Warwick’s St. Anthony Community Hospital earns top safety grade from Leapfrog

St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick landed in the top safety tier as Leapfrog released its spring 2026 grades, giving Orange County patients a clear public comparison point just as nearby hospitals showed more mixed results. In the same Hudson Valley roundup, Garnet Health Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill received a B, while Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh and Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis were graded C.

The A grade is meant to measure more than reputation. Leapfrog says it scores hospitals on how well they protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections, using up to 32 evidence-based measures that look at both hospital systems and patient outcomes. Those measures include computerized medication ordering, how quickly staff respond when patients ask for help, whether hospitals prevent surgical harm such as a foreign object left in the body, and rates of hospital-acquired infections. Leapfrog also says its survey covers care areas that matter to families choosing a hospital for surgery, maternity care or pediatric care.

St. Anthony was one of 10 Hudson Valley hospitals to earn A grades in the spring release. The other top-scoring hospitals were Putnam Hospital in Carmel, Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, White Plains Hospital, Montefiore Nyack Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor, NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Hospital in Bronxville, Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. That mix leaves Orange County with one clear A-rated option in Warwick, while two other local hospitals fell into the middle range and one came in lower.

For Orange County residents weighing where to go for an emergency room visit, a scheduled operation or maternity care, the grade functions as a practical safety check, not a generic quality badge. Leapfrog says the ratings are updated twice a year and are used by consumers, employers and health plans to compare hospitals and support safer choices. In a region where patients often travel between Warwick, Wallkill, Newburgh and Port Jervis for care, St. Anthony’s A grade gives local families one more reason to look closely at safety systems before they need them.