Paradise Valley Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in the Fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Paradise Valley Hospital’s achievements in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to all general hospitals across the country and is updated every six months. It is based on a hospital’s performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections, and other harms to patients in their care.
“We’re grateful and proud,” says Neerav Jadeja, Hospital CEO. “To receive this from The Leapfrog Group—especially during this pandemic—is an honor that the staff here at Paradise Valley Hospital can take to heart and know that the extra effort they have all put in to ensure our patients’ safety has been recognized.”
“We are extremely grateful to hospital leadership and health care workers who have remained steadfast in prioritizing patient safety as our nation battles COVID-19,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “This ‘A’ is a testament to the care and commitment of those who work for Paradise Valley Hospital. With the current pandemic exposing existing flaws within the U.S. health care system, we appreciate you putting patient safety first. Lives depend on it.”
Developed under the guidance of a national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 27 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.
Paradise Valley Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ grade today when Leapfrog updated grades for fall 2020. To see Paradise Valley Hospital’s full grade details and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter and Facebook.
In addition to a Leapfrog ‘A’, Paradise Valley Hospital has been awarded the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award for the past seven consecutive years (2014-2020), and “Gold Plus” awards from the American Heart Association in 2020 for the treatment of Stroke and Heart Failure.