'A' Safety Grade Awarded To St. Joseph’s Hospital-South In Riverview

RIVERVIEW, FL — St. Joseph’s Hospital-South in Riverview earned the highest grade in the most recent ratings from a national nonprofit organization that promotes patient safety.

St. Joseph’s Hospital-South received an “A” grade in the Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2023 Hospital Safety Grades.

The Leapfrog Group collects and analyzes data about infections, accidents, injuries, and errors at nearly 3,000 general hospitals. In the spring and fall of each year, the Leapfrog Group assigns them letter grades ranging from “A” to “F” and releases those grades publicly. St. Joseph’s Hospital-South has received seven consecutive grades of “A” dating back to the spring 2020 grades.

“St. Joseph’s Hospital-South has a laser focus on patient safety,” said Phil Minden, president of St. Joseph’s Hospital-South and St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa. “Seven consecutive ‘A’ grades is a strong indicator of our patient safety commitment, practices and protocol. Our team members and medical staff have embraced and dedicated themselves to providing the safest and highest quality health care environment. This impressive string of seven consecutive ‘A’ grades sends the message to all coming to our hospital that they are in the best of hands.”

St. Joseph’s Hospital-South was one of 10 BayCare hospitals that earned an “A” in the spring grades. Other BayCare “A” hospitals are Bartow Regional Medical Center, Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, Mease Dunedin Hospital, Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital in New Port Richey, South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City, St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa and St. Joseph’s Hospital-North in Lutz.

“Thanks to BayCare’s extraordinary nurses, doctors, staff and leadership for continuing to excel at putting patients and their safety first,” said Dr. Laura Arline, BayCare’s chief quality officer. “Our Leapfrog Safety Grade achievement signifies our strong commitment to Zero Harm and is evidence that our hospitals are continuously evaluating our performance so that we can best protect our patients.”

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a composite score that comprises the following:

• More than 30 national performance measures collected and reported publicly by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• The Leapfrog Hospital Survey
• Information gathered from other supplemental data sources

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St. Joseph’s Hospital-South opened in February 2015 to bring high-quality health care services to southern Hillsborough and northern Manatee counties in an environment designed to help patients heal.

Part of BayCare Health System, St. Joseph’s Hospital-South features all private patient suites and offers emergency care, surgical services, imaging, intensive care, obstetrics, a NICU and cardiac catheterization.