Fifteeen Philadelphia area hospitals, including Einstein Medical Center Montgomery and Abington Health Lansdale, recently received an “A” for hospital safety from the Leapfrog Group in its bi-annual report issued Tuesday.
The 15 were selected from among 53 area medical centers that were graded, writes John George at bizjournals.com.
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The report focuses on hospital errors, accidents, injuries and infections — which collectively, according to the nonprofit organization, are the third-leading cause of death in the United States.
The Leapfrog Group graded about 2,500 hospitals, of which 30 percent earned an “A,” 28 percent a “B,” 35 percent a “C,” 6 percent a “D” and 1 percent an “F.”
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