Hospital Safety Score

The Leapfrog Group is a highly respected patient safety organization. They’ve earned a reputation for carefully and thoughtfully assessing providers’ actual performance in quality and safety. Their mission statement:

To trigger giant leaps forward in the safety, quality and affordability of health care by:

• Supporting informed healthcare decisions by those who use and pay for health care; and,
• Promoting high-value health care through incentives and rewards.

Leapfrog’s affiliated organization Hospital Safety Scores provides A-through-F grades for thousands of hospitals across the U.S.  You can go online to their web site and check the score for hospitals in your community or state.