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Hospital Safety Grades Revealed In Eastern Montco: Latest Rankings

The Leapfrog Group's Spring 2026 Grades are based on protecting patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.

EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — A new hospital safety report released Wednesday shows that 51 hospitals in Pennsylvania earned “A” grades for their ability to protect patients from often preventable harm.

But hospitals serving residents in eastern Montgomery County were not among them.

They are among the 34 hospitals across the Commonwealth that received a "B" grade, while 34 others received a "C" grade.

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See the hospital rankings below

The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grades are a biannual ranking that assigns “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” letter grades to all general hospitals in the United States based on their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.

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Leapfrog said its biannual report — the only national ratings program focused exclusively on patient safety — shows improvement in 17 measures, including health care-associated infections, medication safety systems and patient experience.

Pennsylvania as a whole fell from 8th to 13th in the nation since the last rankings came out in the fall.

In Montgomery, Jefferson Lansdale Hospital received an "A" grade.

Here's how hospitals in eastern Montgomery County area fared in the new study:

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