Here are 18 Illinois Hospitals that Got a Pretty Good Grade of B

I am a big believer that B is a really good grade. My mom wanted me to strive for an A, but we can't all be straight A students. That's why I think the 18 Illinois hospitals that just received a B grade did a pretty good job.

Even though my nickname is "Doc", I do not have a medical degree which I know must come as a shock and, yes, that's sarcasm. Hospital Safety Grade is the authority for rating hospitals on safety (as the name alludes to). Their definition of safety involves how they deal with preventing infections before and after surgery and incidents they've had with issues like that.

These new ratings are completely up-to-date for the Fall as all Illinois hospitals received a grade. Here are that B graded hospitals that did a pretty good job:

• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
  836 W. Wellington Avenue
  Chicago, IL 60657-5193
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
  1775 Dempster Street
  Park Ridge, IL 60068-1174
• Advocate Sherman Hospital
  1425 N. Randall Road
  Elgin, IL 60123-2300
• Ascension Alexian Brothers
  800 Biesterfield Road
  Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-3397
• Ascension Mercy
  1325 N. Highland Avenue
  Aurora, IL 60506-1449
• Ascension Saint Alexius
  1555 Barrington Road
  Hoffman Estates, IL 60169-1019
• Ascension Saint Mary-Chicago
  2233 W. Division Street
  Chicago, IL 60622-8151
• FHN Memorial Hospital
  1045 W. Stephenson Street
  Freeport, IL 61032-4899
• HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital, Breese
  9515 Holy Cross Ln
  Breese, IL 62230-0099
• John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital
  1969 W. Ogden
  Chicago, IL 60612-3785
• MacNeal Hospital
  3249 S. Oak Park Avenue
  Berwyn, IL 60402-0715
• OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center
  1400 W. Park Street
  Urbana, IL 61801-2396
• OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center
  2800 West 95th Street
  Evergreen Park, IL 60805-2795
• OSF St. Joseph Medical Center
  2200 E. Washington Street
  Bloomington, IL 61701-4323
• Riverside Medical Center
  350 N. Wall Street
  Kankakee, IL 60901-0749
• Rush Copley Medical Center
  2000 Ogden Avenue
  Aurora, IL 60504-7222
• Rush Oak Park Hospital
  520 S. Maple Avenue
  Oak Park, IL 60304-1097

Say what you want, but I consider these Illinois hospitals more than fine. They're not perfect which is why they got a B, but we all have flaws, right?