Grand Rapids Business Journal
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The Leapfrog Group released its spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, and Michigan moved up in the rankings.
Michigan ranked 10th in the country for highest percentage of A-grade hospitals, improving from last fall’s ranking of 14th.
The independent grading system assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. based on their ability to protect patients from avoidable errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
Seventy-nine hospitals were graded in Michigan for the spring 2021 term. Michigan scored a record number of A-ranked hospitals with 35 facilities earning the top mark. Twenty-seven hospitals earned a B, 16 earned a C and one earned a D. There were no F-ranked hospitals.
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Hospital systems hosting drug take-back sites
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Two local hospital systems are holding separate drug take-back events to encourage the community to dispose of unwanted medications.
Spectrum Health Healthier Communities, Priority Health and Families Against Narcotics Grand Rapids Chapter have teamed up once again to collect unused and unwanted prescription drugs from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Spectrum Health Healthier Communities (Widdicomb Building), 665 Seward Ave. NW, and Spectrum Health Medical Group South Pavilion, 80 68
th Street SE, both in Grand Rapids.
The same day, the city of Wyoming and Metro Health-University of Michigan Health will help households across their community dispose of prescription and over-the-counter medications safely and properly.
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