Wildomar Hospital Safety Grades 2022: Best And Worst

WILDOMAR, CA — Several hospitals in Riverside County received top marks. Still, others didn't quite measure up in the Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades report released Tuesday by The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit health care watchdog group.

The latest ratings reflect care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Leapfrog Group said its and other groups' research showed the pandemic reversed years of progress in patient safety.

In Wildomar, the Inland Valley Medical Center received a "C" grade from the survey. Here's what that means.

The pandemic has had a negative effect on "health care delivery at every level and setting, from staffing shortages to increased infections to the very care patients receive," according to the Patient Experience During the Pandemic: Adult Inpatient Care report, also released Tuesday by The Leapfrog Group.

"The health care workforce has faced unprecedented levels of pressure during the pandemic, and as a result, patients' experience with their care appears to have suffered," Leapfrog Group President and CEO Leah Binder said in a news release. "We commend the workforce for their heroic efforts these past few years and now strongly urge hospital leadership to recommit to improved care — from communication to responsiveness — and get back on track with patient safety outcomes."

In California, 91 hospitals received an "A" grade, 58 hospitals received a "B" grade, 107 hospitals received a "C" grade and 19 hospitals received a "D" grade. Five hospitals received an "F" grade.

Riverside County has four "A" grade hospitals, five "B" grade hospitals, 10 "C" grade hospitals and one "D" grade hospital. One hospital in Riverside County received a grade of "F."

Here are the rankings, according to Leapfrog.

"A" HOSPITALS

• Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center - Moreno Valley
• Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center - Ontario
• Loma Linda University Medical Center - Loma Linda
• Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus - Loma Linda "B" HOSPITALS

"B" HOSPITALS

• Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center - Riverside
• Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta - Murrieta
• Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center - Riverside
• Redlands Community Hospital - Redlands
• San Antonio Regional Hospital - Upland

"C" HOSPITALS

• Corona Regional Medical Center - Corona
• Desert Regional Medical Center - Palm Springs
• Inland Valley Medical Center - Wildomar
• JFK Memorial Hospital - Indio
• Menifee Global Medical Center - Sun City
• Rancho Springs Medical Center - Murrieta
• Riverside Community Hospital - Riverside
• Riverside University Health System Medical Center - Moreno Valley
• San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital - Banning
• Temecula Valley Hospital - Temecula

"D" HOSPITALS

• Hemet Global Medical Center - Hemet

"F" HOSPITALS

• Barstow Community Hospital - Barstow

The letter grades assigned to nearly 3,000 U.S general hospitals were based on more than 30 patient safety measures. Leapfrog says its hospital rating system is the only one in the country focusing solely on a hospital's ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections.