Kaiser Permanente Antioch among safest in the nation
Earns an “A” for limiting patient injuries, reducing medical errors, and preventing infections, according to The Leapfrog Group
By Antonia Ehlers, PR and Media Relations, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Antioch, CA – Kaiser Permanente Antioch is being recognized as among the safest in the nation for patient care, according to The Leapfrog Group’s biannual Hospital Safety Grades report.
Leapfrog reviews hospital clinical data and assigns hospitals grades based on approximately two dozen safety measures that analyze patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. Kaiser Permanente Antioch is recognized with an “A” grade for patient safety.
“We putpatient safety at the forefront of everything we do,” said Kaiser Permanente Diablo Senior Vice President and Area Manager Pam Galley. “This recognition highlights the safe, high-quality care our physicians, nurses and staff provide every day to our members and patients.”
This fall, 14 Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California received A grades from Leapfrog, including: Antioch, Fresno, Manteca, Modesto, Oakland, Roseville, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, South Sacramento, and South San Francisco.
“Being among the top hospitals in the nation for patient safety is part of Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to provide safe care that improves the overall health and well-being of our members and patients,” said Kaiser Permanente Antioch Physician in Chief Sharon Mowat, MD. “Our dedicated clinical teams are focused on keeping our patients and members safe in a warm and welcoming environment.”
The Leapfrog Group assigns letter grades to nearly 3,000 hospitals throughout the United States. The grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.
More than 60% of Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals received an A grade. In California overall, only about 30% of the state’s hospitals earned this top grade.
The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits, released its Hospital Safety Gradesafter examining publicly available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections at U.S. hospitals. The report includes data collected by national health care organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Scores are calculated based on more than two dozen publicly available measures, and hospitals are then assigned A, B, C, D or F grades for their safety records. The grades are released as a free resource to help patients and their families make informed health care decisions.
Kaiser Permanente is one of America’s leading integrated health care providers and serves 12.5 million members. Nationally, 24 of the 39 Kaiser Permanente hospitals that were eligible for a grade, more than 60% percent, received a Leapfrog Safety A grade. In contrast, approximately 30% of the nation’s hospitals received an A rating.
For complete details on Kaiser Antioch’s grade click, here and for more information and a complete list of the hospital safety grades, visit Leapfrog.
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