Advocate Good Shepherd earns 'A' for patient safety in national study
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Receives an “A” for Patient Safety in national study
Barrington, IL- Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital has earned a national distinction for excellence in patient safety in the Leapfrog Group's Hospital Safety Score (SM). Leapfrog Group is an independent, national non-for-profit organization of employers and other purchasers of health care and the nation's leading experts on patient safety.
The Leapfrog Group released its scores for 2,652 hospitals across the county on June 6. Good Shepherd Hospital was among 51 hospitals in Illinois out of 114 scored to receive a Grade A. “We believe hospitals should be transparent with their quality and safety information by participating in national performance measurement and public-reporting programs,” says Karen Lambert, President, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. “This type of information is invaluable to our community as they make important healthcare decisions for themselves and their family.”
The Hospital Safety Score is derived from expert analysis of 26 measures of publicly available hospital safety data on rates of infection, injuries and errors. This data is used to produce a single score representing a hospital's overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical/medication errors.
Sadly, every day in the US more than 400 people die because of a hospital injury, infection, or error – the equivalent of a major jetliner crashing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport daily. For the first time, the Hospital Safety Score will highlight the country's safest hospitals and shed light on the poor performance institutions thereby initiating safety improvements at hospitals around the country.
To look up individual hospital scores to go www.hospitalsafetyscore.org
About Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Advocate Good Shepherd in Barrington, Illinois is a 169-bed acute care hospital with more than 700 physicians representing 50 medical specialties. It is part of Advocate Health Care, named one of the Top Ten hospital systems in the U.S. by Thomson-Reuters. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital is ranked highest in Illinois for quality and patient safety according to Blue Cross Blue Shield's 2011 Blue Star Report™. Advocate is a faith-based organization that exists to serve its communities. In 2010, Advocate provided more than $474,000,000 in charity care and services to its communities. For more about Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital: www.advocatehealth.com/goodshep