AtlantiCare Gets 'A' Grade For Hospital Safety: Leapfrog

POMONA, NJ — AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's Mainland campus is ranked among the best in the state for patient safety, according to newly-released ratings.

Each fall and spring, The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog, releases their safety grades to hospitals across the country. And AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center is the recipient of an “A” grade in the latest release.

This is the second such grade in a row for the hospital - it got an “A” in Leapfrog's spring rankings as well.

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“Excellence is in the DNA of AtlantiCare,” said Michael J. Charlton, president and CEO, AtlantiCare. “Measurement tools like Leapfrog provide us with important benchmarking data that highlights opportunities for us to fine-tune the care our patients expect from us and rely on. We are committed to our promise to keep our patients safe from preventable harm and maintaining a culture that continues to raise the bar for care.”

“Earning an ‘A’ Grade means AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center made a true commitment to put patients first,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We congratulate the leadership, Board, clinicians, staff and volunteers that all had a role to play in this achievement.”

AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s Mainland campus is one of two hospitals in the AtlantiCare system of care. AtlantiCare’s Atlantic City campus also received a highly favorable “B” rating. Both of these high scores were received based on data from Oct. 2021 through Sept. 2022, a period that was significantly impacted by spikes in COVID, staffing challenges and fluctuating visitation restrictions.

According to the rankings, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center performed above average in practices to prevent errors and with staff, earning some perfect scores in those categories.

There were some lower scores in the safety problems category, but none as low as the worst-performing hospitals.

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program exclusively based on hospital prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries that lead to more than 500 deaths a day nationally. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually in the fall and spring.

To see AtlantiCare’s full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter, Facebook and via its newsletter.