Chief Healthcare Executive November 6, 2023
The organization released its Fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades, and also found certain states faring better than others.
With its latest report card, The Leapfrog Group offers a look at patient safety in hospitals, and also the states that are faring better or worse in hospital performance.
The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization focused on patient safety, released its Fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades today. The group assessed letter grades to nearly 3,000 hospitals across the country.
Overall grades
Nearly 30% of hospitals received an “A” in the fall 2023 safety grades, while 24% earned a “B”, and 39% of hospitals received a “B.”
On the low end of the scale, 7% of hospitals received a “D”, and less than...