Leapfrog Group news and information

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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Hospitals showed improvement in safety grades produced by the Leapfrog Group, but officials for the employer-backed organization say the uptick in grades should be better.
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Modern Healthcare's annual Healthcare Purchasing Power Survey is unique because it captures an important but overlooked force in the economics of healthcare: hospitals in their role as purchasers of healthcare services. After all, health systems are employers—sometimes the largest employers...
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The deadline for Modern Healthcare's fifth annual Healthcare Purchasing Power Survey has been extended to Oct. 19. Co-sponsored by the Leapfrog Group and the National Business Coalition on Health, this survey recognizes the growing power employers have to dictate how healthcare services are...
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A trio of independent studies released last week bolstered the view that U.S. patient safety is not improving despite the efforts of doctors, hospitals, the federal government and various patient-safety groups.
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Consumer Reports has released individualized safety ratings for more than 1,100 hospitals. More than half of hospitals received an overall safety score below 50%.
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A letter-grade system based on patient-safety measures has riled up hospitals that received low or average scores.
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