Lancaster General Hospital
Nationally Recognized
With An ‘A’ For the
Fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
November 11, 2021, Lancaster,
PA –
Lancaster General Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national
distinction recognizing
LGH’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health
care.
The Leapfrog
Group, a 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
preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to
patients in their care. The fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grade represents the largest
set of hospitals ever graded with grades assigned to 2,901 facilities. The
Safety Grades reflect performance on more than 30 evidence-based measures of
patient safety, including for the first time, post-operative sepsis, blood
leakage, and kidney injury. Only 32% of hospitals nationwide received ‘A’
grade.
“To again be recognized as an
‘A’ hospital demonstrates that patient safety is a continuous priority at
Lancaster General Hospital and throughout the Penn Medicine Lancaster General
Health system,” said John J. Herman, CEO at Penn Medicine Lancaster General
Health. “This award shows the community that our staff has made a commitment to
providing high-quality, safe care our patients expect and deserve.”
“As the pandemic
continues, we all have heightened awareness of the importance of hospitals in
our communities and in our lives,” said Leah Binder, president & CEO of The
Leapfrog Group. “It is critical that all hospitals put patient safety first. Now
we have more information on more hospitals than ever before, so people can
protect themselves and their families.”
The Leapfrog Hospital
Safety Grade is advised by a national expert panel of leading patient
safety authorities from across the country and receives guidance from the Johns
Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. Grades are updated
biannually in the fall and in the spring.
To see
LGH’s full grade details, more information about the Hospital Safety Grade, including
details on rankings, please visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.
