St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in Grand Junction has once again received an A for its efforts to ensure patient safety.

The medical center, part of Intermountain Healthcare, received an A rating from the Leapfrog Group in its spring 2023 hospital grades report. St. Mary’s has received 12 consecutive A grades in Leapfrog Group assessments.

“This is a reflection of our caregivers, who consistently put the well-being of our patients first,” said Bryan Johnson, president of St. Mary’s. “As an organization, we recognize how vital it is that we empower people to seek opportunities to improve the safety of our patients, caregivers and visitors.”

A nonprofit watchdog organization, Leapfrog Group has assigned A, B, C, D and F letter grades to general hospitals in the United States since 2012. The rating takes into account more than 30 measures of publicly available information to determine a single grade. The assessment considers such factors as accidents, infections, injuries and medical errors.

For the spring 2023 report, 29 percent of the 3,000 hospitals evaluated received an A, 26 percent a B, 39 percent a C and 6 percent a D. Less than 1 percent received an F.

Colorado was among the top 10 states with the highest proportion of hospitals receiving A grades.