CaroMont Regional Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ from
The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2019 Leapfrog
Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes the hospital’s efforts in protecting
patients from harm and providing safer health care. This is the eighth
cycle in which the hospital has earned top marks, more than any hospital
in the Charlotte region!
The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving
health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’,
‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to hospitals across the country
based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents,
infections and other harms to patients in their care.
“To be recognized nationally as an ‘A’ hospital is an
accomplishment the whole community should take pride in,” said Leah
Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Hospitals that
earn an ‘A’ grade are making it a priority to protect patients
from preventable medical harm and error. We congratulate hospital leaders,
board members, staff, volunteers and clinicians who work so hard to earn
this A.”
Developed under the guidance of a
national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available
hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care
hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology
is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.
To see CaroMont Regional Medical Center’s full grade details, and
to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit
hospitalsafetygrade.org.
About The Leapfrog Group
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers,
The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps
forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship
Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers
to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information
they need to make informed decisions. The
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals
based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves
and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.