How Portland and OR Hospitals Rank for Safety

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Friday, October 30, 2015

GoLocalPDX News Team

The grades are out.

“Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Score assigns A, B, C, D and F grades to more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals based on their ability to prevent errors, accidents, injuries and infections,” said the organization” and GoLocal has broken out the Portland-area hospital grades.

Hospitals ranked include Adventist Medical Center, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and Providence Portland Medical Center to name a few.

SEE THE LOCAL RANKINGS BELOW

The Hospital Safety Score was developed  by the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization “committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. health system.”

Overall, Oregon ranks at the middle of the rankings — Oregon ranks #28 in the United States. Maine ranked #1 in the country with over 68% of the state’s hospital receive A grades. In contrast, just 20% of Oregon’s hospitals received A grades. Five states recorded no hospitals with A grades — Alaska, Washington, DC, North Dakota, New Mexico, Vermont and Wyoming.

“Taking a deeper look at the 133 ‘Straight A’ hospitals reveals a diverse group, similar only in their consistent commitment to patient safety. Hospitals from across the country, with 100 beds to over 750 beds, non-profit and for-profit alike received this top honor,” said Leah Binder, President & CEO of The Leapfrog Group, which issues the Hospital Safety Score. “No matter how large or small, no matter what kind of community they serve, all hospitals have the potential to give their patients this high level of safe care.”

The importance of hospital safety is pronounced. The impact of the accidents are immense. 

Many hospitals in this country have safety records that wouldn’t be tolerated in any other industry. Here are some of the numbers:

• As many as 440,000 people die every year from hospital errors, injuries, accidents, and infections
• Every year, 1 out of every 25 patients develops an infection while in the hospital—an infection that didn’t have to happen.
• A Medicare patient has a 1 in 4 chance of experiencing injury, harm or death when admitted to a hospital
• Each day, more than 1000 people will die because of a preventable hospital error

Portland Hospitals Are Below State Average

But, the grades in the Portland area are a notch below. Just one of the six Portland hospitals—Adventist Medical Center— received a grade of A.

National Findings: 

    •    Of the 2,530 hospitals issued a Hospital Safety Score, 773 earned an A, 724 earned a B, 866 earned a C, 133 earned a D and 34 earned an F.
    •    Additionally, 133 hospitals earned the “Straight A” designation, which calls attention to hospitals who have consistently received an A grade for safety since the Hospital Safety Score launched in 2012. 
    •    For the fourth time in a row, Maine claimed the number-one spot for the state with the highest percentage of A hospitals, with nearly 69 percent of its hospitals receiving an A. 
    •    Due to a considerable data update, 46 percent of hospitals changed at least one letter grade. 

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