Lancaster General Recognized with an "A" for the Spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
Lancaster General
Hospital Nationally Recognized
With An ‘A’ for the
Spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
One of
six Penn Medicine health system hospitals to receive an ‘A’ grade for spring
2022.
May 10, 2022, Lancaster, PA –
Lancaster General Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national
distinction recognizing LGH’s achievements protecting
patients from harm and providing safer health care. Lancaster
General Hospital was one of six Penn Medicine health system hospitals to
receive an ‘A’ grade for spring 2022.
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 spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grade represents the largest
set of hospitals ever graded with grades assigned to nearly 3,000 facilities.
The Safety Grades reflect performance on more than 22 evidence-based measures
of patient safety. Only 33% of hospitals nationwide received ‘A’ grade.
“To once again be recognized
as an ‘A’ hospital demonstrates that patient safety and highly reliable health
care 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. “We are proud to receive this national
recognition affirming our commitment to provide high-quality, safe care our
patients and our community expect and deserve.”
“As our health care system continues to feel the
strain of the pandemic, I thank the workforce and leadership of Lancaster
General Hospital for sustained commitment to patient safety, day in and day
out,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “An ‘A’ Safety
Grade is an outstanding achievement, and one that is not possible without a
24/7 effort by the entire health care workforce to protect patients from harm.
This community should be proud.”
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.
