Hospital-acquired infections, which became substantially more common during the pandemic, have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from a patient safety watchdog group. It's ...

An estimated 160,000 lives are lost each year from avoidable medical errors in hospitals. Safety statistics are improving. The number of avoidable hospital deaths in 2016 was far higher, a total ...

Leapfrog’s methodology changed this fall from the spring grades, and the organization now assigns hospitals the lowest score in areas relying on self-reporting when the hospital declines to report.

Pittsburgh Hospital Safety Grades: Fall 2024. Story by Eric Heyl • 1mo. P ITTSBURGH, PA — Eleven hospitals in the Pittsburgh region received an"A" grade for preventing medical errors, ...

The fall semester grades are out, and Minnesota hospitals may need to hit the books a little harder. The state ranked 27th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the percentage of ...

See fall 2022 hospital, medical safety grades: Baptist Health Lexington, UK Good Samaritan, Albert B. Chandler, Saint Joseph, more providers ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS & GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Saratoga Hospital and Glens Falls Hospital, both part of the Albany Med Health System, have earned high grades for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group ...

All but one of Endeavor’s hospitals, Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital in Chicago, received A grades from Leapfrog this fall. Endeavor, formerly known as NorthShore University HealthSystem, has ...