HealthLeaders Media May 16, 2019
Researchers compared the latest hospital quality ratings to rates observed three years prior, finding both progress and opportunities for much more improvement.
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Hospitals that earned a “D” or “F” had nearly double the risk of hospitals that earned an “A.”
While there has been real improvement, there have also been methodological changes contributing to the updated data, the researchers said.
The estimated number of avoidable deaths in U.S. hospitals each year has dropped, according to updated analysis prepared for The Leapfrog Group by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine researchers.
Matt Austin, PhD, an assistant professor in the school’s Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, and Jordan Derk, MPH, used the...
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