The Leapfrog Group released The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for fall 2025. Each hospital’s grade is solely based on patient safety in each hospital and takes into consideration a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors.
The organization grades hospitals twice a year. 73 Indiana hospitals were graded for fall 2025.
Here’s what to know about the safety grades of Indiana and Indianapolis hospitals.
What is Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade?
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a public service provided by The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety and transparency in the U.S. health system.
How are hospitals graded for The Leapfrog Safety Grade?
According to their website, The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 32 evidence-based measures of patient safety.
Taken together, those performance measures produce a single letter grade representing a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades are issued twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. The grade of each hospital can fluctuate from its previous grade.
To learn more about the methodology for the grade visit hospitalsafetygrade.org/about-the-grade.
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Indiana hospitals rated highest for safety
The following Indiana hospitals received straight A’s on Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade. You can click on the hyperlinks to see the hospital’s full score in a new tab:
These hospitals received an A grade:
What Indianapolis hospitals are rated highest for patient safety?
None of Indianapolis’ hospitals received an A grade. Here’s how Indianapolis hospitals were graded:
Click on the hyperlinks above to see the hospital’s full score.
Don’t see your hospital? Visit hospitalsafetygrade.org and search by city or zip code to find your local hospital’s grade.
How does Indiana compare to other states?
According to the data, only 20.8% of Indiana’s hospitals received a grade of A. Indiana ranks 36 compared to all 50 states graded.
What states have the most safe hospitals?
The following states were ranked the highest for hospital safety in the U.S.:
See the full ranking of states at hospitalsafetygrade.org/your-hospitals-safety-grade/state-rankings.
Katie Wiseman covers trending news for IndyStar and Midwest Connect. Contact her at klwiseman@gannett.com. Follow her on Bluesky @katiewiseman
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: 73 Indiana hospitals have been graded for patient safety by The Leapfrog Group. Here’s how they scored
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