Local hospitals earn “A” marks on Leapfrog hospital safety report

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The Leapfrog Group said 48 hospitals in Pennsylvania earned an “A” in the Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grade report. 

Among the recipients of an “A” grade were 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; 

Lehigh Valley Health Network‘s Pocono and Schuylkill campuses; and 

In the biannual report, the Leapfrog Group assigns ratings of “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” 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 are designed 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. 

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, vice president of Programs and Initiatives forLVBCH 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.” 

“We would like to recognize our local hospitals and all the hospitals across Pennsylvania that received an “A” grade,” said Carl Seitz, president, LVBCH. 

The full list of recipients include: 

• 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