North Carolina Hospital Safety Grades: Here’s How Local Hospitals Scored
How safe is the hospital you’re choosing for care? Any time you are receiving any form of medical treatment you want to make sure you’re getting the best and safest…

How safe is the hospital you're choosing for care? Any time you are receiving any form of medical treatment you want to make sure you're getting the best and safest treatment possible. Luckily for more than 20 years, The Leapfrog Group has published hospital data on safety and quality. According to their website, they undertake this endeavor in order to "push the health care industry forward". This helps consumers find high-value care and make informed health care decisions. They release data for the entire country but we've narrowed it down for you North Carolina, with the hospital safety grades for the greater Charlotte area.
Our region is home to two large hospital systems both Atrium and Novant as well as some smaller regional facilities. Overall the vast majority of hospitals received "A" grades. Though a couple of North and South Carolina hospitals even received a "C" hospital safety grade. Ouch. Can't say I'll be seeking care there. Hopefully these grades do their intended purpose though and lead to change benefitting the patients.
How are these grades determined?
According to Leapfrog:
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades (formerly known as Hospital Safety Scores) are assigned to nearly 3,000 general acute-care hospitals across the nation twice annually. The Safety Grade is the gold standard measure of patient safety, cited in MSNBC, The New York Times, and AARP The Magazine.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses more than 30 national performance measures from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Additional information is gathered from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and information from other supplemental data sources. Taken together, those performance measures produce a single letter grade representing a hospital’s overall performance. This includes keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade methodology has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of Patient Safety.
North and South Carolina (Greater Charlotte Area) Hospital Safety Grades:
Carolinas Medical Center
Overall Grade: A
Address: 1000 Blythe Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28203-5871
Carolinas Medical Center - Mercy
Overall Grade: A
Address: 1000 Blythe Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28203-5871
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
Overall Grade: A
Address: 200 Hawthorne Lane
Charlotte, NC 28204-2528
Atrium Health Pineville
Overall Grade: B
Address: 10628 Park Rd
Charlotte, NC 28210
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Overall Grade: A
Address: 1500 Matthews Township Parkway
Matthews, NC 28105-4656
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Overall Grade: A
Address: 8201 Healthcare Loop
Charlotte, NC 28215-7072
Atrium Health University City
Overall Grade: A
Address: 8800 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28262-8415
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Overall Grade: A
Address: 10030 Gilead Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Overall Grade: A
Address: 2525 COURT DR
GASTONIA, NC 28054-2142
Atrium Health Lincoln
Overall Grade: A
Address: 433 McAlister Rd
Lincolnton, NC 28092
Atrium Health Kings Mountain
Overall Grade: A
Address: 706 West King St
Kings Mountain, NC 28086-2708
Atrium Health Cleveland
Overall Grade: A
Address: 201 East Grover St
Shelby, NC 28150
Lake Norman Regional Medical Center
Overall Grade: B
Address: 171 Fairview Road
Mooresville, NC 28117
Iredell Memorial Hospital
Overall Grade: B
Address: 557 Brookdale Drive
Statesville, NC 28677-1828
Davis Regional Medical Center
Overall Grade: C
Address: 218 Old Mocksville Road
Statesville, NC 28625-1930
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Overall Grade: A
Address: 920 Church Street
Concord, NC 28025-2983
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Overall Grade: A
Address: 612 Mocksville Avenue
Salisbury, NC 28144-2799
Atrium Health Stanly
Overall Grade: A
Address: 301 Yadkin Street
Albemarle, NC 28001-3448
Atrium Health Union
Overall Grade: B
Address: 600 Hospital Drive
Monroe, NC 28112-6000
Piedmont Medical Center
Overall Grade: B
Address: 222 S. Herlong Avenue
Rock Hill, SC 29732-1952
MUSC Health - Lancaster Medical Center
Overall Grade: C
Address: 800 W. Meeting Street
Lancaster, SC 29720-2298