FAYETTEVILLE – Cape Fear
Valley Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s spring 2019
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes Cape Fear Valley’s
efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.
The Leapfrog Group is a
national nonprofit organization committed to improving health care quality and
safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’,
‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in
preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to
patients in their care.
“To be recognized nationally
as an ‘A’ hospital is an accomplishment the whole community should take pride
in,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Hospitals that
earn an ‘A’ grade are making it a priority to protect patients from preventable
medical harm and error. We congratulate hospital leaders, board members, staff,
volunteers and clinicians who work so hard to earn this A.”
Developed under the guidance
of a national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures
of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600
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.
Cape Fear Valley Medical
Center was awarded an ‘A’ grade today, when Leapfrog announced grades for the
spring 2019 update. To see Cape Fear Valley’s full grade details, and to access
patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org.