St. Mary's Receives an ‘A’ for Patient Safety for the Spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes St. Mary’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer healthcare. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.
“We are grateful to be recognized again by the Leapfrog Group for our commitment to safety,” said Rachelle Burleson, CNO of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. “Ensuring a safe environment for our patients requires the collaborative effort of our physicians, staff, patients and patient families – all working together to provide an exceptional patient experience.”
“To be recognized nationally as an ‘A’ hospital is an accomplishment the whole community should take pride in,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Hospitals that earn an ‘A’ grade are making it a priority to protect patients from preventable medical harm and error. We congratulate hospital leaders, board members, staff, volunteers and clinicians who work so hard to earn this A.”
Developed under the guidance of a national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.
To see St. Mary’s full grade details, and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org.