The designation recognizes the hospitals’ efforts in
protecting patients from harm and providing safer healthcare.
The Leapfrog Group Hospital Safety Score uses measures of
publicly available hospital safety data to produce an ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ ‘D,’ or
‘F’ score for hospitals across the U.S. The score represents a hospital’s
overall performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents,
infections and other harms to patients in their care.
“These latest safety grades represent a phenomenal improvement
over the last several Leapfrog cycles and demonstrate an intense focus with
respect to patient safety,” said Timothy J. Finan, president and chief
executive officer, UAHS, BRMC and OGH.
“Credit for this very significant achievement goes to our employees and
medical staff members who have all responded to the opportunity to continually
enhance patient safety at our Olean and Bradford hospitals. They have been
unrelenting in their commitment and focus with respect to patient safety
improvement and I am very excited by what they have accomplished. It’s a
significant differentiator. Enhancing the quality and safety of our patient
care efforts is hands down our number one priority. No one report represents a
full picture of hospital quality but this report is one more indicator that our
efforts to improve quality and safety are working. We extend our sincere thanks
to the employees and medical staff at OGH and BRMC for their tireless efforts
to raise the bar on patient safety.”
“To be recognized nationally is an accomplishment the whole
community should take pride in,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO, The
Leapfrog Group. “Hospitals that earn an ‘A’ or ‘B’ grade are making it a
priority to protect patients from preventable medical harm and error. We congratulate
hospital leaders, board members, staff, volunteers and clinicians who work so
hard to earn this.”
Developed under the guidance of a national expert panel, the
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital
safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice
per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully
transparent, and the results are free to the public.
The full Leapfrog Group spring 2019 Safety Grade update is
available at www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.
About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The
Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for
giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The
flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital
performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving
consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog
Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades
to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect
themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
