See how Triad hospitals rate when it comes to patient safety
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- Owen Covington
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Among the Triad's 13 hospitals, five received the highest rating for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group, national nonprofit group that rates 2,500 hospitals each year.
Hospitals that received "A" grades were Cone Health's Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital and Wesley Long Hospital in Greensboro, along with Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital in Elkin and Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy.
Two hospitals — Cone Health's Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington and Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden — were among the 148 nationally that received "D" grades.
"While the data tells us that hospitals are improving their safe practices, it's concerning to see them moving backward on any measure," Leah Binder, president and CEO of Leapfrog, said in a press release. "Patients enter a hospital trusting they're in a safe place, but with 41 percent of hospitals receiving a 'C,' 'D' or 'F' grade, it's clear that some hospitals are safer than others."
Nationwide, 790 of the 2,520 hospitals rated received an "A" and 688 received a "B." There were 26 with an "F" grade.
Leapfrog uses a collection of 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to determine the score.
Process measures look at how often a hospital gives patients recommended treatment for a condition or procedure, such as using antibiotics right before surgery. Outcome measures look at what happens when a patient receives care, such as if a dangerous object is left in a patient's body during surgery.
Alamance Regional saw below-average performance in measures such as its standard safety procedures, whether it had the right staffing to prevent safety problems, whether its staff is following steps to make surgery safer and other areas. Take a look at its full report for more details.
2014 Hospital Patient Safety, Leapfrog Group
HOSPITAL | LOCATION | GRADE |
---|---|---|
Alamance Regional Medical Center | Burlington | D |
Albemarle Health | Elizabeth City | C |
Annie Penn Hospital | Reidsville | A |
Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital | Dunn | C |
Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals - Morganton | Morganton | A |
Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals - Valdese | Valdese | B |
Caldwell Memorial Hospital | Lenoir | A |
Cape Fear Valley Health Systems | Fayetteville | B |
CarolinaEast Medical Center | New Bern | C |
Carolinas Medical Center | Charlotte | C |
Carolinas Medical Center - Lincoln | Lincolnton | C |
Carolinas Medical Center - Mercy | Charlotte | B |
Carolinas Medical Center - NorthEast | Concord | B |
Carolinas Medical Center - Pineville | Charlotte | B |
Carolinas Medical Center - Union | Monroe | B |
Carolinas Medical Center - University | Charlotte | B |
CaroMont Regional Medical Center | Gastonia | A |
Carteret General Hospital | Morehead City | C |
Catawba Valley Medical Center | Hickory | C |
Central Carolina Hospital | Sanford | B |
Cleveland Regional Medical Center | Shelby | B |
Columbus Regional Healthcare | Whiteville | B |
Duke Raleigh Hospital | Raleigh | A |
Duke Regional Hospital | Durham | A |
Duke University Hospital | Durham | A |
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital | Pinehurst | B |
FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital | Rockingham | B |
Frye Regional Medical Center | Hickory | A |
Halifax Regional Medical Center | Roanoke Rapids | C |
Harris Regional Hospital | Sylva | C |
Haywood Regional Medical Center | Clyde | C |
High Point Regional Health | High Point | C |
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital | Elkin | A |
Iredell Memorial Hospital | Statesville | B |
Johnston Memorial Hospital of Smithfield | Smithfield | C |
Kings Mountain Hospital | Kings Mountain | B |
Lake Norman Regional Medical Center | Mooresville | A |
Lenoir Memorial Hospital | Kinston | D |
Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital | Hendersonville | A |
Maria Parham Medical Center | Henderson | B |
Martin General Hospital | Williamston | D |
Mission Hospital | Asheville | B |
Morehead Memorial Hospital | Eden | D |
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital | Greensboro | A |
Nash Health Care Systems | Rocky Mount | C |
New Hanover Regional Medical Center | Wilmington | A |
Northern Hospital of Surry County | Mount Airy | A |
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center | Bolivia | B |
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center | Winston-Salem | B |
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center | Huntersville | A |
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center | Matthews | B |
Novant Health Prebyterian Medical Center | Charlotte | B |
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center | Salisbury | A |
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center | Thomasville | B |
Onslow Memorial Hospital | Jacksonville | B |
Park Ridge Health | Hendersonville | A |
Randolph Hospital | Asheboro | B |
Rex Hospital | Raleigh | A |
Roanoke-Chowan Hospital | Ahoskie | B |
Rutherford Hospital | Rutherfordton | D |
Sampson Regional Medical Center | Clinton | D |
Scotland Health Care System | Laurinburg | A |
Southeastern Regional Medical Center | Lumberton | C |
Stanly Regional Medical Center | Albemarle | A |
University of North Carolina Hospitals | Chapel Hill | B |
Vidant Beaufort Hospital | Washington | B |
Vidant Edgecombe Hospital | Tarboro | A |
Vidant Medical Center | Greenville | D |
Wake Forest Baptist Health - Lexington Medical Center | Lexington | C |
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center | Winston-Salem | B |
WakeMed Cary Hospital | Cary | C |
WakeMed Health & Hospitals | Raleigh | B |
Watauga Medical Center | Boone | C |
Wayne Memorial Hospital | Goldsboro | C |
Wesley Long Community Hospital | Greensboro | A |
Wilkes Regional Medical Center | North Wilkesboro | A |
Wilson Medical Center | Wilson | C |
Owen Covington covers health care, insurance, law/bankruptcy court, media/advertising, local government and sports business. Contact him at 336-370-2909.
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