Cartersville Medical Center Gets "A" In Hospital Safety

CARTERSVILLE, GA -- The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, has released its new Hospital Safety Grades for fall 2017, and Cartersville Medical Center is one of 832 institutions awarded an "A" for its "commitment to keeping patients safe and meeting the highest safety standards in the U.S.," the hospital said.

The Safety Grade assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F to hospitals nationwide based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms.

“An ‘A’ grade is one of the most significant honors a hospital can achieve and one of the most important indicators of patient safety in the healthcare industry,” said Keith Sandlin, president and CEO at Cartersville Medical Center. “This puts Cartersville Medical Center in elite company as only 31.6 percent of hospitals nationwide received an ‘A’.”

Developed under the guidance of a Blue Ribbon National Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 27 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign A, B, C, D and F grades to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals twice per year. It is calculated by top patient safety experts, peer reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.

“It takes consistent, unwavering dedication to patients to achieve the highest standards of patient safety. An ‘A’ Safety Grade recognizes hospitals for this accomplishment,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We congratulate the clinicians, board, management and staff of Cartersville Medical Center for showing the country what it means to put patient safety first.”

You can view Cartersville Medical Center's full grade and how it performed by clicking here. You can also visit the Hospital Safety Grade website to view tips on how to stay safe while in the hospital.

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