Did Your Hospital Get A Failing Grade?

Did Your Hospital Get A Failing Grade?

Twenty-five hospitals in the United States received a failing grade on patient safety from a quality-improvement organization called The Leapfrog Group.

The Leapfrog Group said that the hospital safety grades are calculated under the guidance of a 9-member panel of patient safety experts. The hospital grading system derived from the panel analyzing 26 measures of publicly available hospital safety data, federal government data, and data collected by Leapfrog themselves. All data was measured on the basis of evidence, opportunity for improvement, and impact. Half of the final grade reflected measures that involved the process and the structure of the care. One example they cited was of a process measuring how often a hospital gives an antibiotic to a surgery patient within an hour before the first incision. A structural measure example is whether the hospital uses a computerized physician order (CPOE) system. These systems are known to reduce prescribing errors.

Here is an ‘alphabetically by state’ list of hospitals that received an F for safety in Fall 2012.

Wiregrass Medical Center	Geneva, Alabama
Hazel Hawkins Medical Center	Hollister, California
Palo Verde Hospital	Blythe, California
University of California Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles, California
Western Medical Center Anaheim	Anaheim, California
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital	Albany, Georgia
Madison Memorial Hospital	Rexburg, Idaho
Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center	Chicago, Illinois
Jersey Community Hospital	Jerseyville, Illinois
Loretto Hospital	Chicago, Illinois
Norwegian American Hospital	Chicago, Illinois
Roseland Community Hospital	Chicago Illinois
Daviess Community Hospital	Washington, Indiana
Richardson Medical Center	Rayville, Louisiana
Texas County Memorial Hospital	Houston, Missouri
Holy Rosary Medical Center	Ontario, Oregon
Clarendon Memorial Hospital	Manning, South Carolina
Wallace Thompson Hospital	Union, South Carolina
Christus Spohn Hospital Bee Ville	Bee Ville, Texas
Gulf Coast Medical Center	Wharton, Texas
Renaissance Hospital	Houston, Texas
Renaissance Hospital Dallas	Dallas, Texas
Renaissance Hospital Terrell	Terrell, Texas
Buchanan General Hospital	Grundy, Virginia
Valley General Hospital	Monroe, Washington

 

You can find out more information on The Leapfrog Group’s safety scores by going to their website. Look to see what grade your hospital received.

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