University of Michigan Health hospitals receive A grade from Leapfrog Group

ANN ARBOR – University of Michigan Health hospitals in Ann Arbor and at University of Michigan Health-West earned an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2026, recognizing achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and errors.

“At U-M Health, we are dedicated to our mission of advancing care in Michigan and the world. This recognition is meaningful because it reflects the work our teams are doing every day to deliver the highest quality care to our patients,” said David C. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., CEO of Michigan Medicine and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Michigan.

“We appreciate Leapfrog Group’s recognition of our teams’ relentless focus on delivering care every day that deserves an A grade. I am incredibly proud of our teams, our physicians, nurses, trainees, and staff, who show up with a commitment to doing what’s right for our patients, many of whom have complex needs.”

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns an ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ ‘D,’ or ‘F’ grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harm to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.

Ronald Grifka, M.D, president of UM Health-West, said he’s grateful for Leapfrog’s recognition of the caregivers that strive to set the standard for quality and safety in Michigan.

“Our goal is that every patient that walks through the door gets the right care delivered with the highest expectations of safety,” Grifka said.

“The measures included in Leapfrog rankings are things we constantly monitor and review, so we continue to provide the health care our patients expect and deserve.”

Leapfrog gave a B grade to UM Health-Sparrow’s Lansing hospital.

To see more details on Michigan Medicine’s performance and to access consumer-friendly tips for patients, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org 

About Michigan Medicine: At Michigan Medicine, we advance health to serve Michigan and the world. We pursue excellence every day in our 12 hospitals and hundreds of clinics statewide, as well as educate the next generation of physicians, health professionals and scientists in our U-M Medical School.

Michigan Medicine includes the U-M Medical School and University of Michigan Health, which includes the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, University Hospital, the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Health-West, University of Michigan-Sparrow and the Rogel Cancer Center. The U-M Medical School is one of the nation’s biomedical research powerhouses, with total research funding of more than $800 million.

More information is available at www.michiganmedicine.org. 

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