Patient Engagement November 16, 2022
Sara Heath

The US has seen a decade of patient safety improvement, including 25 percent improvement in some never events.

Patient safety has gotten better in the past 10 years, with general hospitals across the country getting better scores in a number of performance measures, including some never events, according to The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2022 Hospital Safety Grades, which were obtained via email.

This iteration of the Hospital Safety Grades marks the 10th year the organization has issued its rankings, with an additional analysis showing positive change over time.

“Never in history have we seen across-the-board improvement in patient safety until this last decade, coinciding with the history of the Hospital Safety Grade,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of The...

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