OSF Hospitals Receive Top Grades for Patient Safety
New Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades have been announced by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization for patient safety. Hospitals are assigned A, B, C, D and F letter grades in order to provide a complete picture of patient safety.
This fall,threeOSF HealthCare facilities have achieved an ‘A’ grade:
- OSF HealthCareSaint Anthony’s Health Center in Alton
- OSF HealthCareSaint Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa
- OSF HealthCare St. Mary’s Medical Center in Galesburg
Additionally,sixOSF HealthCare facilities have achieved an ‘B’ grade:
- OSF HealthCareLittle Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park
- OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville
- OSF HealthCareSaint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford
- OSF HealthCareSaint Francis Medical Center in Peoria
- OSF HealthCare Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac
- OSF HealthCare St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington
These facilities have the honor of being among the safest hospitals in the country.
Over 2,600 hospitals are evaluated by The Leapfrog Group each year. An expert panel develops the grades based on 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data. The report is calculated by safety experts, peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.
The study only includes hospitals of a certain size and treating a minimum number of specific conditions; therefore, some OSF HealthCare facilities were excluded from the ratings. To learn more, visitwww.hospitalsafetygrade.org.