Fierce Healthcare November 10, 2021
The Leapfrog Group said it has seen industrywide increases in certain healthcare-associated infections among the results of its newly released Hospital Safety Grades, the first edition of its twice-annual watchdog report to include COVID-era data.
The group has added nearly 200 more hospitals and a handful of new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) performance measures to the fall edition of its patient safety report card, released Wednesday.
Overall, Leapfrog awarded 32% (928 hospitals) of its total 2,901 sample an A grade, 26% (757 hospitals) a B, 35% (1,007 hospitals) a C, 7% (190 hospitals) a D and fewer than 1% (19 hospitals) an F. This spread was roughly proportional to the spring rankings, which used a...
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