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The Leapfrog Group Calls for Nominations to Its New Ambulatory Surgery Center Advisory Committee
NEWS PROVIDED BY The Leapfrog Group May 20, 2021, 06:00 ET WASHINGTON, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announced a national call for nominations to the new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Advisory Committee. Leapfrog seeks ASC leaders committed to Leapfrog’s…Read More…
An employer-driven hospital rating system gains ground
https://www.inquirer.com/business/health/hospital-safety-quality-leapfrog-philadelphia-gm-20210516.html by Harold Brubaker Published May 16, 2021 Unlike other hospital-rankings, the Leapfrog Group focuses mainly on safety. Temple University Hospital, shown in 2019, is one of 15 hospitals in the Philadelphia region that received an “A” in the latest Leapfrog Group hospital safety grades. The latest Leapfrog hospital safety grades for 47 Philadelphia-area hospitals…Read More…
How Safe is Your Hospital? New Grades Released by The Leapfrog Group
No hospital in New Jersey received a failing grade in the latest round of safety scoring released by The Leapfrog Group. But more than a dozen facilities fell short of an A or B grade. In the spring 2021 report released Thursday, 26 of New Jersey’s 68 acute-care hospitals (38%) received an A for their…Read More…
Leapfrog Announces Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades for New Jersey
PRINCETON — April 29, 2021 — The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation’s largest and most influential employers and purchasers of health care, today announced the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The independent grading system assigns A, B, C, D, and F letter grades to 2,700 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S….Read More…
NJ hospitals slipped in safety rankings during COVID. Here’s how yours did.
Michael L. Diamond Asbury Park Press When it comes to hospital safety standards, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch continued to set the standard at the Jersey Shore, a hospital watchdog group said in a report released Monday. Meanwhile, Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel was most improved, three hospitals fell a notch, and Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford has work to…Read More…
LEAPFROG ANNOUNCES FALL 2020 HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADES Most New Jersey Hospitals Receive A or B Grades; Some Are Lagging.
Contact: Carol Ann Campbell cacampbell@njhcqi.org (973-567-1901) PRINCETON — December 14, 2020 — The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation’s employers, purchasers, and consumers of health care, today announced the Fall Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. Grades for New Jersey hospitals changed slightly from previous years with four fewer hospitals receiving A grades and two more…Read More…
The Leapfrog Group Announces 2019 Top Hospital Recipients
EMBARGOED UNTIL DECEMBER 17, 2019 EMBARGOED LIST OF TOP HOSPITALS AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING LEAPFROGPR@JPA.COM The Leapfrog Group Announces 2019 Top Hospital Recipients December 17, 2019 WASHINGTON D.C. – In recognition of the nation’s highest quality hospitals, The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality,…Read More…
Most New Jersey Hospitals Receive A or B Grades, But Safety Concerns Remain at Some Hospitals
THE LEAPFROG GROUP ANNOUNCES FALL 2019 HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADES PRINCETON — November 7, 2019 – The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation’s largest and most influential employers and purchasers of health care, today announced the Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The independent grading system assigns “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” and “F” letter…Read More…
The Leapfrog Group Highlights Strengths, Pinpoints Improvements Needed across Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Settings in Inaugural Report
October 22, 2019 The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released a report summarizing trends on the safety and quality of care for same-day surgical services nationwide: Same-Day Surgery in the U.S.: Findings of Two Inaugural Leapfrog Surveys. The report is a first and notable expansion in the organization’s data gathering and reporting enterprise,…Read More…
New Report from The Leapfrog Group Examines Hospital Policies on Never Events
New Report from The Leapfrog Group Examines Hospital Policies on Never Events June 27, 2019 WASHINGTON D.C. – The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its 2019 Never Events Report, and found that one in four participating hospitals do not meet…Read More…