05/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/01/2024 13:47
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Media Resources| Quality & Safety of Health Care (for Health Care Professionals)FALLS CHURCH, Virginia - The Defense Health Agency announced today that nine military hospitals received an "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, demonstrating DHA's commitment to safe, high-quality care and transparency.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a letter grade program that rates a hospital's patient safety measures through more than 30 national performance indicators. Each indicator reflects errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent patient harm. This enables all hospitals, including military, to publicly report their progress in quality and safety.
DHA is the first federal health system to participate in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade program. Currently, all military inpatient facilities track and report areas that are surveyed in the program.
"We're humbled at everyone's enthusiastic participation across our health care system," said Dr. Paul Cordts, deputy assistant director for medical affairs and DHA chief medical officer. "The quality and safety assurance measures and improvement initiatives that are in place ensure that we're providing the best care possible for our beneficiaries."
The nine hospitals that received an "A" grade are:
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade program is run by the Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that advocates for improved patient safety in health care. The program is peer-reviewed, fully transparent, and free to the public.
Media with additional questions should contact DHA Media Relations.
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