ProMedica Bixby Hospital Receives an ‘A’ for Patient Safety for the Spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

ProMedica Bixby Hospital is proud to be awarded with an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes Bixby Hospital’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. 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.

“We are honored to be formally recognized as a leader in patient safety, said Julie Yaroch, DO, president of ProMedica Bixby Hospital. The achievement recognizes the tireless efforts of our dedicated employees and providers, who continually strive to deliver the highest standard of care.”

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. Researchers found that when compared to “A” hospitals, patients at “D” and “F” hospitals face a 92% greater risk of avoidable death; patients at “C” hospitals on average face an 88% greater risk; and patients at “B” hospitals on average face a 35% greater risk. Overall, an estimated 160,000 lives are lost annually from the avoidable medical errors that are accounted for in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a significant improvement from 2016, when researchers estimated 205,000 avoidable deaths. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.

“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.”