A new report on patient safety has handed out passing grades to all but one general hospital in Illinois. The one hospital to receive a failing grade is Saint Bernard Hospital in Chicago. But Erica Mobley, with The Leapfrog Group, says five other facilities in Illinois received “D” grades, four upstate and one near Saint Louis .  Other hospitals did much better, with 33 ‘A’s handed out across the state.  Mobley says the size of a facility shouldn’t have an impact on its ability to create a safe environment for patients. 

Illinois ranked in 24 th nationally in the percentage of hospitals that received top marks.  Find more at hospital-safety-grade-dot-org.

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