Northwest Community Healthcare earns 'A' for safety
Northwest Community Healthcare was awarded an 'A' for the Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing its achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent, national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers.
The Safety Grade assigns an 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' 'D,' or 'F' grade to all general hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harm to patients in their care.
"We are proud to achieve another 'A' from Leapfrog for hospital safety," says Northwest Community Healthcare President and CEO Stephen Scogna.
"Reaching this goal twice in the same year - for the spring and fall Leapfrog performance reports - demonstrates the commitment of our physicians and team members in providing safe, high quality care to patients. As an independent hospital, we remain true to our mission of delivering exceptional care to our community."
"'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.
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care.
The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog's other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. For information, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.
Named one of Healthgrades™ America's 250 best hospitals, Northwest Community Healthcare is celebrating 60 years of exceptional care. The Arlington Heights campus is home to a 509-bed hospital with full-service retail pharmacy, behavioral health center and state-of-the-art Northwest Community Healthcare Wellness Center with spa.
Throughout the Northwest suburbs, Northwest Community Healthcare has 23 doctors' offices; five immediate care centers; seven physical rehabilitation sites; and 13 lab locations. Board-certified primary and specialty care physicians see 350,000 patients a year and the hospital treats 20,000 inpatients annually.