Mount Carmel New Albany Earns 2025 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety

Columbus, Ohio, December 15, 2025 – Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Mount Carmel New Albany was named a Top Hospital by The Leapfrog Group. This award is one of the most competitive honors hospitals and surgery centers in the United States can receive for their commitment to safety and quality. The winning facilities will be presented with their awards today as part of Leapfrog’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. 

“Being named a Top Hospital is a tremendous honor and a reflection of our team’s unwavering commitment to patient safety and quality care,” said Dr. Timothy Graham, Mount Carmel New Albany President. “Every member of our team plays a vital role in creating an environment where patients receive exceptional care. This recognition reinforces our dedication to delivering the highest quality care to the community we serve.”

Over 2,400 hospitals were considered for the award. Among those, Mount Carmel New Albany received a Top General distinction. A total of 156 Top Hospitals were selected, including:

• 15 Top Children’s
• 52 Top General
• 16 Top Rural
• 73 Top Teaching

The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit watchdog organization that rates hospitals and ASCs on how well they protect patients from preventable harm, including accidents, injuries and infections. The Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given to teaching, general, rural and children's hospitals that publicly report their performance through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and meet the high standards defined in the Top Hospitals methodology. This includes infection rates, maternity care and a hospital’s ability to prevent medication errors, among other standards.

"Mount Carmel New Albany has distinguished itself through an unwavering focus on safety and quality, earning a place on this year’s list of Top Hospitals,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group.  “This recognition reflects a culture of transparency and continuous improvement—one embraced by every member of the organization. We commend the entire team at Mount Carmel New Albany for reaching this outstanding milestone."

To qualify for the distinction, hospitals must rank top among peers on the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, which assesses hospital performance on the highest standards for quality and patient safety, and achieve top performance in their category. To see the full list of institutions honored as 2025 Top Hospitals, visit www.leapfroggroup.org/tophospitals.

About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is an independent national nonprofit organization celebrating 25 years of driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety. Among its initiatives, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade was launched in 2012 and assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. It is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harm to patients. It is fully transparent and free to the public, and grades are updated biannually in the fall and in the spring. To look up your hospital's Safety Grade, please visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org. For more from Leapfrog, follow them on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram, and sign up for their newsletter.  

About Mount Carmel Health System
Mount Carmel Health System, a member of Trinity Health, has provided high-quality, comprehensive healthcare services in central Ohio for 139 years. Our team of more than 8,200 colleagues, 2,041 physicians and 407 volunteers provide compassionate, people-centered primary and specialty care at its five hospitals — Mount Carmel Dublin, Mount Carmel East, Mount Carmel Grove City, Mount Carmel New Albany, Mount Carmel St. Ann’s and Diley Ridge Medical Center, an affiliation of Mount Carmel and Fairfield Medical Center. The health system is also comprised of the Mount Carmel Health Plan, Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Mount Carmel Medical Group and Mount Carmel Health Partners, along with surgery centers, emergency and ambulatory care centers, and hospice and home care services throughout the region.