Prime Healthcare Hospitals Awarded an "A" Grade, Achieving National Recognition for Patient Safety by The Leapfrog Group
Posted on Nov 14, 2018
Prime Healthcare Doubles the Number of Hospitals Awarded
(ONTARIO, Calif – November 13, 2018) – The number of Prime
Healthcare hospitals that earned an “A” grade in The Leapfrog
Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade more than doubled from the
Spring, underscoring the award-winning health system’s ongoing commitment
to a patient-centered culture of excellence.
Twenty-two Prime Healthcare hospitals spanning nine states were named among
the nation’s safest hospitals by The Leapfrog Group, a national
non-profit that evaluated more than 2,600 hospitals nationwide on their
quality and safety measures. The designation recognizes a hospital’s
success in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety
standards in the United States.
“We are inspired by Prime Healthcare’s leadership on patient
safety,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group.
“Prime Healthcare’s continued success in achieving A ratings
at their hospitals is evidence that the organization places an emphasis
on protecting patients from preventable medical errors, injuries and infections.”
Among Prime’s hospitals, five have earned an A for the second time
in a row and two have earned five As in a row. Additionally, four hospitals
transitioned from an F in Spring 2016 to an A in Fall 2018. Prime Healthcare
operates 45 hospitals in 14 states.
“We have more than doubled the number of our hospitals earning an
A this year, which demonstrates our unwavering commitment to deliver exceptional
healthcare for our patients,” said Prem Reddy, MD, Chairman, President
& CEO of Prime Healthcare. “Prime Healthcare is a national model
for patient safety and community care, and we could not have accomplished
this incredible feat without the tireless dedication of our physicians,
nurses and staff at every one of our hospitals.”
The Hospital Safety Score measures a hospital’s overall performance
in keeping patients safe from preventable harm, accidents, infections
and medical errors. With the Hospital Safety Grades, Leapfrog assigns
an A, B, C, D or F grade to hospitals across the country. Developed under
the guidance of a National Expert Panel, The Leapfrog Hospital Safety
Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign
the grades to hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s
methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are
free to the public.
All Prime Healthcare hospitals are dedicated to creating a culture of high
reliability and reducing harm by implementing robust, evidence-based practices
that make a positive impact on patients and their quality of care.
“For so many of our hospitals to receive national recognition and
earn “A” grades from Leapfrog for patient safety is a reflection
of our commitment to quality, safety and patient service,” said
Sunny Bhatia, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Prime Healthcare. “Our
patients and families deserve no less than exceptional care, and we are
grateful to our physicians, clinical and support staff for working every
day to deliver quality care with compassion.”
As a health care system devoted to rescuing struggling hospitals and turning
them around, Prime Healthcare has increased the measures it implements
to improve patient safety and outcomes. Examples include the bedside shift
report to communicate a patient’s care plan with the patient and
family at their bedside every shift, and a Computerized Physician Order
Entry system that reduces human error and improves the monitoring of all
orders across members of the care team to improve outcomes.
Prime Healthcare also follows National Quality Forum endorsed measures
to improve leadership structure and systems, maximize feedback and intervention,
enhance teamwork training and skill building and identify and mitigate
risks and hazards.
The top Fall 2018 Prime hospital awardees are:
- Centinela Hospital Medical Center - Inglewood, CA
- Desert Valley Hospital - Victorville, CA
- La Palma Intercommunity Hospital, La Palma, CA
- San Dimas Community Hospital - San Dimas, CA
- Sherman Oaks Hospital - Sherman Oaks, CA
- East Liverpool City Hospital - East Liverpool, OH
- Providence Medical Center - Kansas City, KS
- Garden City Hospital - Garden City, MI
- Lake Huron Medical Center - Port Huron, MI
- St. Mary's Medical Center - Blue Springs, MO
- North Vista Hospital - North Las Vegas, NV
- Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center - Reno, NV
- Saint Clare's Hospital - Denville, NJ
- Saint Clare's Hospital - Dover, NJ
- Saint Michael's Medical Center - Newark, NJ
- St. Mary's General Hospital - Passaic, NJ
- Roxborough Memorial Hospital - Philadelphia, PA
- Dallas Regional Medical Center - Mesquite, TX
- Harlingen Medical Center - Harlingen, TX
- Knapp Medical Center - Weslaco, TX
- Mission Regional Medical Center - Mission, TX
- Pampa Regional Medical Center - Pampa, TX
The Leapfrog Group is one of the many rankings, ratings and scorecards
in which Prime Healthcare participates to measure quality of patient care
and patient satisfaction. To learn more about the methodology used in
determining grades, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at
www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.
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