32 Missouri Hospitals Suddenly Downgraded to a C for Safety?

Let's be clear that C is not a bad grade. However, for 32 Missouri hospitals that have previously been considered excellent for patient safety, a sudden downgrade to a C grade is a big deal.

The new Fall ratings have just been shared recently by Hospital Safety Grade. They use some detailed metrics to determine which Missouri hospitals do a good job for patient safety compared to others. It's important to note that safety in this case deals with how hospitals protect patients from infections and incidents before and after surgery.

The interesting thing about the new "C" class is it contains some of the finest hospitals in the state of Missouri that you will immediately recognize:

• Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
• Belton Regional Medical Center
• Boone Hospital Center
• Bothwell Regional Health Center
• Cameron Regional Medical Center
• Capital Region Medical Center
• Christian Hospital
• Cox Medical Center South
• Fitzgibbon Hospital
• Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
• Lake Regional Health System
• Lee's Summit Medical Center
• Mercy Hospital Southeast
• Missouri Baptist Medical Center
• Missouri Delta Medical Center
• Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph - Medical Center
• Ozarks Healthcare
• Parkland Health Center - Farmington
• Phelps Health
• Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
• Progress West Hospital
• Research Medical Center Main Campus
• SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake St. Louis
• SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles
• SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
• SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
• St. Luke's Des Peres Hospital
• St. Luke's Hospital
• University Health Truman Medical Center
• University Hospital
• Western Missouri Medical Center

If anyone knows that C is a decent grade, it would be someone like me who rumor has it got part of his name wrong on his ACT test.

Whatever you do, don't make any serious decisions about who you trust with your health care in Missouri based on one new internet ranking. This is just meant as a starting point for educating yourself about what hospitals do a good job. I would have no hesitation having any of the C grade Missouri hospitals take care of me and my family.