Healthcare IT News December 18, 2019
Florida tops the list with the most across general, children’s, rural and teaching hospitals – followed by California, Michigan and Virginia.
The Leapfrog Group has issued its annual list of top hospitals for quality and safety for 2019.
WHY IT MATTERS
Leapfrog, the national watchdog focused on health care safety and quality, recognizes hospitals that have demonstrated leading-edge quality and safety, as identified through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey.
The survey compares performance on national standards of patient safety, quality, efficiency and management structures that prevent errors – offering a comprehensive picture of how patients fare at individual institutions.
This data also enables hospitals to benchmark their progress toward The Leapfrog Group’s standards and measure the care they deliver.
Among the factors...