Area hospitals bring home good report card

Posted on November 12, 2018
A new assessment from Leapfrog measures health facilities for the safety of their patients.(PHOTO:Pixabay)

 

By Katherine Murphy

BLOOMINGTON– Hospitals in Central Illinois are making the grade.

A new assessment from Leapfrog measures health facilities for the safety of their patients.

27 measures of patient safety are looked at with letter grades A,B,C,D or F being handed down with area hospitals getting varying grades.

Patient care management, medication safety, frequency of healthcare-associated infection, and maternity care are some of the areas examined.

In Bloomington-Normal, OSF Saint Joseph Medical Center received an A, and Advocate BroMenn got a B.

The state’s only F grades. went to two Chicago Area hospitals.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital rating focused exclusively on hospital safety.

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