St. Luke’s hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey earn prestigious top hospital designations from Leapfrog Group
Of the eight hospitals in Pennsylvania to earn the prestigious Top Hospital designation from the independent hospital safety watchdog, Leapfrog Group, half are St. Luke’s facilities:
- St. Luke’s Easton Campus – Top Teaching Hospital
- St. Luke’s Monroe Campus – Top Rural Hospital
- St. Luke’s Hospital – Allentown Campus – Top Teaching Hospital
- St. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem Campus – Top Teaching Hospital
Additionally, St. Luke’s Warren Campus in Phillipsburg is one of just four hospitals in New Jersey to be recognized as a Top Teaching Hospital, and St. Luke’s Buxmont has been named a Top Ambulatory Surgical Center, the only one in Pennsylvania to receive the distinction.
“At St. Luke’s, quality and safety are baked into our culture,” said St. Luke’s Chief Quality Officer Donna Sabol. “When it comes to quality and safety, it’s not hyperbole to assert that no other network can touch St. Luke’s.”
Leapfrog’s Top Hospital award recognizes the highest-performing hospitals in the United States across the Teaching, General, Rural, and Children’s categories. The award is based on objective data across multiple areas of hospital care, including infection rates and a hospital’s capacity to prevent medication errors.
More than 2,100 U.S. hospitals were considered for the award. Nationwide, only 134 hospitals were selected, including 8 Top Children’s, 36 Top General, 15 Top Rural, and 75 Top Teaching hospitals.
In November, Leapfrog released its 2024 Fall Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, awarding high marks to every St. Luke’s University Health Network hospital eligible for evaluation. Nationwide, only a few health systems of similar size, including the Mayo Clinic, earned as many ‘A’ grades as St. Luke’s.
For the Top Hospital award, data is gathered and publicly reported through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey. This survey compares hospitals’ performance based on national standards for patient safety, quality, efficiency, and error prevention. It provides a comprehensive picture of how patients fare at individual hospitals and helps institutions benchmark their progress toward Leapfrog’s standards.
“It is truly a joy to recognize the hospitals and ASCs across the nation that have gone above and beyond in their pursuit of excellence,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “St. Luke’s has demonstrated that patient safety is their top priority, and we’re truly pleased to recognize them as a Top Hospital this year. Congratulations to hospital staff at all levels who made this national recognition possible.”
The full list of 2024 Top Hospitals is available at www.leapfroggroup.org/tophospitals.
