Hospital earns an ‘A’ in patient safety
PRESQUE ISLE — TAMC has been recognized with an “A” Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national non-profit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The A score was awarded in the latest update to the Hospital Safety Score, the A, B, C, D, or F scores assigned to U.S. hospitals based on preventable medical errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
The Hospital Safety Score was compiled under the guidance of the nation’s leading experts on patient safety. The first and only hospital safety rating to be peer-reviewed in the “Journal of Patient Safety” (April 2013), Hospital Safety Score is designed to give the public information they can use to protect themselves and their families.
“This national recognition by The Leapfrog Group, one of the nation’s preeminent patient safety advocacy organizations, is rewarding in itself; but the real reward is knowing that we do an excellent job at having the structure, training and processes in place to keep our patients safe,” said Dr. Jay Reynolds, TAMC chief operating officer and chief medical officer. “Patient safety is at the heart of everything we do.”
Calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group’s eight-member Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses 26 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from infections, injuries, and medical and medication errors.
“Earning an ‘A’ on the Hospital Safety Score demonstrates that TAMC has exhibited excellence in our national database of patient safety measures,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “I congratulate the leadership and staff at TAMC for this achievement and encourage all to continue to put a priority on the safety of patients.”
To see TAMC’s scores as they compare nationally and locally, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org, which provides information on how the public can protect themselves and loved ones during a hospital stay. Local hospitals’ scores are also available on the free mobile app, available at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.
