Becker's Healthcare November 10, 2021
The Leapfrog Group gave 18 hospitals failing grades in its fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grades released Nov. 10.
The organization assigned letter grades to hospitals based on more than 30 measures of patient safety, including for the first time this year, post-operative sepsis, blood leakage and falls causing hip injury. In the latest update, grades were assigned to 2,901 U.S. facilities.
Among the hospitals graded, fewer than 1 percent received an “F.”
Here is a list of this fall’s “F” hospitals:
Arkansas
Baptist Health – Fort Smith
California
Pioneers Memorial Hospital (Brawley)
San Joaquin General Hospital (French Camp)
Washington, D.C.
Howard University Hospital
Florida
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