Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle recently received a hospital safety score of “A” from the Leapfrog Group. The safety score grades general acute care hospitals on how safe they are for patients. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national non-profit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The Leapfrog Group annually grades about 2,500 hospitals across the United States for safety. Of the 35 facilities graded in Mississippi during the Fall 2014 Hospital Safety Score, only three received an ‘A’ rating, including Baptist Golden Triangle.
“The Leapfrog Safety Score rates a hospital on how well it is able to protect its patients from errors, injuries and infections. That is an important factor people should use when choosing a hospital,” said Paul Cade, administrator and CEO of Baptist Golden Triangle. “We work hard every day to provide safe, high -quality, patient-focused care to every patient we treat,” he added.
“Patient safety needs to be a 24-7 priority for hospitals, as errors and infections are all too common and often deadly,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of the Leapfrog Group. “We commend the ‘A’ hospitals, including Baptist Golden Triangle, for helping us to raise the standards of health care nationwide and demonstrating that they’ve made the well-being of patients a top priority,” she added.
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