TidalHealth Peninsula Regional and Atlantic General Hospital both earn an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade

SALISBURY/SEAFORD –TidalHealth was again nationally spotlighted in today’s release of the Fall 2025 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade report and remains the highest rated health system in patient care and patient safety in the region.

Both TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, Md. and Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) in Berlin, Md. were awarded an “A” grade, Leapfrog’s highest honor. The designation recognizes both hospitals for their efforts in protecting patients from preventable harm and errors and providing safer healthcare.

This is the sixth consecutive ratings period with an “A” grade for TidalHealth Peninsula Regional and the second for AGH.

This fall, TidalHealth Peninsula Regional and Atlantic General Hospital are just two of just 13 hospitals in Maryland to achieve an “A” and the lone representatives on the Eastern Shore. In Delaware, TidalHealth Nanticoke is rated a “B,” which is the highest grade given to any hospital in Southern Delaware.

Earlier this year, TidalHealth Nanticoke was also presented, for a second consecutive year, a 5-Star Ranking by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Seaford hospital was the only hospital in Delaware to be awarded the prestigious 5-Stars from CMS, the organization’s gold standard rating for care and outcomes.

“Safety is foremost for all healthcare providers. Achieving an ‘A’ rating—and doing it multiple times consecutively only happens because teams are dedicated to a multidisciplinary approach involving clinical and non-clinical partners focused on improving processes to enhance exceptional care and safety,” said Steve Leonard, Ph.D., MBA, FACHE, President/CEO of TidalHealth. “In addition to our providers and nurses, there are

always key contributors at both hospitals like the pharmacy staff who provided input and leadership into reducing infections and our information technology team that is always crucial to our successes.”

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems that hospitals have in place to prevent harm.

“Earning an ‘A’ Grade means TidalHealth made a true commitment to put patient safety first,” said Leah Binder, President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We congratulate the leadership, Board, clinicians, staff and volunteers at both the Salisbury and Berlin hospitals that all had a role to play in this achievement.”

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade stands as the only hospital ratings program focused solely on preventable medical errors, infections and injuries that kill more than 500 patients a day in the United States. This program is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.

TidalHealth Peninsula Regional was also the recipient of Healthgrades BEST 50 American Hospitals for Vascular Surgery and BEST 100 American Hospitals for Spine Surgery in the United States awards in their 2026 Star Report issued last month.

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