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The latest Leapfrog hospital safety grades for 47 Philadelphia-area hospitals awarded top marks an A to 15 area hospitals, including four to Jefferson Health and three each to Main Line Health and the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The Leapfrog Group, founded in 2000 by major national employers, also awarded a C to Lankenau Medical Center. And it gave three D’s to Brandywine, .
New Jersey hospitals were given top ratings by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that assesses quality and safety, with 26 garnering "straight As."
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Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston maintained its straight-A streak since the Leapfrog Safety report card began in 2012. It is one of only 27 in the country to earn an “A” in each of the 19 report cards.
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New Jersey hospitals ranked 14th safest in the country based on how well they prevented infections, accidents and errors and communicated with their patients, the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety report card released on Thursday found.
The scores for 68 acute care hospitals 26 A’s, 26 B’s, 15 C’s and one D helped New Jersey improve its standing from last fall, when it was 17th best, according to the report. Ten hospitals improved a grade and four hospitals slipped a grade. No hospital flunked. East Orange General Hospital scored the lowest with a D, the report said.
Report lays out 24 moves to create a readier health system in NJ
New Jersey has learned a lot during the coronavirus pandemic. So will its health care system be better prepared for a crisis in the future?
In the wake of the pandemic, two organizations have released a report that lays out an action plan, offering 24 recommendations focused on four key areas:
Creating and supporting a resilient and diverse health care workforce
Increasing the use of new ways to deliver and pay for health care
Addressing social determinants of health to achieve greater equality
Revitalizing and reorganizing the public health infrastructure