Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Grading the Hospitals

Mississippi Baptist Medical Center graded as one of the worst hospitals in Mississippi in patient safety.  Although no Jackson metro area hospitals received A's, two received B's.  The Leapfrog Group surveys hospitals and grades them twice a year.   

Posted below are the grades for Jackson metro area hospitals. 

St. Dominic: B. More information on score. The hospital scored below average on MRSA infections.  2024: B,B 2023: B,A

Merit Health - Canton: B More information on score..  The hospital scored below average on patient falls, patients falls with broken hips, and specially-trained doctors for ICU. 2024: B, C, 2023: C, C

Merit Health - South Jackson: C More information on grade. The hospital scored below average on death from serious treatable complications, surgical wounds split open, patient falls and injuries, collapsed lung, responsiveness of hospital staff.  2024: C, C, 2023: D, C

Merit Health - Rankin: C More information on grade.  The hospital scored below average on c. diff infection, blood leakage, falls and injuries, falls causing broken hips, collapsed lung, specially trained doctors for ICU, nursing and bedside care for patients,  communications with doctors and nurses. 2024: C, D 2023: C,A

UMMC: C  More information on grade.  The hospital scored below average on UTI's, surgical site infection after colon surgery, sepsis infection after surgery, dangerous objects left in patient's body, death from serious treatable complications, blood leakage, harmful events, falls causing broken hips, collapsed lung, 2024: B, B, 2023: B, C

Mississippi Baptist Medical Center: D. More information on grade.  The hospital scored below average on c. diff. infection, blood infection, surgical site infection after colon surgery, sepsis infection after surgery, blood leakage, kidney injury after surgery, serious breathing problem, harmful events, dangerous bed sores,  collapsed lung, patient falls and injuries, dangerous blood clots. 2024: D,D 2023: C, C, 2022: A, A



Mississippi hospital scores: 

A's: 9

B's: 9

C's: 17

D's: 4





Posted by Kingfish at 9:11 AM

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Leapfrog is based on old data (2 years ago?), and then allows hospitals to choose what categories they submit information for. It is a flawed ranking and, many times, it works to the hospital's disadvantage.

October 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Anonymous said...

My advice: stay out of all of them.

October 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Anonymous said...

This is a real eye opener. Thanks for posting this.

October 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Anonymous said...

No mention of wrong site surgeries at ST D? Strange…

October 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Anonymous said...

I have visited several hospitals around Jackson several times for procedures, including open heart surgery, where, after 10 days of recovery, after being wheeled down the elevator towards the lobby to go home, the elevator door, just after I exited through it, fell off and slammed onto the lobby floor.
My surgery had excellent results, despite this auspicious incident. BTW, My favorite hospital, overall, is St. D's.

October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Anonymous said...

Pretty disgusting

October 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Anonymous said...

Before anyone posts on this story they should educate themselves about Leapfrog.

October 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
fed up in Jackson said...

when you hear a physician state that it is starting to feel as though Central MS hospitals are trying to see who can win at being the worst......Leapfrog...or not, we should all be concerned and demand better.

October 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Anonymous said...

I just got out of St. D after a two day stay. I won’t be back there if I can help it.

October 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM

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