Which Triangle hospitals are the safest? Watchdog group releases latest report cards Simone Jasper, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Apr. 29 Five Triangle hospitals rank among the safest in the nation, while another scored just average in a new watchdog report.
The health care providers were graded for measures they take to avoid errors and injury on the latest Hospital Safety Grade list.
The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit watchdog, released the scores Thursday after it said it evaluated more than 2,700 general acute-care hospitals across the United States. Eighty-three of them were in North Carolina.
Here are the Triangle hospitals that received an A grade: