When it comes to safeguarding patients against infections and surgical mishaps, the East Valley has several hospitals that received the highest grade and three that got adequate marks from a nonprofit watchdog.
The Leapfrog Group releases the hospital safety grades A-F twice a year – in May and November.
It uses up to 30 national performance measures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other data sources to come up with a single letter grade representing a hospital’s overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections…