Massachusetts Hospital Safety Grades 2021: The Best And The Worst - Across Massachusetts, MA - Safety grades by the health care watchdog group Leapfrog show how hospitals in Massachusetts responded to the coronavirus pandemic.
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FARMINGTON Franklin Memorial Hospital received an A grade Thursday in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Franklin’s achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
This is the second consecutive time that FMH has received an A grade in the same survey period. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade assigns an A, B, C, D or F grade to all general hospitals across the country and is updated every six months. It is the only hospital rating program based exclusively on hospitals’ prevention of medical errors and other harms to patients in their care.
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Cartersville Medical Center was one of 24 Georgia hospitals that scored an A for safety in ratings released Thursday by a nonprofit health-care watchdog group. (Jim Massara / Patch)
CARTERSVILLE, GA Cartersville Medical Center was ranked among the safest hospitals in Georgia again by a nonprofit health-care watchdog group that released its findings Thursday.
The Cartersville hospital received an A grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing how well it protected patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. The past year has been extraordinarily difficult for hospitals, but Cartersville Medical Center shows us it is possible to keep a laser focus on patients and their safety, no matter what it takes, said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group.
Which Triangle hospitals are the safest? Watchdog group releases latest report cards Simone Jasper, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Apr. 29 Five Triangle hospitals rank among the safest in the nation, while another scored just average in a new watchdog report.
The health care providers were graded for measures they take to avoid errors and injury on the latest Hospital Safety Grade list.
The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog, released the scores Thursday after it said it evaluated more than 2,700 general acute-care hospitals across the United States. Eighty-three of them were in North Carolina.
Here are the Triangle hospitals that received an A grade:
BILLINGS -Â St. Vincent Healthcare is proud to be one of only two hospitals in Montana to receive an âAâ grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing the hospitalâs achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
This marks the sixth consecutive time St. Vincent was been awarded an âAâ for achieving the highest national standard in patient safety, according to a press release.
âThis is a tremendous accomplishment and a clear example of the exceptional skill and dedication our entire care team provides at St. Vincent Healthcare,â Michael Skehan, SCL Health Montana COO, said. âEarning a sixth consecutive A grade from Leapfrog reinforces our commitment to continually strive to provide the safest, highest quality of care at St. Vincent Healthcare. I am incredibly proud of our associates and providers as they live out our mission each day by improving the health of