Skip to main content

All Access Subscription

Get unlimited access to our full publication and article library.

Get Access Now

Interested in Group Sales? Learn more

<p>A&nbsp;recent report from the Leapfrog Group and Johns Hopkins found that poor hospital performance on 16 patient safety measures caused more than 161,000 deaths annually, a decrease from 2016. The Spring 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades updates the group&rsquo;s estimate of deaths due to errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, breaking them down by the A through F scores Leapfrog assigns to hospitals. An analysis of 2,600 hospitals reveal that when compared to A hospitals, there was a 92% greater risk of avoidable death at D and F hospitals.</p>

Leapfrog Says Patient Safety Measures Improving; Maternity Not So Much