Leapfrog Group news and information

The American Hospital Association and its members are committed to providing safe, high-quality healthcare. A major part of that effort is to provide reliable information to patients and their families so that they can make the best decisions about their...
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Slightly more than a year after the Leapfrog Group unveiled controversial letter grades for hospital safety, the organization introduced an online tool to help employers calculate the “hidden surcharge”...
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The Leapfrog Group introduced a new online tool to help businesses calculate what they pay for hospital errors, accidents and infections, drawing a new round of criticism from the AHA.
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It's not perfect but it's as good as it can be, given available data, and it's certain to improve over time.
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The Leapfrog Group has released its latest round of safety scores, and nearly three-quarters of hospitals maintained the same letter grade they received in November.
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"Of all the transformations reshaping American healthcare, none is more profound than the shift toward value.”
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The percentage of hospitals hitting the Leapfrog Group's early elective delivery target rate of less than 5% of deliveries rose to 46% as of the end of 2012 from 39% in 2011.
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The Leapfrog Group signed an agreement with Johns Hopkins Medicine's Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality for assistance with the employer-backed quality organization's Hospital Safety Score and Leapfrog Hospital Survey. Leapfrog came under intense criticism from some hospital...
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Just days after issuing its latest round of hospital-specific letter grades for patient safety, the Leapfrog Group has announced its annual list of top hospitals. Ninety-two hospitals in 26 states made this year's list, up from 65 in 2011.
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A controversial hospital quality grading system created by the employer-backed Leapfrog Group was again criticized by a portion of the industry after Leapfrog released its second round of grades last week, this time with the names of hospitals receiving a D or an F.
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