlehem, Allentown, Easton, Miners, Anderson, Monroe, Geisinger St. Luke’s, and Carbon campuses
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)’s Mercy, Northwest, Passavant – Cranberry, Passavant, Horizon – Shenango Valley, East, Lititz, and Washington campuses
  • WellSpan Health’s Good Samaritan and Waynesboro campuses

National data from the spring 2026 Safety Grade shows significant improvement in 17 measures of errors and infections. This includes healthcare-associated infections, barcode medication administration, computerized physician order entry and five patient experience measures.

“Preventable medical errors remain far too common in hospitals across the country, including in our own community,” said Amanda Greene, VP Programs and Initiatives, LVBCH and Leapfrog Regional Leader. “This latest round of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade shows encouraging progress in patient safety nationwide. The employers and purchasers in our coalition believe transparency is essential, and by working together, we can continue reducing preventable harm and making care safer for everyone.”

“The progress we’re seeing nationally and among hospitals in Pennsylvania is encouraging and deserves recognition, but there is still more work ahead to keep improving patient safety,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We applaud the hospitals in Pennsylvania that are making patient safety and transparency a clear priority—an effort that requires deep commitment from clinicians, leaders, board and staff at every level of the organization.”

About The Leapfrog Group 

Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is an independent national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety. Among its initiatives, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade was launched in 2012 and assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. It is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harm to patients. It is fully transparent and free to the public, and grades are updated biannually in the fall and in the spring. To look up your hospital’s Safety Grade, please visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org. For more from Leapfrog, follow us on  X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram and sign up for our newsletter.