Chief Healthcare Executive May 1, 2025
Ron Southwick

For health systems that are succeeding in safety, the C-suite drives the culture. And leaders empower all employees to raise concerns of patient safety.

When it comes to driving improvements in patient safety in a hospital, the entire organization needs to make it a priority, analysts say.

But there’s no getting around the fact that the top leadership of the hospital need to be highly engaged and invested in protecting patients.

Hospitals that are succeeding in patient safety generally have strong commitment from the C-suite, says Katie Stewart, director of health care ratings for The Leapfrog Group.

The Leapfrog Group released its Spring 2025 Hospital Safety Grades today, and hospitals receiving higher grades typically have leaders pushing to do better...

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