Ascension had 8 hospitals earn an "A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization focused on advancing patient safety. These grades reflect Ascension’s dedication to creating a safe, reliable environment for every patient. Leapfrog assigns an "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F" grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 22 performance measures reflecting accidents, errors, injuries and infections, as well as the systems and protocols hospitals have in place to prevent them.
“Our patients place their trust in us to deliver compassionate, high-quality care when it matters most,” said Thomas A. Aloia, MD, MHCM, FACS, FACHE, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at Ascension. “This recognition reflects the dedication of our caregivers, whose compassion and excellence bring our Mission to life every day—within our facilities and throughout the communities we serve.”
The following Ascension hospitals received “A” Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group:
- Ascension St. Vincent’s Medical Center Riverside (Jacksonville, FL)
- Ascension St. Vincent’s Medical Center Southside (Jacksonville, FL)
- Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan (Manhattan, KS)
- Ascension Via Christi Hospital Wichita St. Teresa (Wichita, KS)
- Ascension Seton Cedar Park (Cedar Park, TX)
- Ascension Seton Northwest (Austin, TX)
- Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital (Appleton, WI)
- Ascension St. Joseph Hospital (Milwaukee, WI)
Additionally, the following Ascension hospitals earned an "B” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group:
- Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Emerald Coast (Miramar Beach, FL)
- Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola (Pensacola, FL)
- Ascension St. Alexius (Hoffman Estates, IL)
- Ascension St. Vincent Carmel (Carmel, IN)
- Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (Evansville, IN)
- Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (Kokomo, IN)
- Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Wichita, Kansas)
- Ascension Jane Phillips Medical Center (Bartlesville, OK)
- Ascension St. Thomas Midtown Hospital (Nashville, TN)
- Ascension Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Austin, TX)
- Ascension Providence (Waco, TX)
- Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Austin, TX)
- Ascension Seton Hays (Kyle, TX)
- Ascension Seton Williamson (Round Rock, TX)
- Ascension Elmbrook Memorial Hospital (Brookfield, WI)
- Ascension Franklin Hospital (Franklin, WI)
Each year, Ascension establishes clinical priority goals that guide multidisciplinary teams in advancing system-wide initiatives. In striving to exceed these goals, Ascension remains dedicated to delivering the highest standards of safety, quality, and access through strengthened capabilities and processes. The successes outlined below reflect this ongoing commitment.
These results underscore how Ascension’s focused investments in clinical excellence and patient safety translate directly into measurable outcomes. System-wide initiatives such as Recognize and Rescue, which has helped prevent more than 4,000 deaths since its launch, and sustained collaboration in infection prevention, which has significantly reduced healthcare-associated infection rates, demonstrate how Ascension’s teams are living this commitment every day. The latest Leapfrog results reflect our ongoing efforts to strengthen consistency and reliability in care across all facilities.
Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade program is a national rating focused exclusively on hospital safety, preventable medical errors, infections and patient injuries. It is peer-reviewed, transparent and available to the public at no cost, with updated grades published twice annually in fall and spring. For detailed hospital grades and safety tips for patients, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.
As a result of the spring 2024 cyber attack, Ascension was unable to submit full datasets for many of our safety and quality measures to key stakeholders at the time, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Centers for Disease Control’s National Healthcare Safety Network and others. As a result, there was limited data for Leapfrog to import for determining grades. Per Leapfrog methodology, when some data are unavailable, higher weight is given to other metrics that have been reported, potentially impacting overall scores. This gap has impacted Leapfrog hospital safety grades at some of our hospitals and may continue to impact grades into calendar year 2027.
About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization that evaluates hospitals across the United States on over 22 performance measures related to medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the efficacy of their preventive measures.
