BusinessNovember 15, 2021
SFMC, Southeast earn top marks for hospital safety
Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization aimed at recognizing hospitals for their efforts to protect patients from harm and providing safer healthcare, has again given "A" grades to both Saint Francis Medical Center and Southeast Hospital...
Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization aimed at recognizing hospitals for their efforts to protect patients from harm and providing safer healthcare, has again given "A" grades to both Saint Francis Medical Center and Southeast Hospital.
Leapfrog's hospital safety grade is reported to be the only ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harm to patients.
The evaluation system is peer reviewed and free to the public, and Leapfrog's grades are updated twice annually.
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An overall letter grade is assigned to hospitals across the U.S. based on more than 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, injuries, accidents and infections, in addition to protocols hospitals put in place to prevent harm.
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