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Washington’s Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grades Are In. Here’s What They Tell Us.

Leapfrog released its Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grades this week, giving patients, employers, and healthcare purchasers across Washington a fresh look at how local hospitals perform on patient safety.

In this latest round of grading, eight Washington hospitals earned an A on Leapfrog’s Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grade. Twelve earned a B. Twenty earned a C. Zero earned a D or an F. Seven hospitals did not receive grades.*

Washington landed at 40th on Leapfrog’s national state ranking for percentage of hospitals receiving an A grade, down from 31st in the fall cycle.

Six Washington hospitals earned the “Straight A” distinction, meaning they’ve held an A grade every cycle for five or more rounds of grading. That takes more than luck. It takes leaders, clinicians, and boards who treat patient safety as a top priority. WHA commends their efforts.
• Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle)
• PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center (Bellingham)
• St. Michael Medical Center (Silverdale)
• St. Joseph Medical Center of Tacoma (Tacoma)
• EvergreenHealth Kirkland (Kirkland)
• St. Anthony Hospital (Gig Harbor)

One Washington hospital climbed from a B to an A this cycle:
• St. Anne Hospital (Burien)

See the details behind the grades at hospitalsafetygrade.org.

*Leapfrog placed Skagit Valley, Island Health, Harbor Regional, Samaritan, Cascade Valley, Olympic Medical Center, and Legacy Salmon Creek in its Grade Not Assigned (GNA) category this cycle.

Following a federal court ruling in South Florida, Leapfrog stopped assigning Safety Grades to hospitals that didn’t participate in the 2024 or 2025 Hospital Survey.