Five Baptist Memorial hospitals in Mississippi have been given an “A” grade for prioritizing safety and care when treating patients.
The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit focused on patient safety, highlighted Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City, and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in its fall 2025 ratings.
“This is a great achievement for the five Baptist Memorial hospitals recognized with ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grades from Leapfrog,” said Dr. William Cloud, vice president and chief medical officer at Baptist Memorial Health Care. “Baptist Memorial hospitals have participated with hospital rating programs since they were first developed because of our commitment to continuous improvement and advancing quality care. All 24 of our hospitals are committed to hospital quality and providing exceptional care for our communities.”
Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country using measures of patient safety focused exclusively on errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade stands as the only hospital ratings program focused solely on preventable medical errors, infections, and injuries that kill more than 500 patients a day in the U.S. The study is peer-reviewed, fully transparent, and free to the public. Grades are updated annually in the fall and spring.
“Earning an ‘A’ Grade means Baptist Memorial hospitals made a true commitment to put patient safety first,” Leapfrog Group President and CEO Leah Binder said. “We congratulate the leadership, board, clinicians, staff, and volunteers that all had a role to play in this achievement.”
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region.
