Emerson Hospital Awarded National Distinction for Excellence in Patient Safety

Emerson Hospital has been honored with an “A” Hospital Safety ScoreSM by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits that updated its Hospital Safety Scorecard this fall.

The Hospital Safety Score was calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel using publicly available data from more than 2,600 acute care hospitals nationwide on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. Hospitals were assigned an A, B, C, D, or F for their overall performance.

“We are extremely proud of this national distinction,” said Christine Schuster, president and CEO of Emerson Hospital. “It affirms not only our commitment to patient safety through clinical excellence complemented by compassionate care, but to transparency that provides critical safety information to the public and encourages continuous improvements in care.”

The latest Hospital Safety Score used 28 evidence-based measures of hospital safety data to produce a single score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe. That figure reflects two new safety measures, with the overall number comprised of 15 related to process and structure, and 13 outcome-based.

Performance measures are collected from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In addition, secondary data is used from the American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey.

To view Emerson Hospital’s scores as they compare nationally and locally, visit www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.

About The Leapfrog Group

The Leapfrog Group (www.leapfroggroup.org) is a national organization using the collective leverage of large purchasers of health care to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality, and affordability of health care for Americans. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey allows purchasers to structure their contracts and purchasing to reward the highest performing hospitals. The Leapfrog Group was founded in November 2000 with support from the Business Roundtable and national funders, and is now independently operated with support from its purchaser and other members.

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