Statewide Iowa (RI) – A non-profit that rates the safety of hospitals nationwide places Iowa’s hospitals near the bottom, at number 48.
LeapFrog ranked 30 Iowa hospitals on a wide range of safety measures, based on publicly available data. Most hospitals in Iowa earned Cs and Ds, while one hospital earned a B grade, and three got Fs.
LeapFrog’s Katie Stewart encourages Iowans to ask their hospitals about their rankings.
Stewart says it often doesn’t take a lot of resources for hospitals to improve, and change starts with top leadership.
Iowa is one of just four states where no hospitals received an A grade.
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