UpdatedMon, May 3, 2021 at 4:35 pm ET
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Leapfrog Group gave D safety grades to Phoenixville and Pottstown hospitals in its spring report, while Chester County Hospital and Paoli Hospital received A s. (Shutterstock)
PHOENIXVILLE, PA Hospital safety grades from Leapfrog were low for several Tower Health hospitals in Chester County, including Phoenixville Hospital, Brandywine Hospital, and Pottstown Hospital.
The three facilities were awarded grades of D by the Leapfrog Group, an organization the performs regular assessments of hospitals. Numerous Pennsylvania hospitals received top safety marks while others didn t quite measure up in The Leapfrog Group s annual spring safety grades.
The nonprofit health care watchdog group grades hospitals twice a year, assigning letter grades from A to F based on each hospital s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.
UpdatedWed, Feb 10, 2021 at 10:33 am ET
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Tower Health makes weekly requests to the state for COVID-19 vaccine doses and said it is not guaranteed how many will be sent. (Shutterstock)
PHOENIXVILLE, PA Vaccination of hospital staff began late in December at Phoenixville Hospital-Tower Health and has been going smoothly, Tower Health reported shortly after the rollout began.
But six weeks later Tower Health, like the Chester County Health Department, can only vaccinate as swiftly or as slowly as state vaccine supplies arrive week-by-week.
Tower Health said it makes weekly requests to the state for vaccine supply and receives weekly shipments from the state. A Tower Health spokesperson explained, the health system does not automatically receive the amount of vaccine requested.