The fall 2025 safety grade is a national recognition for commitment to patient safety

PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 13, 2025 – Jefferson Health earned 12 “A” Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to hospitals across the country using evidence-based measures of patient safety focused exclusively on errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

Those hospitals earning a fall 2025 “A” Hospital Safety Grade are Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, Jefferson Washington Township Hospital, Jefferson Methodist Hospital, Jefferson Frankford Hospital, Jefferson Lansdale Hospital, Jefferson Abington Hospital, Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital, Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono and Lehigh Valley Hospital–Schuylkill.

Among the hospitals, Jefferson Washington Township Hospital earned an “A” grade for the seventh consecutive time, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono earned an “A” for the fourth consecutive time, and Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital earned an “A” for the ninth consecutive time.

“Jefferson Health’s mission is fundamentally about improving lives through compassionate, high-quality care. This recognition is a direct reflection of our commitment to prioritizing excellence in everything we do,” said Baligh R. Yehia, MD, MPP, MSc, FACP, President, Jefferson Health. “Maintaining this standard of excellence in both access and quality is only possible because of the extraordinary efforts of all our colleagues, physicians, nurses, caregivers, and staff.”

Earning “B” grades in fall 2025 are Jefferson Stratford Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hecktown Oaks and Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade stands as the only hospital ratings program focused solely on preventable medical errors, infections and injuries that kill more than 500 patients a day in the United States. This program is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.

About Jefferson

Jefferson is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. More than 65,000 people strong, Jefferson is dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow’s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospital campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans, through Health Partners Plans, Inc., is a not-for-profit managed health care organization offering a broad range of health coverage options to more than 370,000 members for more than 40 years.

About The Leapfrog Group

Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, 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.

Information provided to TVL by:
Caroline Casey