Princeton Medical Center Earns Top Grade in Patient Safety
Princeton Medical Center (PMC) received another “A” in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, a peer-reviewed rating published twice annually to evaluate hospitals on how well they protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.
The Fall 2022 Hospital Safety Grades were released today by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization.
The grades are based on more than 30 performance measures related to outcomes such as hospital-acquired infections, surgical errors, and patient falls, as well as the systems that hospitals have in place to help prevent harm.
“I want to commend the physicians and staff members who support care at the hospital, as well as the healthcare quality specialists at Penn Medicine Princeton Health who monitor our clinical performance,” said Princeton Health CEO James Demetriades. “The hospital safety grade is a comprehensive, evidence-based evaluation. Earning an A takes a commitment to patient safety and continuous quality improvement throughout the organization.”
About Penn Medicine Princeton Health
Penn Medicine Princeton Health is one of the most comprehensive healthcare systems in New Jersey, providing acute care hospital services through Princeton Medical Center; behavioral healthcare through Princeton House Behavioral Health; in-home nursing, rehabilitation and hospice care; primary and specialty care through Princeton Medicine Physicians; ambulatory surgery and wellness services. For more information, visit www.princetonhcs.org. Princeton Health is part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), which, together with the University of Pennsylvania’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, forms Penn Medicine, one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research and excellence in patient care.
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