St. Francis Hospital Earns B Safety Grade

The Leapfrog Group gave St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way a B in its Spring 2026 Hospital Safety Grade, part of a twice-yearly national report on preventable harm in hospitals. The grade was released on May 6 and covers measures tied to medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. St. Francis Hospital is part of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health in the Puget Sound region. The rating places the Federal Way hospital in the middle tier of Washington hospitals that received grades this cycle. ### How did St. Francis Hospital score this spring? St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way received a B for Spring 2026, according to Leapfrog’s hospital ratings page. The listing identifies the hospital at 34515 Ninth Avenue S. in Federal Way and says its survey submission date was June 25, 2025. Leapfrog’s public ratings page also lists category-level performance information on patient safety, infection control, medication safety and surgery-related measures. (leapfroggroup.org) Washington Health Alliance, which publishes Washington-specific summaries of Leapfrog’s results, said 12 hospitals in the state earned B grades in the Spring 2026 cycle. Its statewide summary places St. Francis among the graded Washington hospitals and directs readers to Leapfrog for hospital-by-hospital details. (ratings.leapfroggroup.org) ### What does a Leapfrog safety grade measure? The Leapfrog Group said its Hospital Safety Grade assigns hospitals an A, B, C, D or F based on how well they protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. The nonprofit said the grade is focused specifically on patient safety and is issued for most general hospitals in the United States. (wahealthalliance.org) Leapfrog said the Spring 2026 grades drew on 32 measures, including healthcare-associated infections, bar code medication administration, computerized physician order entry and five patient-experience measures drawn from the federal HCAHPS survey. Leah Binder, Leapfrog’s president and chief executive, said in the group’s May 6 release that hospitals nationwide were making “meaningful strides in patient safety,” while urging patients to review grades when choosing care. (leapfroggroup.org) ### How did Washington hospitals perform overall? Washington Health Alliance said eight Washington hospitals earned an A in Spring 2026, 12 earned a B and 20 earned a C. The group said no Washington hospitals received a D or F, while seven hospitals were listed as grade not assigned. Washington ranked 40th nationally by the share of hospitals earning an A, according to the alliance’s summary of Leapfrog’s state results. (leapfroggroup.org) The alliance said that was down from 31st in the fall cycle. One Washington hospital, St. Anne Hospital in Burien, improved from a B to an A this spring, the alliance said. (wahealthalliance.org) ### Where does St. Francis fit inside the Virginia Mason Franciscan Health system? Virginia Mason Franciscan Health identifies St. Francis Hospital as one of its hospitals in the Puget Sound area and says the Federal Way campus provides emergency care, diagnostic imaging, women’s services and a birth center. The hospital’s public contact page lists its main phone number as 253-944-8100. (wahealthalliance.org) CommonSpirit Health, VMFH’s parent organization, highlighted other system hospitals that earned A grades in the same Spring 2026 cycle, including Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. That release did not list St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way among the A-grade hospitals. ### Where can patients check the details for themselves? (vmfh.org) Leapfrog’s ratings site allows patients to search by hospital name and review detailed measure pages for St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way. Washington Health Alliance also directs patients to hospitalsafetygrade.org for the underlying grade details and publishes a statewide summary showing how hospitals performed across Washington. (commonspirit.org) The Spring 2026 grades are already posted on Leapfrog’s public ratings pages, and Washington Health Alliance said its hospital list covers 47 hospitals in the state for this cycle. St. Francis Hospital’s Federal Way profile remains available through the hospital ratings database for patients comparing local options. (wahealthalliance.org) (ratings.leapfroggroup.org)