HPCI News: 2015 Greater Iowa Hospital Safety Scores Released
To: Members and Selected Others
This week hospitals in the greater Iowa market area received new
grades showing how well they protect their patients from accidents,
injuries and infections. These Hospital Safety Scores - the A,B, C,
D or F grades assigned to more than 2,500 U.S. general hospitals -
were released by The Leapfog Group. Nationwide, hospital errors are
the third leading cause of death behind only heart disease and
cancer.
In greater Iowa, grades were assigned to 52 hospitals
with 12 receiving an A, the highest letter grade. Mary Greeley
Medical Center in Ames and Mayo Clinic Hospital (Methodist Campus) -
Rochester have received "Straight A's" since the inception of the
Scores in 2012.
Other hospitals receiving an A in greater
Iowa are: Allen Memorial Hospital - Waterloo, Finley Hospital -
Dubuque, Mercy Medical Center - Dubuque, Mercy Medical Center -
Cedar Rapids, Fort Madison Community Hospital, Mercy Medical Center
- Clinton, Skiff Medical Center - Newton, Avera Mc Kennan Hospital
and University Health Center - Sioux Falls, CHI Health Immanuel -
Omaha and CHI Health Lakeside - Omaha.
For the first time
since the Hospital Safety Scores were debuted, the website will
display hospitals' grades all the way back to the Score's in 2012.
This makes it easy for consumers to identify hospitals which
consistently achieved high standards and which have improved over
time.
The Score is calculated by top patient safety experts,
peer-reviewed, 100 percent transparent and free to the public. For
more information on the Hospital Patient Safety Score, or to find
out the score of your local hospital, visit
www.hospitalsafetyscore.org. Also, you can follow Hospital
Safety Score on
Twitter and
Facebook.
Paul M. Pietzsch, MPH
HPCI - IHBA Office
4430 Ashley Park Drive
West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
(515) 778-6300