For Hospitals
Over 2,600 general hospitals are issued a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade twice per year. The Safety Grade uses national publicly available data from a variety of sources. However, because of inadequate data, we are unable to assign a grade to certain hospitals, such as critical access hospitals, specialty hospitals, children’s hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, etc.
Hospitals with questions about the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade should contact the Help Desk.
If your hospital would like to issue a press release announcing your Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, please contact us for a template release that you can customize to your hospital. For information on licensing your Safety Grade for marketing purposes, please visit http://leapfroglicensing.org
Methodology
Download the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade Scoring Methodology for Fall 2019.
For detailed information on the measures used to calculate the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, please reference the following documents:
LEAPFROG HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADE MEASURES |
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Infections |
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| Public Reporting Measure Name: | Measure Details: |
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MRSA Infection |
Facility-wide Inpatient MRSA Blood Laboratory-identified Events (Data sources: Leapfrog Hospital Survey, CMS) |
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C. diff Infection |
Facility-wide Inpatient C. diff Laboratory-identified Events (Data sources: Leapfrog Hospital Survey, CMS) |
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Infection in the blood |
CLABSI in ICUs and Select Wards (Data sources: Leapfrog Hospital Survey, CMS) |
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Infection in the urinary tract |
CAUTI in ICUs and Select Wards (Data sources: Leapfrog Hospital Survey, CMS) |
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Surgical site infection after colon surgery |
SSI: Colon (Data sources: Leapfrog Hospital Survey, CMS) |
Problems with Surgery |
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| Public Reporting Measure Name: | Measure Details: |
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Dangerous object left in patient’s body |
Foreign Object Retained (Data source: CMS) |
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Surgical wound splits open |
PSI 14: Postoperative Wound Dehiscene (Data source: CMS) |
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Death from treatable serious complications |
PSI 4: Death Among Surgical Inpatients (Data source: CMS) |
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Collapsed lung |
PSI 6: Iatrogenic Pneumothorax (Data source: CMS) |
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Serious breathing problem |
PSI 11: Postoperative Respiratory Failure (Data source: CMS) |
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Dangerous blood clot |
PSI 12: Perioperative PE/DVT (Data source: CMS) |
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Accidental cuts and tears in the abdomen or pelvis |
PSI 15: Abdominopelvic Accidental Puncture or Laceration (Data source: CMS) |
Practices to Prevent Errors |
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| Public Reporting Measure Name: | Measure Details: |
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Doctors order medications through a computer |
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) (Data source: Leapfrog Hospital Survey, Supplemental Data Source) |
| Safe medication administration | Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) (Data source: Leapfrog Hospital Survey, Supplemental Data Source) |
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Handwashing |
Safe Practice 19: Hand Hygiene (Data source: Leapfrog Hospital Survey) |
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Communication about Medicines |
HCAHPS Composite 5: Communication About Medicines (Data source: CMS) |
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Communication about Discharge |
HCAHPS Composite 6: Discharge Information (Data source: CMS) |
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Staff work together to prevent errors |
Safe Practice 2: Culture Measurement, Feedback & Intervention (Data source: Leapfrog Hospital Survey) |
Safety Problems |
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| Public Reporting Measure Name: | Measure Details: |
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Dangerous bed sores |
PSI 3: Pressure Ulcer (Data source: CMS) |
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Patient falls and injuries |
Falls and Trauma (Data source: CMS) |
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Air or gas bubble in the blood |
Air Embolism (Data source: CMS) |
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Track and reduce risks to patients |
Safe Practice 4: Risks and Hazards (Data source: Leapfrog Hospital Survey) |
Doctors, Nurses & Hospital Staff |
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| Public Reporting Measure Name: | Measure Details: |
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Effective leadership to prevent errors |
Safe Practice 1: Culture of Safety Leadership Structures and Systems (Data source: Leapfrog Hospital Survey) |
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Enough qualified nurses |
Safe Practice 9: Nursing Workforce (Data source: Leapfrog Hospital Survey) |
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Specially trained doctors care for ICU patients |
ICU Physician Staffing (IPS) (Data source: Leapfrog Hospital Survey, Supplemental Data Source) |
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Communication with Doctors |
HCAHPS Composite 2: Communication with Doctors (Data source: CMS) |
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Communication with Nurses |
HCAHPS Composite 1: Communication with Nurses (Data source: CMS) |
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Responsiveness of Hospital Staff |
HCAHPS Composite 3: Responsiveness of Hospital Staff (Data source: CMS) |
AHRQ Quality Improvement Toolkit