NYU Langone-Brooklyn receives 11th consecutive A rating

SUNSET PARK — NYU Langone hospitals, including the campus in Brooklyn, have received 11 consecutive “A” grades from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog. NYU Langone now ranks in the 1% of hospitals nationwide to receive the distinctions in patient safety and quality for 11 consecutive survey periods. The “A” rating applies to NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn in Sunset Park, Tisch Hospital and Kimmel Pavilion in Manhattan and NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island in Mineola.

Twice annually, the Leapfrog Group evaluates nearly 3,000 acute-care hospitals nationwide across 30 evidence-based patient safety performance measures, including the prevention of medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other potential harms to patients. Grades are assigned to hospitals across t