FORT WAYNE – All six eligible Parkview hospitals received an “A” grade in the Fall 2024 Hospital Safety Ratings released by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization focused on patient safety in hospitals and hospitals. ambulatory surgery centers.
Parkview Regional Medical Center & Affiliates, Parkview Bryan Hospital, Parkview DeKalb Hospital, Parkview Huntington Hospital, Parkview Noble Hospital and Parkview Whitley Hospital all received top marks in this fall’s report.
Leapfrog assigns an A to F grade to the nation’s general hospitals based on more than 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm .
Parkview Bryan Hospital, affiliated with Parkview in October 2023, received its first “A” rating since joining the system. The hospital previously received a “C” grade in fall 2023 (achieved before joining Parkview) and spring 2024, as the hospital transitioned to Parkview’s comprehensive data recording and reporting procedures.
Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC) earned an “A” on 21 of 23 Leapfrog report cards dating back to 2013. Parkview Community Hospitals also extended its streak of “A”s – Parkview Huntington Hospital earned an “A” » for seven consecutive periods, Parkview DeKalb Hospital and Parkview Noble Hospital for five consecutive reports, and Parkview Whitley Hospital for the last four reports.
“The safety of our patients and colleagues remains a top priority at Parkview,” said Dr. Jeffrey Boord, chief quality and safety officer at Parkview Health. “Parkview relies on the feedback we receive from our frontline workers and we are increasingly harnessing the power of data to make improvements and maintain high-quality care and safety. We are proud to have earned straight A’s from Leapfrog Group in recognition that our efforts create and maintain a safe environment.
Parkview LaGrange Hospital, Parkview Wabash Hospital, and Parkview Montpelier Hospital are not rated because the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade does not rate critical access hospitals due to limitations in publicly available data from these smaller establishments. Parkview Orthopedic Hospital is also not ranked by Leapfrog because it is a specialty hospital.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital rating program focused exclusively on medical errors, infections and preventable injuries that kill more than 500 patients per day nationwide. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice a year, in the fall and spring.