Hospital watchdog gives Parkview A
Auburn, Bluffton sites also get top score
SHERRY SLATER | The Journal Gazette
Parkview Health was at the head of the class in The Leapfrog Group s spring safety grades released Thursday.
The independent, national watchdog group issued just one A in Fort Wayne – to Parkview Regional Medical Center. The grade measures safety performance at two hospital buildings – the newer one north of Dupont Road and the older one at Randallia Drive and State Boulevard.
Parkview Health-owned Parkview DeKalb Hospital in Auburn also earned an A. Bluffton Regional Medical Center, which is owned by Lutheran Health Network, received the region s third A.
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Fourteen percent of hospitals under the new methodology received five stars, including Rush University Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital. Both hospitals had 5-stars under the earlier formula, and clinicians and others from the Rush helped shape the new methodology.
Parkview at the top in hospital safety report
SHERRY SLATER | The Journal Gazette
Parkview Health was at the head of the class in The Leapfrog Group s spring safety grades released today.
The independent, national watchdog group issued just one local A to Parkview Regional Medical Center. The grade measures safety performance at two hospital buildings - the newer one north of Dupont Road and the older one at Randallia Drive and State Boulevard.
Parkview Health-owned Parkview DeKalb Hospital in Auburn also earned an A. Bluffton Regional Medical Center, which is owned by Lutheran Health Network, received the region s third A.
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