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The Leapfrog Group announced today the Spring 2016 Hospital Safety Score update, assigning letter grades to more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals, assessing medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Two area hospitals, Henry Ford Allegiance Health and St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea both scored A’s, the top ranking awarded.  Additionally, Henry Ford Allegiance Health earned the “Straight A” since 2013 designation, which calls attention to hospitals who have consistently received an A grade for safety in the last three years of Hospital Safety Scores.

Alongside the update, Leapfrog contracted with Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Armstrong Institute for Hospital-Safety-Score-LogoPatient Safety and Quality on a new report estimating the number of avoidable deaths at hospitals in each grade level. The analysis finds that despite considerable improvement in the safety of hospital care since the Score’s launch in 2012, avoidable deaths remain high. Findings point to a 9% higher risk of avoidable death in B hospitals, 35% higher in C hospitals, and 50% higher in D and F hospitals, than in A hospitals.

The April 2016 update highlights newly-added patient experience measures shown in the research to have a relationship to improved patient safety outcomes. These include results of patient surveys about communication in several areas and responsiveness of hospital staff. Additionally, for the first time, the Score includes two new infection measures, MRSA Bacteremia and C.difficile.

“It is time for every hospital in America to put patient safety at the top of their priority list, because tens of thousands of lives are stake,” said Leah Binder, President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group.

Excellence Rankings from Healthgrades

In a separate hospital rankings announcement release, St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea has been recognized by Healthgrades for overall excellence as well as excellence in specialties including cardiac care, critical care, gastrointestinal care, orthopedic surgery, peripheral vascular bypass,  pulmonary care and stroke.

Henry Ford Allegiance Health is a recipient of the 2016 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ by Healthgrades.   The Patient Safety Excellence Award recognizes hospitals that have the lowest occurrences of 14 preventable patient safety events. These hospitals are in the top 10% in the nation for patient safety.

  St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor received the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ for hospitals that perform in the top five percent nationally for overall clinical excellence. In addition, the hospital was recognized as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care Award™, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention Award™ and Outstanding Patient Experience Award™. The hospital also received Excellence Awards in general surgery, pulmonary care, vascular surgery, cranial neurosurgery and stroke care.

St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea was the only hospital in Michigan to receive both the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ and Patient Safety Excellence Award™.  In addition, the hospital was recognized as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award™ and Pulmonary Care Excellence Award™.

“Receiving these clinical awards illustrates our dedication to quality and safety as well as our commitment to providing compassionate care to our patients,” said Nancy Graebner, president and CEO, St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea. 

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