High Marks For Some Connecticut Hospitals In Annual Safety Survey

Each fall the Leapfrog Group releases a list of hospitals and grades them based on a set group of criteria.  This year, given the stress that was placed on hospital staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic the results were great for some area hospitals while others missed the mark.

While grades for hospitals don’t typically indicate whether you will be free from a Connecticut medical malpractice issue at that hospital they do give you an idea of which hospitals have been independently reviewed to give the best service.  

The fall survey took into account a hospital’s ability to protect patients from the following issues when they are admitted to the hospital;

1. Preventable errors
2. Accidents
3. Injuries
4. Infections

With this in mind the following Connecticut hospitals received an A grade in the survey;

• Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, Torrington
• Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam
• Hartford Hospital, Hartford
• Middlesex Hospital, Middletown
• St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford
• The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain
• The William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich
• University of Connecticut Health Center, John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington

The hospitals that received a B grade included;

• Bristol Hospital, Bristol
• Danbury Hospital, Danbury
• Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs
• MidState Medical Center, Meriden
• New Milford Hospital, New Milford
• Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk
• Stamford Health, Stamford
• Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury
• Windham Community Memorial Hospital, Willimantic

C grades were given to the following hospitals;

• Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich
• Griffin Hospital, Derby
• Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, New London
• Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester
• Rockville General Hospital, Vernon
• Saint Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury
• Sharon Hospital, Sharon
• St. Vincent’s Medical Center Holdings, Inc, Bridgeport
• Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven
• Yale-New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus, New Haven

Only two Connecticut hospitals were given D grades in the survey;

• Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport
• Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus, Milford

While these grades were given as service was being rendered during a pandemic it is an important starting point as you start to look at where you might like to have a procedure done.  If you believe that while being at one of these hospitals you may have experienced Connecticut medical malpractice, contact our office and our experienced legal and medical team will review your case.