Endeavor Health Edward Hospital in Naperville earned an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog organization that analyzes data related to health care.
Leapfrog recently released its biannual safety grades assigned to all general hospitals and their ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Grades are given on an A to F scale.
“We’re fully invested in having the safest health care for our patients and one thing that really helps us stay grounded in that, in national comparisons, is participating in the Leapfrog survey,” said Cheri Moore, system assistant vice president of acute care quality and patient safety for Endeavor Health.
Edward Hospital has been given grades of A and B since 2022, the Leapfrog website said.
In addition to this fall, Edward was received A designations in spring 2025 and fall 2024 and 2023. It received a B grade in spring 2024 and 2023.
“I think what’s really exciting about this year is we really had a strong performance and (Leapfrog) gives us a numerical score behind the scenes that really helps us see that we are really bringing forward a strong performance and making a strong difference,” Moore said.
One of the areas Edward particularly scored well in this year was in addressing complications that come up for a patient during a hospital stay.
“A really strong area of focus for us has been infections in the last 12 to 24 months, making sure that we are reducing the ability for a patient to get an infection by removing the lines and tubes early on in their stay,” Moore said, thus decreasing the likelihood of an infection.
When it came to preventing infections in the blood, Edward scored better than average hospital score in the category.
Another important aspect of the hospital’s care is providing bed alarms and bedsitters for patients and making sure call lights are in their proper place to prevent the likelihood that a patient has a fall, Moore said. This is especially critical if someone is experiencing dizziness, having mobility issues or experiencing other symptoms.
Leapfrog has two categories for measuring patient falls at hospitals, one for falls and injuries and the other for falls causing broken hips. Edward scored better than the average in both categories.
Six area Endeavor Health hospitals earned A grades this fall. In addition to Edward, they included Elmhurst, Evanston, Glenbrook, Highland Park and Northwest Community hospitals, an Endeavor news release said.
Elmhurst Hospital is one of only 11 hospitals in the country and three in Illinois to receive an A in every grading period since the program began in 2012, the release said.
Each hospital’s grade is based on more than 30 national performance measures, the release said.
For more information on the Leapfrog grades, go to www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.
Michelle Mullins is a freelance reporter for the Naperville Sun.
cstein@chicagotribune.com
