HealthLeaders Media May 10, 2022
Christopher Cheney

The watchdog group also released a report that shows patient experience in the inpatient setting has declined significantly during the coronavirus pandemic.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– North Carolina hospitals led the country in hospital patient safety, with 59.8% of hospitals earning an “A” grade.

– Seventeen hospitals were assigned an “F” grade.

– Hospital patient safety has declined significantly during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Leapfrog Group conducted an analysis of 2,844 U.S. hospitals, and one-third of the facilities earned an “A” grade for patient safety.

Patient safety has been a pressing issue in healthcare since 1999, with the publication of the landmark report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Despite two decades of attention, estimates of annual patient...

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