Four Atlantic Health System Medical Centers get ‘A’ grade for safety by Leapfrog for spring 2022
Morristown, Overlook, Newton and Chilton Medical Centers Among Top Hospitals in Nation for Safety by The Leapfrog Group
NEW JERSEY – Atlantic Health System, a leading provider of health care in New Jersey, Tuesday announced that Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center, Newton Medical Center and Chilton Medical Center all earned the highest possible safety rating of ‘A’ by The Leapfrog Group in its Spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades.
“Safety is the foundation of extraordinary care and the heart of our trusted relationships with patients and their families,” said Brian Gragnolati, President and CEO, Atlantic Health System. “Our thanks to Leapfrog for recognizing the tireless efforts of our talented healthcare heroes, who put the safety and well-being of our patients first every day.”
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 thirty national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harms to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.
“As our health care system continues to feel the strain of the pandemic, I thank the workforce and leadership of Atlantic Health System for sustained commitment to patient safety, day in and day out,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “An ‘A’ Safety Grade is an outstanding achievement, and one that is not possible without a 24/7 effort by the entire health care workforce to protect patients from harm. This community should be proud.”
All of Atlantic Health’s ‘A’ graded facilities have earned top marks for consecutive scoring periods including Morristown Medical Center’s maintained ‘A’ Grade since Fall 2015, Chilton Medical Center’s consecutive ‘A’ since Fall 2018, Newton Medical Center’s ‘A’ since Spring 2019, and Overlook Medical Center’s ‘A’ since Spring 2021.
Developed under the guidance of a national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,700 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year.
To learn more about the Hospital Safety Grade and for a detailed explanation of the scoring methodology, click here.
