Becker's Healthcare November 30, 2023
The Leapfrog Group, the nonprofit watchdog organization behind hospital safety grades, is proposing several changes to its annual survey for 2024, including the removal of certain questions and tweaks to deadlines.
Of the most significant changes it hopes to get feedback on in its 49-page document, the group asks potential commenters to focus on changes outlined for six key sections. Among them, proposals range from a way to score and publicly report performance on health equity, adding preoperative and post-anesthesia care units to its Bar Code Medication Administration standard; as well...