Wake Forest Baptist
Health–Lexington Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ in the Fall 2019
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction
recognizing the medical center’s achievements protecting patients from harm and
providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national
watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care
committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and
purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to all
general hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing
medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in
their care.
“We
are honored to receive this recognition demonstrating our commitment to quality
and patient safety,” said Bill James, president of Lexington Medical Center.
“We are proud of the work our team provides each and every day, and we are
pleased that our patients can rest assured knowing the quality of our care has
been thoroughly evaluated and found to be among the best in the country.”
Developed under the guidance of a national expert panel,
the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available
hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care
hospitals twice per year.
“We are
pleased to continue to see improvement in our Leapfrog grades by receiving an A
in the fall report,” said Raghava
Nagaraj, M.D., chief medical officer at Lexington Medical Center. “Our entire team – leadership, providers and
staff – is always committed to keeping our patients safe and providing them
with the best experience possible. Surveys such as Leapfrog can help us see how
we can continue to improve the level of high quality and compassionate care we
provide every day to our patients and their loved ones here at Lexington
Medical Center.”
To see Lexington Medical Center’s full grade details, learn
how employers can help, and access patient tips for staying safe in the
hospital, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org