PRESS RELEASES
Hospitals Get An A
Lahey Clinic, Beverly Hospital
and Addison Gilbert Hospital Awarded an "A" for Patient Safety by
Hospital Safety Score
Burlington, Mass., November 30,
2012 - Lahey Clinic, Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert
Hospital were honored with an "A" Hospital Safety Score by The
Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers
and other large purchasers of health benefits. The A score
was awarded in the latest update to the Hospital Safety
ScoreSM, 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 and is
designed to give the public information they can use to protect
themselves and their families.
"We are so proud to receive an "A" Hospital Safety Score at each
of the three main Lahey Health facilities. The score reinforces our
commitment to keep our patients safe, which is always our number
one priority across the system," said Howard Grant, JD, MD,
president and CEO of Lahey Health.
"Hospitals like this that earn an A have demonstrated their
commitment to their patients and their community," said Leah
Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. "I congratulate
the Lahey Health hospitals for their safety excellence, and look
forward to the day when all hospitals will match this
standard."
To see the scores earned by Lahey Clinic, Beverly Hospital and
Addison Gilbert Hospital as they compare nationally and locally,
visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org,
which also provides information on how the public can protect
themselves and loved ones during a hospital stay. People can also
check their local hospital's score on the free mobile app,
available at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.
Calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group's
nine-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. The panel includes: John Birkmeyer (University
of Michigan), Ashish Jha (Harvard University), Lucian Leape
(Harvard University), Arnold Millstein (Stanford University), Peter
Pronovost (Johns Hopkins University), Patrick Romano (University of
California, Davis), Sara Singer (Harvard University), Tim Vogus
(Vanderbilt University), and Robert Wachter (University of
California, San Francisco).
About The Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group (www.leapfroggroup.org) is
a national nonprofit organization using the collective leverage of
large purchasers of health care to initiate breakthrough
improvements in the safety, quality, and affordability of health
care for Americans. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey allows
purchasers to structure their contracts and purchasing to reward
the highest performing hospitals. The Leapfrog Group was founded in
November 2000 with support from the Business Roundtable and
national funders, and is now independently operated with support
from its purchaser and other members.
About Lahey Health
Lahey Health is a next generation health care system comprised of
award-winning hospitals, primary care providers, specialist
physicians, behavioral health, and senior care resources and
services throughout Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New
Hampshire.
More than 1,200 nationally-recognized locally-based physicians
offer clinical excellence in primary care and virtually every
medical specialty, including kidney and liver transplantation,
cancer diagnosis and treatment, advanced cardiovascular care and
orthopedic services.
Lahey Health includes Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington - a
teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, Lahey
Clinic Medical Center, North Shore, in Peabody, Beverly Hospital,
Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, and BayRidge Hospital in
Lynn, as well as 51 primary care physician practices, 8 outpatient
and satellite specialty care facilities, 33 behavioral health
centers and programs, and 3 assisted living and skilled nursing
facilities.
The nonprofit Lahey Health is leading the way for what is next in
integrated health care: making high-quality health care more
personal, innovative and accessible.
