Healthcare DIVE November 10, 2021
Dive Brief:
- The Leapfrog Group’s grades, assigned to hospitals based on patient safety measures, varied significantly across facilities this fall, with scores generally in line with this year’s spring report, which used data from before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a release out Wednesday.
- Among 2,901 facilities scored by the Leapfrog Group, 32% received A grades this fall. Another 26% of hospitals received B grades while 35% scored a C.
- This was the first time hospitals were graded on post-operative sepsis, kidney injury and blood leakage measures. Post-operative sepsis is an incredibly costly condition to treat and one that kills an estimated 160,000 people in the country annually. Black patients are twice as likely as White...
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