Penn Medicine Hospitals Awarded Spring 2023 ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from Leapfrog Group
All six Penn Medicine hospital entities were recently awarded an ‘A’ in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing hospitals’ achievements in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.
Princeton Medical Center (PMC) was one of six Penn Medicine health system hospitals to receive an ‘A’ grade for spring 2023. Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania–Cedar Avenue, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Pennsylvania Hospital also each received an A. (Read more in the Penn Medicine newsletter System News.)
The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety, assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to all general hospitals across the country based on their performance in over 30 measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm to patients in their care.
“The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a comprehensive, evidence-based evaluation; it is never an easy ‘A,’” said Penn Medicine Princeton Health CEO James Demetriades. “Maintaining our top grade takes a commitment to patient safety and continuous quality improvement across the organization. I want to thank our staff, physicians, and medical staff leadership for the skill and dedication they bring to our patients every day.”
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on prevention of medical errors and harm to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.
To see PMC's full grade details, please visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.
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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