Sixty-five hospitals earned The Leapfrog Group’s annual “Top Hospital” designation, equaling 2010’s record-setting total. The “Top Hospital” designation, which is the most competitive national hospital quality award in the country, recognizes hospitals that deliver the highest quality care by preventing medical errors, reducing mortality for high-risk procedures like heart bypass surgery, and reducing hospital readmissions for patients being treated for conditions like pneumonia and heart attack.
The hospitals were honored at the Leapfrog Group’s 2011 annual meeting in Washington on December 6, where several NBCH-member coalitions that serve as Leapfrog Regional-Roll Out Leaders including the Memphis Business Group on Health and the Midwest Business Group on Health were in attendance.
The 2011 Top Hospital list is culled from a field of nearly 1,200 hospitals that voluntarily and publicly report their performance by participating in the Leapfrog Hospital Survey.
A complete list of 2011 Leapfrog Top Hospitals and the survey results for all participating hospitals are posted on a website at www.leapfroggroup.org. The site is open to patients and families, the public, and employers and other purchasers of healthcare.
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