St. Joseph’s Hospital-North Earns Top Score For Patient Safety

Press release from BayCare:

Dec. 14, 2022

The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization promoting patient safety, announced its Fall 2022 Hospital Safety Grades and St. Joseph's Hospital-North received an “A,” the group’s highest rating. In total, including St. Joseph's Hospital-North, nine of BayCare's acute-care hospitals received an "A.”

The Leapfrog Group collects and analyzes data about infections, accidents, injuries and errors at nearly 3,000 general hospitals. In the spring and fall, the Leapfrog Group assigns letter grades ranging from “A” to “F” and releases those grades publicly.

Other BayCare hospitals earning an “A” 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, St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa and St. Joseph’s Hospital-South in Riverview.

"At St. Joseph’s Hospital-North, the safety of our patients is always our top priority,” said Tom Garthwaite, St. Joseph’s Hospital-North president. “Our teams work diligently every day to provide safe, quality care. Earning a Leapfrog ‘A’ is a testament to the dedication and professionalism of our medical staff and team members.”

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a composite score that is comprised of 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

For more information about Leapfrog, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.

This press release was produced by BayCare. The views expressed here are the author's own.