Orlando Health Hospitals Earn ‘A’ Grades for Patient Safety

Orlando, FL (May 6, 2026) Orlando Health South Lake Hospital has earned its 16th consecutive ‘A’ grade from the Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety and transparency in the United States health system. As the trusted community hospital for more than 75 years, it remains the only A-rated hospital in Lake County.

Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital and Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital, along with Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital in St. Petersburg, also earned ‘A’ grades in the spring 2026 reporting period.

“We are incredibly proud of the ‘A’ grades and our teams who deliver the highest quality care every day,” said Suzanne Worthington, chief quality officer, Orlando Health. “These results reinforce the high standards we hold ourselves to when it comes to accountability, safety, and strengthening our patients’ trust in us.”

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program exclusively based on hospital prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries that cause more than 500 mortalities a day nationally. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.

To view Leapfrog scores, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org

About Orlando Health

Orlando Health is a private not-for-profit, integrated academic healthcare system with $14 billion of assets under management, that serves the southeastern United States – including Florida and Alabama – and Puerto Rico. With corporate offices in Orlando, Florida the system provides a complete continuum of care across a network of medical centers and institutes, community and specialty hospitals, physician practices, urgent care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and long-term and behavioral health care services. Founded more than 100 years ago, Orlando Health’s mission is to improve the health and the quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve. The system provided nearly $2 billion in community impact in the form of community benefit programs and services, Medicare shortfalls, bad debt, community-building activities and capital investments in FY 24, the most recent period for which the information is available. For more information, visit orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X.