Loyola Medicine Hospitals Given 'A' Grades for Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola University Medical Center and Gottlieb Hospital were awarded ‘A’ grades for patient safety in the fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing hospital achievements for protecting patients from harm and providing safer healthcare. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of healthcare committed to improving healthcare quality and safety for consumers and purchasers.

"Safety is the number one priority for Loyola Medicine," says Shawn P. Vincent, president and CEO of Loyola Medicine. "Maintaining a safe environment for our patients, their families, our clinicians and all those we serve is a crucial step in fulfilling our mission. I am especially proud that Gottlieb has received an A for the fifth consecutive reporting period."

The Safety Grade assigns grades ‘A’ through ‘F’ 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.

“‘A’ hospitals show us their leadership is protecting patients from preventable medical harm and error,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It takes genuine commitment at every level – from clinicians to administrators to the board of directors – and we congratulate the teams who have worked so hard to earn this A.”

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. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.