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N.J. drops in Leapfrog hospital safety ranking, despite 22 ‘A’ grades
Published by Anjalee Khemlani on ROI New Jersey. New Jersey fell in national rankings of hospital safety scores, according to the biannual ranking by The Leapfrog Group. The Washington, D.C.-based organization ranks the safety of hospitals every spring and fall, and the most recent report shows New Jersey is now No. 17 among 50 states, compared…Read More…
Spring 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Highlight Patient Safety in New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey – April 24, 2018 – The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based organization aiming to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, announced today the updated Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. General acute-care hospitals in the U.S. are assigned letter grades of A, B, C, D or F based on their…Read More…
What are New Jersey’s safest hospitals? Here’s how they all fared in a national survey.
Published by Susan K. Livio on NJ.com. Nearly half of New Jersey’s hospitals earned an “A” in an October 2017 national safety report measuring how effective nurses, doctors and other medical staff are in preventing infections, falls and mistakes than often make patients sicker than they arrived. New Jersey ranks 11th best in the nation…Read More…
People are dying after procedures in NJ surgery centers and it’s not always made public
Published by Lindy Washburn on NorthJersey.com Patients expect the safety of a hospital. But the centers differ in resources and oversight. And that can be the difference between life and death. They are called “same-day surgery centers,’’ leading patients to expect a quick in-and-out for a routine procedure. But the experience was anything but routine for…Read More…
In Patient Safety Journey, The Goal is ‘Chasing Zero’
At our recent Quality Breakfast, we recognized the ten New Jersey hospitals that received the Leapfrog 2017 Top Hospital designation. There was a common theme among the hospital leaders who spoke on our panel: The safety grade is not the goal. The goal is “chasing zero.” Work toward creating a culture of safety, they said, and…Read More…
How New Jersey Is Working to Lower C-Section Rates
Published on AJMC. Linda Schwimmer, president and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, discussed the impact of data on lowering the state’s C-section rates, which are among the highest in the country. High C-section rates have been a problem in New Jersey. How are hospitals and physicians using payment reform to address…Read More…
N.J.’s Hospitals Climb Safety Rankings, Leapfrog Says
By Anjalee Khemlani October 31, 2017 at 12:54 pm View the full article here! N.J.’s hospitals climb safety rankings, Leapfrog says Forty-four percent of New Jersey’s hospitals were awarded “A” grades for safety by The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C-based organization, which released its much-anticipated Fall 2017 rankings Tuesday morning. As a result, New Jersey’s…Read More…
What are New Jersey’s safest hospitals? Here’s how they all fared in new national survey.
What are New Jersey’s safest hospitals? Here’s how they all fared in new national survey. Posted October 31, 2017 at 07:15 AM | Updated October 31, 2017 at 07:45 AM By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com View the full article here! Nearly half of New Jersey’s hospitals earned an “A” in…Read More…
New Jersey’s Fall 2017 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Are In
[Princeton, NJ] Oct. 31, 2017 – The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve health care quality for consumers, employers and purchasers, announced today the October 2017 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, assigning A, B, C, D and F letter grades to general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. based on errors, accidents and infections….Read More…
Health care institute hopes program will show if payment reform works
Published on Return on Information New Jersey by Anjalee Khemlani.. Is the much-touted value-based reimbursement model, in which providers get paid for care of a patient rather than per procedure, working? It’s a question the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center is asking the public. CMS has been the driver of the preventative care model,…Read More…