Six HCA Virginia hospitals awarded 'A' rating in Leapfrog Group's fall 2024 Hospital Safety Grade
Six HCA Virginia hospitals earned an "A" Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care.
Six HCA Virginia hospitals earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. This national distinction recognizes the hospitals’ achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safe healthcare.
Leapfrog assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to general hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harm to patients in their care.
The HCA Virginia hospitals that earned an “A” grade for meeting some of the industry’s highest standards are:
- Henrico Doctors' Hospital
- Parham Doctors' Hospital
- Retreat Doctors' Hospital
- LewisGale Hospital - Montgomery
- LewisGale Hospital - Pulaski
- Reston Hospital Center
The latest recognitions earned three HCA Virginia hospitals a "Straight A" designation for five or more consecutive cycles of A ratings:
- Henrico Doctors' Hospital
- Parham Doctors' Hospital
- Reston Hospital Center
“Patient safety is a top priority for our hospital teams,” said Elizabeth Mikula, HCA Healthcare Capital Division vice president of quality. “Our hospitals regularly measure and report hundreds of quality and patient safety data points, directly related to patient outcomes, across multiple patient populations. We recognize the importance of measuring quality and safety in patient care and are proud of our dedicated physicians, nurses, and colleagues who provide our patients with exceptional care each day.”
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.