DC News Now: Study ranks Virginia hospitals second best in the nation

By Makea Luzader

VIRGINIA (DC News Now) — Virginia ranked second in the nation in the Leapfrog Group’s spring 2024 ranking for hospitals.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade gives 3,000 “general acute-care hospitals” a grade based on certain measures surrounding patient safety. These measures include factors such as how hospitals give their patients treatments, the environment where patients receive care and what happens to patients who are receiving care.

Leapfrog looked at a total of 72 hospitals in Virginia. Of those hospitals, 56.3% received an “A” grade in the spring of 2024.

Utah, which came in first place, boasted 57.7% of its hospitals got the highest tier.

Below are hospitals in Northern Virginia that received an A in the spring 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade:

• Fauquier Hospital – Warrenton
• Inova Fair Oaks Hospital – Fairfax
• Inova Fairfax Hospital – Falls Church
• Inova Loudoun Hospital – Leesburg
• Inova Mount Vernon Hospital – Alexandria
• Reston Hospital Center – Reston
• StoneSprings Hospital Center – Dulles
• UVA Haymarket Medical Center – Haymarket
• UVA Prince William Medical Center – Manassas
• Virginia Hospital Center–Arlington Health System – Arlington

You can look up a hospital’s full score and find out more about the Hospital Safety Grade on Leapfrog’s website.