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2021 Top Hospital Recipients Recognized149 Hospitals Receive Award, 10 Hospitals Recognized in PennsylvaniaDecember 7, 2021 – The Leapfrog Group announced the 2021 recipients of its annual Top Hospital Award, the nation's most competitive recognition for excellence in hospital safety and quality. Hospital selection was based on excellence in upholding quality standards across several areas of patient care, including medication safety, survey outcomes, and infection rates, among many other patient priorities. This year, 149 hospitals from across the country received the Top Hospital Award. Pennsylvania was among the five states with the most Top Hospitals. The Top Hospitals are recognized in four categories: Top General Hospitals (46 recipients), Top Rural Hospitals (23 recipients), Top Teaching Hospitals (72 recipients), and Top Children's Hospitals (8 recipients). In Pennsylvania, the following Top General Hospitals were recognized:
In Pennsylvania, the following Top Teaching Hospitals were recognized:
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First Ever National Awards Recognizing Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) for Excellence in Patient CareCongratulations to the 13 Leapfrog Top ASCs! November 30, 2021 – The Leapfrog Group, the nation's leading independent national watchdog organization comprised of employers and other purchasers, today announced the first ever Top Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Award, recognizing 13 ASCs across the country for exellence in quality of care and patient safety. This is the first national award of its kind bestowed to ASCs. |
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Pennsylvania's Fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grades135 Hospitals Graded, 62 Hospitals Earn "A" GradeDecember 7, 2021 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation's most influential employers and purchasers of health care, driven in Pennsylvania by LVBCH, announced the Fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The independent grading system assigns an "A," "B," "C," "D," or "F" grade to general hospitals across the country based on over thirty national measures of preventable errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. The Fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grade represents the largest set of hospitals ever graded, with grades assigned to 2,901 facilities across the country. In Pennsylvania, 135 hospitals were graded, and 62 earned an "A," 35 earned a "B," 31 earned a "C," 7 earned a "D," and none earned an "F." Only one Pennsylvania hospital - St. Clair Hospital located in Pittsburg - has received 'Straight As" since 2013. LVBCH would like to recognize our local hospital systems and their hospitals that earned an "A" including: Geisinger's Geisinger Medical Center, Bloomsburg, and Lewistown hospitals; Lehigh Valley Health Network's Hazleton and Pocono hospitals; and St. Luke's University Health Network's Allentown, Anderson, Bethlehem, Easton, Lehighton, Miners, Monroe, Sacred Health, Upper Bucks, and Warren (NJ) Hospitals. St. Luke's University Health Network has earned the national distinction of being one of two systems with 10 or more graded hospitals to earn all A safety grades. To read view the Press Release, click here. |
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Leapfrog Releases Patient Exerience ReportIndicates Patient-Reported Signs of Safety Problems, Particularly for PediatricsJuly 8, 2021 – The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its Patient Experience Report, which analyzes results of evidence-based and tested surveys that are administered to patients by hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) across the country. The report analyzes patient experience in three different settings of care: adult inpatient hospitals, hospitals that treat pediatric patients, and facilities that provide same-day surgeries. The report is based on results from the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Surveys, reported through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). |
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Leapfrog Releases Maternity Care ReportReport Finds Rate of C-Sections Remains too High, But Dramatic Progress on Other Maternity Care Indicators
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Leapfrog Announces Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades
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Best Maternity Care Hospitals Announced
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Leapfrog Announces Fall 2020 Hospital Safety Grades
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Leapfrog Announces 2020 Top Hospitals and Pandemic Heroes Awards - 12/08/20Bethlehem, PA, November 7, 2019 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care, and driven in the Lehigh Valley and Eastern Pennsylvania by the Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare (LVBCH), announced two prestigious awards: the annual Top Hospital Award, the Nation's most elite recognition for hospital excellence, and a new national award honoring pandemic heroes. In Pennsylvania 11 hospitals were names to the 2020 national list of Top Hospitals.To read the LVBCH news release about the Top Hospitals in Pennsylvania, click here. To read the Leapfrog news release about the Top Hospitals and Pandemic Heroes Awards, click here. |
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Leapfrog Announces Fall 2019 Hospital Safety Grades
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Leapfrog Report finds U.S. Hospitals Not Meeting Surgical Safety Standards - 07/18/19
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Maternity Care Trends from 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Survey - 05/2019
The maternity care section of the Leapfrog Hospital Survey examines three medical interventions that experts say unnecessarily increase risks to women and babies; cesaean sections, episiotomy, and early elective deliveries. Comparing hospital performance on these procedures can help women choose the best facility for their family and give them information to use in a frank conversation with their doctor or nurse prior to the time of delivery. This report examines national trends revealed in the 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. To search rates and other data for individual hospitals, visit www.leapfroggroup.org/compare. To read the entire report, click here. |
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