By M.E. CAGNASSOLA
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December 15, 2020 at 12:41 AM
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children s Hospital of New Jersey and Saint Michael s Medical Center both received an A for the fall 2020 patient safety report card from the Leapfrog Group.
Both Newark-based hospitals received As for the fifth consecutive period. University Hospital, which had received a D in the last report, was not graded by the independent national watchdog organization.
Leapfrog said University Hospital s responses to its hospital survey are undergoing Leapfrog’s standard data verification process. As a result, the hospital was not graded this fall, a spokesman for the organization said.