Medical Center Gets “A” For Patient Safety
Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (PMC) has earned an “A” in patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization working to promote safety, quality, and affordability in health care.
PMC’s A grade was announced April 25 in the Spring 2018 edition of the Hospital Safety Grades, a multifaceted rating published twice annually to evaluate approximately 2,600 hospitals nationwide. Generally, only about one-third of those hospitals earn As.
The Leapfrog Group’s peer-reviewed rating system factors in 27 separate performance measures from three sources: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); the voluntary annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey; and patient experience surveys known as HCAHPS — or Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.
“It takes a total team effort to earn an A,” said Barry S. Rabner, president and CEO of Penn Medicine Princeton Health, a comprehensive health care system that includes PMC. “At Princeton Health, we are dedicated to exceptional performance in clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and patient safety, so we are pleased and proud to have received this high level of recognition from The Leapfrog Group.”
In addition to its A grade from The Leapfrog Group, PMC is recognized as a Best Regional Hospital in central New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report, ranking as the No. 8 hospital in New Jersey and No. 17 in the entire New York metropolitan region in the magazine’s 2017-18 hospital ratings. PMC also has achieved Magnet® status, the highest institutional recognition available for nursing excellence.