Maryland Hospital Safety Grades 2021: The Best And The Worst - Annapolis, MD - Safety grades by the health care watchdog group Leapfrog show how hospitals in Maryland responded to the coronavirus pandemic.
Wisconsin Hospital Safety Grades 2021: The Best And The Worst - New Berlin, WI - Safety grades by the nonprofit health care watchdog group Leapfrog show how hospitals in Wisconsin responded to the coronavirus pandemic.
Effective leadership to prevent errors
Enough qualified nurses
Specially trained doctors care for ICU patients
Patch has reached out to Cape Cod Healthcare, the company that owns the hospital, for comment on the grades and will update if we hear back.
More than 2,700 general, acute-care U.S. hospitals were assessed for Leapfrog s Spring Safety Grades. In Massachusetts:
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14 hospitals received a B grade.
10 hospitals received a C grade.
0 hospitals received a D grade.
0 hospitals received an F grade.
It s worth noting the hospitals were graded during a time of extraordinary pressure on the health care system due to the coronavirus pandemic.
18 hospitals received a B grade.
13 hospitals received a C grade.
2 hospitals received a D grade.
Many of the leading hospitals in Northern Virginia received an A grade, including all the Inova hospitals, along with the Novant Health UVA Health System hospitals in Manassas and Haymarket. Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington and Reston Hospital Center also received A grades.
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Christopher Chiantella, chief medical officer at Inova Loudoun Hospital, which received an A grade, said in a statement that feedback received in our regular safety culture surveys guides our strategies to reduce patient harm. This awareness accompanied by accountability, ongoing education and performance improvement intervention across all teams, prepared us for the challenges of the pandemic, Chiantella said.