The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, today released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, awarding A\u2019s to St. Luke\u2019s hospitals.<\/p>\n
Nine St. Luke\u2019s acute care campuses \u2013 Bethlehem, Allentown, Anderson, Carbon, Easton, Monroe, Sacred Heart and Warren, as well as Geisinger St. Luke\u2019s Hospital \u2013 were among a select group of hospitals across the nation awarded an A for their commitment to keeping patients safe and meeting the highest safety standards in the nation. St. Luke\u2019s Upper Bucks and Miners campuses earned B\u2019s.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis prestigious achievement reflects St. Luke\u2019s unwavering focus on providing exceptional care to each and every patient at all of our locations,\u201d says Donna Sabol, St. Luke\u2019s Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer. \u201cThis kind of consistency across all of our campuses reflects the remarkable success St. Luke\u2019s has achieved in integrating our hospitals into a single, unified network with a shared commitment to all-around excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Safety Grade assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F twice annually \u2013 in the spring and fall \u2013 to hospitals nationwide based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms.<\/p>\n
New this year, Leapfrog awarded a \u201cStraight A\u201d designation to hospitals that have earned A\u2019s at least five times in a row. The following seven St. Luke\u2019s hospitals qualified:<\/p>\n
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only rating solely focused on a hospital\u2019s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Developed under the guidance of a panel of national experts, it uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to nearly 3,000 U.S. hospitals.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone who works at St. Luke\u2019s should be proud of this \u2018A\u2019 Hospital Safety Grade,\u201d said Leah Binder, president and CEO of Leapfrog. \u201cIt takes complete dedication of at every level, and an ironclad commitment to putting patients first. I thank St. Luke\u2019s, its leadership, clinicians, staff and volunteers for caring so deeply for its patients and their safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
To see St. Luke\u2019s full grades, and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit\u00a0www.HospitalSafetyGrade.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About St. Luke\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n Founded in 1872,\u00a0St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites.\u00a0 With annual net revenue of $3.4 billion, the Network\u2019s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke\u2019s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke\u2019s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.\u00a0 In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only four-year medical school campus.\u00a0 It also operates the nation\u2019s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 45 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with more than 400 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke\u2019s, a member of the Children\u2019s Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids.<\/p>\n SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare\u2019s\u00a0five-star<\/em>\u00a0ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.\u00a0 It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades\u00a0Top Hospital<\/em>\u00a0and a Newsweek World\u2019s\u00a0Best Hospital<\/em>.\u00a0 The Network\u2019s flagship University Hospital has earned the\u00a0100 Top Major Teaching Hospital<\/em>\u00a0designation from Fortune\/PINC AI 11 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.\u00a0 In 2021, St. Luke\u2019s was identified as one of the\u00a015 Top Health Systems<\/em>\u00a0nationally.\u00a0 Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the\u00a0Most Wired<\/em>\u00a0award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN\u2019s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information. \u00a0The Network is also recognized as one of the state\u2019s lowest cost providers.<\/p>\n Information provided to TVL by: The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, today released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, awarding A\u2019s to St. Luke\u2019s hospitals. Nine St. Luke\u2019s acute care campuses \u2013 … Continue reading Top Marks for Safety at St. Luke\u2019s Hospitals<\/span>
\nSam Kennedy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"