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Follow on Google News | St. Christopher’s Only Hospital in PA to be Awarded Coveted 2014 Leapfrog Top Hospital DistinctionRecognition Highlights the Nation’s Premier Hospitals for Safety and Quality
According to Leapfrog, a children’s hospital must achieve a Quality Score of 90 or better (top decile) as calculated through Leapfrog’s Hospital Recognition Program. The Leapfrog Hospital Recognition Program uses standards from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey to calculate an overall quality score for each children’s hospital. The quality score, which is a numerical value from 0 to 100, includes Leapfrog’s standards for preventing medication errors (CPOE), ICU Physician Staffing, Safe Practices, Never Events, and in some cases preventing hospital-acquired conditions such as infections. Hospitals with high quality scores have demonstrated strict adherence to Leapfrog’s safety and quality standards. The Leapfrog website provides specific details about these calculations (www.leapfroggroup.org/ Carolyn Jackson, CEO of St. Christopher’ “At St. Christopher’ St. Christopher’ · 9 Top Children’s Hospitals · 24 Top Rural Hospitals · 61 Top Urban Hospitals The selection is based on the results of The Leapfrog Group’s annual hospital survey, which measures hospitals’ performance on patient safety and quality, focusing on three critical areas of hospital care: how patients fare, resource use and management structures established to prevent errors. Performance across many areas of hospital care is considered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including rates for high-risk procedures and a hospital’s ability to prevent medication errors. The Top Hospital award is not given to a set number of hospitals, but rather, to all urban, rural and children's hospitals that meet the high standards defined in each year's Top Hospitals Methodology (http://www.leapfroggroup.org/ To see the full list of institutions honored as a 2014 Top Hospital, please visit www.leapfroggroup.org/ End
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