Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has received an ‘A’ Leapfrog
Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2022. This national distinction recognizes
CVMC’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm
and error in the hospital, as well as meeting the highest safety standards
in the United States. This marks the thirteenth consecutive ‘A’
grade for safety that CVMC has received dating back to Fall 2016.
The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns
an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,”
or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based
on over 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, injuries,
accidents and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to
prevent harm. Results are updated each fall and spring.
Dennis Johnson, president and CEO of Catawba Valley Health System, said,
“It truly is remarkable that our team has continued to perform at
the highest possible level year after year to ensure that the people we
treat are safe. Safety and quality must be the top priorities in a healthcare
setting, and I am so proud to show our community that we will stay committed
to these priorities above all else.”
“I applaud the Catawba Valley Medical Center’s leadership and
workforce for their strong commitment to safety and transparency,”
said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “An ‘A’
Safety Grade is a sign that hospitals are continuously evaluating their
performance, so that they can best protect patients. Your hospital team
should be extremely proud of their dedication and achievement.”
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program
based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harms to
patients. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 27 measures of
publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than
2,700 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s
methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are
free to the public at HospitalSafetyGrade.org.