A review from Leapfrog has looked into safety measures within hospitals in New York State to determine their safety rating. Things looked at included infectious-disease prevention measures, serious health issues, and errors in surgeries.
In all, 12 hospitals in the state got an A, and 43 got a D. 3 got an F.
The following area hospitals received these grades:
Finger Lakes Region:
- F.F. Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua: C
- Geneva General Hospital: C
- Highland Hospital of Rochester: C
- Newark-Wayne Community Hospital in Newark: C
- Noyes Memorial Hospital, Dansville: D
- RGHS – Rochester General Hospital: C
- Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester: C
- Unity Hospital in Rochester: C
Hudson Valley Region:
- Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson: D
- Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown: B
- Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern: C
- Health Alliance Hospital, Mary’s Avenue Campus, in Kingston: A
- Montefiore New Rochelle: D
- Montefiore Nyack Hospital: C
- Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital: C
- Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall: D
- New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor: C
- New York-Presbyterian (Lawrence) Hospital in Bronxville: D
- Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck: A
- Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco: D
- Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow: C
- Putnam Hospital in Carmel: A
- St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick: A
- St. John’s Riverside in Yonkers: C
- St. John’s Riverside in Dobbs Ferry: C
- St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers: D
- Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie: C
- White Plains Hospital: A
- Westchester Medical Center: D
Southern Tier:
- Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira: C
- Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta: A
- Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis : B
- Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca: C
- Guthrie Corning Hospital in Corning: B
- Guthrie Cortland Medical Center in Cortland: C
- Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital in Binghamton: D
- St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elmira: C
- UHS – Binghamton General Hospital: C
- UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich: C
- UHS Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City: C
Mohawk Valley:
- Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare in Utica: D
- Rome Memorial hospital: C
- St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica: F
- St. Mary’s Hospital in Amsterdam: D
- Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville: D
- Oneida Healthcare in Oneida: B
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