Updated Hospital Safety Scores from the Leapfrog Group

When it comes to patient safety, all hospitals and U.S. states aren't created equal, according to the newly updated Hospital Safety Score. The Spring 2013 update to the Hospital Safety Score that assigns "A," "B," "C," "D" or "F" grades to more than 2,500 general hospitals in the United States showed hospitals have made only incremental progress in addressing errors, accidents, injuries and infections that kill or hurt their patients. The Hospital Safety Score methodology was developed by a panel of patient safety experts from leading academic institutions and has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed Journal of Patient Safety.

For more information on the recent scores...
Modern Healthcare: Grading Grievances
MSN Money: How Hospitals Score on Patient Safety
Los Angeles Times: California ranks 11th in hospitals with A grades for safety
Nurse.com: Leapfrog Group issues new hospital safety scores
Orlando Sentinel: Leapfrog health analysts hand out hospital grades 

 For additional highlights, please visit the What People Are Saying section of the Hospital Safety Score website.