Healthcare Finance News May 2, 2024
Susan Morse

The latest Safety Grades shows the first improvement since fall 2023, but the measures are still far from pre-pandemic levels.

New Leapfrog Group findings show patient perspectives on hospital care indicate significant signs of improvement since the fall 2023 Safety Grades.

The spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades show preventable healthcare-associated infections have decreased after unprecedented rates during the height of the pandemic, according to Leapfrog, an independent nonprofit patient safety organization.

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Leapfrog assigns a letter grade from A to F to nearly 3,000 general hospitals on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents and infections.

The Leapfrog Group also reports performance by state and, for the first time, by metro area based on the highest percentage...

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