All AdventHealth and Orlando Health legacy hospitals received A grades in the latest hospital safety ratings released biannually by the independent nonprofit Leapfrog Group.

The eight AdventHealth hospitals in Central Florida and six Orlando Health legacy hospitals received the highest rankings available. The grades are based on factors including prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries.

“Patient safety is at the core of our mission at AdventHealth. I’m proud the commitment to excellence is embedded across all our hospitals in Central Florida,” Brian Adams, president and CEO of AdventHealth’s Central Florida Division, said in a statement. “To once again be recognized by The Leapfrog Group speaks to our team members’ devotion and skill in providing whole-person care.”

The ratings mark the 13th consecutive A grades for Orlando Health South Lake and the seventh consecutive A grades for Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center and Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips.

“The ‘A’ grades reflect our unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest standards of safety and quality healthcare for our patients,” Orlando Health chief medical officer George Ralls said in a statement. “In keeping with our mission to improve the health and quality of life of the individuals and communities we serve, we will continue to strive towards achieving ‘A’ grades at every Orlando Health hospital.”

Of the five Central Florida Hospital Corporation of America locations, only one — Oviedo Medical Center — received an A. UCF Lake Nona Hospital and HCA Florida Osceola received B’s while HCA Florida Lake Monroe and HCA Florida Poinciana received C’s.

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Earlier this year, Orlando Health acquired a majority interest in a five-hospital health system based in Birmingham, Alabama and assumed ownership of three other hospitals on Florida’s east central coast. Those eight hospitals received grades based on data submitted to Leapfrog by previous owners and ranged from A to D, with Citizens Baptist Medical Center and Shelby Baptist Medical Center receiving D’s.

According to Orlando Health, due to a lag in data available to Leapfrog safety grades and quality rankings for those hospitals will be impacted by the previous owner’s data until at least 2027.

Since joining Orlando Health in 2020, the St. Cloud and Bayfront hospitals have improved to B’s. St. Cloud improved from its C in each of the last two years and Bayfront, after two years of C and a D in the spring 2021 rating, also improved to a B.

Leapfrog has been rating and assessing hospitals for more than a decade in an effort to reduce deaths and injuries from hospital errors by publicly recognizing safety and exposing harm. It ranks more than 3,000 acute-care hospitals across the U.S. twice a year on how well they keep patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors, using more than 30 performance measures that hospitals report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Overall, Florida hospitals ranked 13th in the nation for safety with 71 of 193 assessed hospitals earning an A.

The Tampa Bay Times contributed to this report.