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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.
New Jersey hospitals were given top ratings by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that assesses quality and safety, with 26 garnering "straight As."
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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.
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
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Brigham Earns Another ‘A’ for Patient Safety in Spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
BOSTON The Brigham has been awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, released today by The Leapfrog Group. The designation recognizes the Brigham’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital celebrates its seventh ‘A’ grade since the fall of 2017. The ‘A’ awarded Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH) makes it one of just 27 hospitals nationwide to consistently earn that grade since the inception of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade in 2012. The Safety Grade assigns grades from A-F to all general hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.