ProMedica Earns 2020 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety

Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, ProMedica Bixby Hospital (now part of ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital) was named a Top Rural Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is bestowed by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for health care safety and quality.

“We are incredibly honored to be recognized as one of the 19 best rural hospitals in the nation,” said Julie Yaroch, D.O., president of ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital (formerly ProMedica Bixby Hospital). “The top rural hospital designation highlights our employees and providers continuous commitment to provide safe and high quality care.”

Over 2,200 hospitals were considered for the award. Among those, ProMedica Bixby Hospital received a Top Rural distinction. A total of 105 hospitals were selected as Top Hospitals, including:

• 9 Top Children’s Hospitals
• 29 Top General Hospitals
• 19 Top Rural Hospitals
• 48 Top Teaching Hospitals

The quality of patient care across many areas of hospital performance is considered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including infection rates, practices for safer surgery, maternity care, and the hospital’s capacity to prevent medication errors. The rigorous standards are defined in each year’s Top Hospital Methodology.

“Being recognized as a Top Hospital is an extraordinary feat and we are honored to recognize ProMedica Bixby Hospital this year,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Despite the extraordinary pressure and strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, ProMedica Bixby Hospital has demonstrated an unwavering dedication to patients and to the Adrian community. We congratulate the board, staff and clinicians whose efforts made this honor possible.”

To qualify for the Top Hospitals distinction, hospitals must rank top among peers on the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, which assesses hospital performance on the highest standards for quality and patient safety, and achieve top performance in its category. To see the full list of institutions honored as 2020 Top Hospitals, visit www.leapfroggroup.org/tophospitals.