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BWH has been honored by the Leapfrog Group as a Top Hospital for the fifth time, for delivering the highest quality of care in the nation while attaining the highest levels of efficiency. “As an institution, we have a firm focus on providing safe, high-quality care to our patients, and we’ve made a major effort to improve our systems in this regard,” said David Bates, MD, MSc, BWH’s Chief Quality Officer.
The annual Top Hospital list includes 65 hospitals from across the U.S. The selection is based on the results of the Leapfrog Group’s national survey measuring hospitals’ performance in crucial areas of patient safety and quality. The survey, which launched in 2001, focuses on four critical areas of patient safety:
In addition, hospitals are measured on their progress in preventing infections and other hospital-acquired conditions and adopting policies on the handling of serious medical errors. The Leapfrog Group is a coalition of public and private purchasers of employee health coverage founded a decade ago to work for improvements in health care safety, quality and affordability. The annual survey is the only voluntary effort of its kind.