A National Safety Award Sweep for Adventist HealthCare

Story by Adventist HealthCare Staff

This spring, all three of Adventist HealthCare’s acute care hospitals earned the distinguished “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization that assigns Hospital Safety Grades based on evidence-based measures of patient safety.

Adventist HealthCare is the only health system in Maryland to have all of its hospitals awarded the A rating.

This milestone achievement was made possible by years of focused work to enhance patient safety and quality to prevent errors, injuries and infections across the system.

Grades are updated twice each year after rigorous analysis. This spring marked Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center’s inaugural “A,” which joined with White Oak Medical Center’s seventh consecutive “A” and Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center’s third straight “A.”

“Every one of our acute-care hospitals has earned Leapfrog’s highest safety grade, and that is no accident,” said Patsy McNeil, MD, Executive Vice President and System Chief Medical Officer for Adventist HealthCare. “It is the result of a relentless, systemwide commitment to safety and quality at every touchpoint. We continually strive to deliver exceptional outcomes for the patients we serve.”

To learn more about Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.