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The biannual ranking says that 56.72 percent of the state's hospitals earned A's -- 38 of the 67 that submitted their quality and safety data, up from 33 percent in Spring 2018.
Leapfrog's safety grade uses 28 measures -- all currently in use by national measurement and reporting programs -- to produce a single letter representing a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors.
Here's how hospitals Bergen and Passaic counties ranked:
- Hackensack University Medical Center: A
- St. Joseph's University Medical Center, Paterson: A
- St. Mary's General Hospital, Passaic: A
- The Valley Hospital: A
- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center: B
- Holy Name Medical Center: B
- Hackensack University Medical Center at Pascack Valley, Westwood: C
- St. Joseph's Wayne Medical Center: C
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