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NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals have earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade 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.

The achievement is a testament to NewYork-Presbyterian’s commitment to providing the highest quality, compassionate care and the team’s expertise, training, and dedication to putting patients’ safety first.

All eligible NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals earned an “A,” the highest recognition for patient safety among U.S. hospitals:

• NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
• NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
• NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
• NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital
• NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
• NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
• NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade program is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring. 

NewYork-Presbyterian

NewYork-Presbyterian is one of the nation’s most comprehensive, integrated academic healthcare systems, encompassing 10 hospitals across the Greater New York area, nearly 200 primary and specialty care clinics and medical groups, and an array of telemedicine services. 

A leader in medical education, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is affiliated with two renowned medical schools, Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. This collaboration means patients have access to the country’s leading physicians, the full range of medical specialties, latest innovations in care, and research that is developing cures and saving lives.

Founded 250 years ago, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has a long legacy of medical breakthroughs and innovation, from the invention of the Pap test to pioneering the groundbreaking heart valve replacement procedure called TAVR.

NewYork-Presbyterian’s 50,000 employees and affiliated physicians are dedicated to providing the highest quality, most compassionate care to New Yorkers and patients from across the country and around the world.

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