Lawrence General Hospital Earns “B” for Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

December 21, 2020
Lawrence General received a "B" in the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety GradeThe Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, recently released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which assign A, B, C, D and F letter grades to hospitals nationwide. Lawrence General Hospital received a B.
 
“Patient safety has always and will always be a top priority for us,” says Chief Quality Officer Greg Bird, RN. “Our hospital is a trusted part of this community. We will continue to strive for greater excellence in patient safety and hope to achieve an “A” on the next safety grade. Most importantly, we pledge to honor the trust of our patients by being transparent about our progress and working toward the highest possible standard of safety.”
 
Lawrence General is actively engaging patients and family members in the hospital’s Quality and Patient Safety Committee, and regularly shares safety improvements on its website. Across the organization, major efforts have been initiated to reduce hospital acquired infections, improve patient experience scores, and increase compliance with use of barcode technology to reduce the potential for medication errors.
 
“Our goal is to inform patients about local hospitals with the best safety measures in place and the strongest records,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Every hospital can earn an ‘A’ grade, and we’re proud of the hospitals that are committed to making an effort to protect patients from harm.”
 
Developed under the guidance of an expert panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign A, B, C, D and F grades to approximately 2,600 U.S. hospitals twice per year. It is calculated by top patient safety experts, peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.
 
About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections.