HPCI News: HPCI News: New Greater Iowa Hospital Safety Scores

To: Members and others

This spring more than 2,500 U.S. general hospitals received updated Hospital Safety Scores based upon their rate of infections, injuries and errors. The "A", "B", "C", "D" or "F" grades were assigned by The Leapfrog Group which represents employer purchasers of health care. Scores were assigned to over 50 hospitals in the greater Iowa market area. Some of the results are shown below.

 

Hospital
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Care, Sioux Falls
Stanford University of South Dakoda Medical Center, Sioux Falls
Mayo Clinic – Methodist Hospital, Rochester
Mayo Clinic – Saint Mary’s Hospital, Rochester
Finley Hospital, Dubuque
Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo
Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames
Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City
Spencer Hospital, Spencer
UnityPoint Health – Methodist, Peoria
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics, Madison
Alegent Creighton Health, Omaha
Alegent Lakeside Hospital, Omaha   
Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse            
Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines                  
Genesis Medical Center, Davenport
Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Grinnell                     
Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids  
Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque 
Mercy Medical Center, Mason City  
Skiff Medical Center, Newton        
St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids   
Trinity Regional Medical Center, Fort Dodge                   
Alegent Health Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs                
Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo  
Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines
Great River Medical Center, West Burlington                 
Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines
Jennie Edmundson Hospital, Council Bluffs                    
Mercy Hospital, Iowa City               
Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines 
Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
Sartori Memorial Hospital, Cedar Falls 
St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, Sioux City                
Trinity, Bettendorf  
Trinity, Muscatine   
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City                
St. Anthony Regional Hospital, Carroll  
Safety Score
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
D

Calculated under the guidance of Leapfrog's Blue Ribbon Panel of patient safety experts, the Hospital Safety Score uses 28 measures of publicly available data to produce a single score that represents a hospital's overall performance in patient safety. It is the only tool available today that focuses exclusively on errors, injuries and infections.

For more information about Hospital Safety Scores or to find out the score of your local hospital, visit www.hospitalsafetyscore.org. A Hospital Safety Score app is also available for download.


Paul M. Pietzsch, MPH
HPCI - IHBA Office
4430 Ashley Park Drive
West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
(515) 778-6300

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