California’s Orange County Hospitals Receive Safety Grades

A Kaiser Permanente hospital in Anaheim, Calif., on March 24, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Six out of 21 hospitals in Orange County, California received “A” grades for hospital safety while two received “Ds,” according to a report released May 3 by The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare watchdog organization.

Those receiving A grades were:

• Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Irvine Medical Center in Irvine
• Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim
• Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach
• Hoag Hospital Irvine in Irvine
• West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim
• MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills

And those receiving Ds:

• Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center in Fountain Valley
• Chapman Global Medical Center in Orange

The bi-annual report—which first started in 2012—is based on statistics and data from the federal agency Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, public data, and Leapfrog’s own surveying.