Latest Hospital Safety Score Stories
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The national nonprofit the Leapfrog Group today announced the Hospital Safety Score(SM) app, now available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, rating hospitals throughout the country on errors, accidents and infections. The app, which can be downloaded by visiting www.hospitalsafetyscore.org, locates and assigns letter grades to more than 2,600 general hospitals in the U.S., giving users an instant method of finding the safest...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Leapfrog Group has engaged the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, part of Johns Hopkins Medicine, to provide analytical and scientific support for the Hospital Safety Score(SM) expert panel process, as well as the Leapfrog Hospital Survey. This partnership will ensure that the Hospital Safety Score and the Leapfrog Hospital Survey will both continue to be executed with scientific integrity and help link...
The Leapfrog Group gives both facilities an "A" in its Hospital Safety Score CHICAGO, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital have been selected as 2012 Top Hospitals by The Leapfrog Group, an organization that provides the only national, public comparison of hospitals across safety, quality and efficiency dimensions. Northwestern Memorial and Northwestern Lake Forest are honored among an elite group of only 92...
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by The Leapfrog Group: Location may matter when it comes to where you get your healthcare, according to the newly released Hospital Safety Score(SM). Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont boast the largest percentage of "A" hospitals in the United States. Rhode Island, Missouri and Oregon feature the lowest percentage of "A" hospitals. The full state ranking can be seen here. (Logo:...
POMONA, Calif., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) was recently honored with an "A" Hospital Safety Score(SM) by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The Hospital Safety Score(SM) was calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group's Blue Ribbon Expert Panel using publicly available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. U.S....
OAKLAND, Calif., June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifteen Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California were honored with an "A" Hospital Safety Score(SM) by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. They were among 28 Kaiser Permanente hospitals around the country that received the top grade in the safety report, which examined the records of more than 2,600 hospitals in the U.S. In Northern California,...
ONTARIO, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleven Prime Healthcare hospitals were honored today with an "A" Hospital Safety Score(SM) by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The first annual Hospital Safety Score(SM) was calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group's Blue Ribbon Expert Panel. Using publicly available information, the panel graded more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals based on data...
Newly Released Leapfrog Rankings Give DMC Detroit Receiving, DMC Harper/Hutzel, DMC Huron Valley-Sinai, and DMC Sinai-Grace Hospitals all A's in Safety DETROIT, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four Detroit Medical Center hospitals - DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital, DMC Harper University/Hutzel Women's Hospital, DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital and DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital - were honored with an "A" Hospital Safety Score(SM) by The Leapfrog Group. The Hospital Safety...
