Southwest Healthcare Palmdale Regional Medical Center Earns an "A" Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group
Southwest Healthcare Palmdale Regional Medical Center earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.
“Our fourth ‘A’ in a row from The Leapfrog Group doesn’t come as a big surprise to me,” said Nana Deeb, Chief Executive Officer at Palmdale Regional Medical Center. “Our teams are dedicated and focused on bringing high quality care and have an unwavering commitment to patient safety so that our patients can rest easy that we have the best in mind for them – every single patient, every single day. I couldn’t be prouder of our team members.”
“Achieving an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade reflects enormous dedication to patient safety,” said Leah Binder, President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “I extend my congratulations to Palmdale Regional Medical Center, its leadership, clinicians, staff and volunteers for creating a culture where patients come first.”
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade stands as the only hospital ratings program focused solely on preventable medical errors, infections and injuries that kill more than 500 patients a day in the United States. This program is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.