Safety Grades Released For Arlington Heights Area Hospitals

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide, including some in the Arlington Heights area, were recently evaluated, and given scores based on in their ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections while others have fallen short,

Conducted by The Leapfrong Group, the Fall 2022 Hospital Safety Grades report was released Wednesday. The independent nonprofit healthcare watchdog group used an academic grading scale with five letter grades to score nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide on more than 30 measures of patient safety.

In Illinois, 26 hospitals received an A, 24 hospitals received a B, 45 hospitals received a C and seven hospitals received a D grade. One hospital received an F.

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Below are some grades for hospitals in the Arlington Heights area:

Northwest Community Hospital, 800 W Central Road, Arlington Heights

• Grade: A

Ascension Alexian Brothers, 800 Biesterfield Road, Elk Grove Village

• Grade: B

NorthShore University HealthSystem - Glenbrook Hospital, 2100 Pfingsten Road,Glenview

• Grade: B

Ascension Saint Alexius, 1555 Barrington Road, Hoffman Estates

• Grade: B

Search for your hospital’s fall 2022 safety grade and read more about the methodology.

Patch staff contributed to this story.