Wing Memorial Hospital Earns Top Grade for Patient Safety
PALMER — Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers was honored with an ‘A’ grade in the fall 2013 update to the Hospital Safety Score, which rates how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, errors, injuries, and infections.
The Hospital Safety Score is compiled under the guidance of the nation’s leading experts on patient safety and is administered by the Leapfrog Group, an independent industry watchdog. The first and only hospital safety rating to be analyzed in the peer-reviewed Journal of Patient Safety, the score is designed to give the public information they can use to protect themselves and their families.
“It’s an honor to be recognized again for our delivery of high-quality and safe patient care,” said Charles Cavagnaro III, president and CEO of Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers. “Our staff works rigorously everyday to ensure a safe environment, and we will continue to strive for the highest standards in all we do to care for our patients.”
Added Leah Binder, president and CEO of Leapfrog, “as patients begin to take a more active role in selecting where to receive healthcare, it has never been more important to focus on hospital safety and transparency. The ‘A’ hospitals, including Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical Centers, are helping us to raise the standards of health care nationwide. We offer our congratulations and hope the hospital will continue to strive for an ever-increasing level of excellence in patient safety.”
To see Wing’s scores as they compare nationally and locally, and to find safety tips for patients and their loved ones, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org
Calculated under the guidance of Leapfrog’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ ‘D,’ or ‘F’ score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,500 general U.S. hospitals were assigned scores this fall. A full analysis of the data and methodology used is available on the Hospital Safety Score website.