Cleveland Clinic Makes National List of Top Hospitals

CLEVELAND, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ — Cleveland Clinic has been named one of the best hospitals in the country for its quality of care and safety, according to the newly released “Leapfrog Top Hospitals” list.

Cleveland Clinic made the list based on results from the first-ever Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, a national ratings system that assesses hospital quality and safety. Approximately 1,263 hospitals responded to the survey. Fifty-nine are listed on the Top Hospitals list.

“Cleveland Clinic has had a longstanding focus on standardizing measures for quality care at a national level. Across our organization, we are committed to the highest levels of patient safety and quality care,” said Delos “Toby” M. Cosgrove, M.D., CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic. “Each of our clinical departments has published comprehensive reports to quantify and measure the care we provide. The Leapfrog survey and Top Hospitals List further validates our efforts to provide advanced health care in a safe and high-quality setting.”

The Leapfrog Quality and Safety Survey collected data from hospitals across the country in four key areas: physicians’ use of computer technology to enter prescriptions and other orders; physician staffing in intensive care units; evidenced-based hospital referral or hospitals’ performance in five high-risk procedures, including care for two high-risk neonatal procedures; and hospitals’ implementation of National Quality Forum Safe Practices.

The Leapfrog Group, a national organization founded by The Business Roundtable, which is made up of Fortune 500 CEOs, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and others, spearheaded this quality and safety initiative, with the intent of identifying the facilities that provide the highest standards of care and most innovative treatments. The project is designed to ensure patient safety and improve outcomes.

Cleveland Clinic, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. U.S. News & World Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation’s best hospitals in its annual “America’s Best Hospitals” survey. Approximately 1,500 full-time salaried physicians at Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Florida represent more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties. In 2005, there were 2.9 million outpatient visits to Cleveland Clinic. Patients came for treatment from every state and from more than 80 countries. There were nearly 54,000 hospital admissions to Cleveland Clinic in 2005. For more information, visit http://www.clevelandclinic.org/.

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