TidalHealth Nanticoke earns ‘A’ grade for patient safety
Delaware News Desk
TidalHealth Nanticoke was awarded an “A” from The Leapfrog Group for the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
The designation recognizes TidalHealth Nanticoke’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. This is the second consecutive reporting period that TidalHealth Nanticoke has been given the “A” grade, having received the same acknowledgement in the organization’s spring 2020 report.
The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an “A” through “F” grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.