Glenview Hospital Earns 'A' Safety Grade: Report

GLENVIEW, IL — For over two decades, The Leapfrog Group has collected, analyzed, and published hospital data on safety and quality "in order to push the health care industry forward," according to the nonprofit. Every year, Leapfrog uses an academic grading scale with five letter grades to score nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents and infections.

With that, Leapfrog released its data of Illinois hospitals, grading 109 hospitals in the state as part of its Fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades Report. The report, released Monday, gave 27 Illinois hospitals the gold-standard "A" safety grade. Another 24 earned a "B," 50 earned a "C" and eight earned a "D." No Illinois hospitals received an F. The Leapfrog Group grades hospitals twice a year.

Among the Glenview area hospitals receiving an "A" grade is NorthShore University HealthSystem -Glenbrook Hospital. Last year, the hospital received a "B" grade.

Here is a breakdown of areas Glenbrook Hospital performed better than average:

NorthShoreUniversity HealthSystem — Glenbrook Hospital

Hospital Performs Better Than Average

• MRSA infection (infections category)
• C. diff infection (infections)
• infection in the blood (infections)
• infection in the urinary tract (infections)
• surgical site infection after colon surgery
• dangerous object left in patient's body (problems with surgery category)
• death from serious treatable complications (problems with surgery)
• serious breathing problem (problems with surgery)
• accidential cuts and tears (problems with surgery)
• falls causing broken hips (safety problems category)
• collapsed lung (safety problems)
• dangerous blood clot (safety problems)
• air or gas bubble in the blood (safety problems)
• doctors order medications through a computer (practices to prevent errors category)
• safe medication administration (practices to prevent errors)
• communication about discharge (practices to prevent errors)
• staff work together to prevent errors (practices to prevent errors)
• effective leadership to prevent errors (doctors, nurses and hospital staff category)
• specially trained doctors care for ICU patients (doctors, nurses and hospital staff)
• communication with doctors (doctors, nurses and hospital staff)
• communication with nurses (doctors, nurses and hospital staff)
• responsiveness of hospital staff (doctors, nurses and hospital staff)