Sutter Hospitals Receive High Marks in Spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades

SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Three Sutter hospital received an "A" Hospital Safety Grade this week from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit focused on patient safety. An additional seven hospital campuses in Sutter's integrated not-for-profit system earned a "B" grade for prioritizing patient safety and helping protect patients from preventable harm and errors.

"I'm so proud to be part of a high-reliability organization where our focus and priority each day is to provide safe, high-quality, equitable care to our patients, "said William Isenberg, M.D., Ph.D., Sutter Health Vice President and Chief Medical & Quality Officer. "Across Sutter, our teams are committed to reducing harm and advancing a culture of safety. We value insights such as these from The Leapfrog Group regarding our patient care strengths, as well as the opportunities we have to continuously improve."

Sutter hospitals earning an "A" grade, include:

• Sutter's Mills-Peninsula Medical Center
• Sutter's Novato Community Hospital
• Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital

Sutter hospital campuses earning a "B" grade, include:

• Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Campus
• Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital
• Sutter's California Pacific Medical Center - Mission Bernal Campus
• Sutter's California Pacific Medical Center - Van Ness Campus
• Sutter Davis Hospital
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center
• Sutter Tracy Community Hospital

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns an "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F" grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 30 national performance measures reflecting the systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm, errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harm to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.

To see full grade details, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.