Following up on last week's New Jersey Hospital Ratings article, here are the local hospital ratings and why they got the grade they got. Leapfrog*, the author of the study, does not say how two hospitals have the same problems but different ratings. The only conclusion is the number of incidents but that is an inference. 
Cooper Hospital - B. Problems were post-surgical infections and blood clots, unnecessary falls, and death from treatable complications.
Jefferson (Cherry Hill) - A. Problems were objects left in the body after surgery, post-surgical infections, unnecessary falls, and death from treatable complications. Benefit was responsiveness.
Jefferson (Stratford) - A. Problems were objects left in the body after surgery and death from treatable complications. Benefits were especially trained ER doctors and responsiveness.
Jefferson (Washington Township) - A. Problems were objects left in the body after surgery, post-surgical infections, death from treatable complications and lack of responsiveness.
Virtua (Our Lady of Lourdes) - C. Problems were objects left in the body after surgery, post-surgical infections and blood clots, and unnecessary falls.
Virtua (Marlton) - A. Problems were post-surgical infections and blood clots, surgical wounds splitting, sutures breaking, death from treatable complications, unnecessary falls, "harmful events," (undefined) and poor communications with doctors.
Virtua (Voorhees) - B. Problems were death from treatable complications, post-surgical breathing problems and blood clots, "harmful events," unnecessary falls, and poor communications with doctors. Benefits were lack of post-surgical infections.
Virtua (Willingboro) - B. Problems were poor communications with doctors and nurses, post-surgical infections, blood clots and breathing problems/collapsed lungs, poor responsiveness. The hospital did not answer the questions concerning death.
Inspira (Mullica Hill) - A. Unnecessary falls, post-surgical infections, blood clots, breathing problems/collapsed lungs, responsiveness and poor communications with doctors and nurses. The hospital did not answer the questions concerning death.
Overall, in the State of New Jersey 33 hospitals received an A rating, 20 received a B rating, 14 received a C rating, and 3 received a D rating. No hospital received a failing grade.
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