Twin Cities earns top grade in patient safety
Twin Cities hospital in Templeton.
–Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo and Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton were both awarded an “A” from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade, demonstrating the hospitals’ commitments to delivering safe, high-quality patient care to the Central Coast community.
Sierra Vista and Twin Cities have achieved consecutive A’s every reporting period since the ratings first came out in 2012 – only 42 hospitals across the country have achieved straight A’s since 2012.
This designation recognizes Sierra Vista and Twin Cities’ efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. The Hospital Safety Grade is designed to give consumers information they can use to make healthcare decisions for themselves or a loved one. The Leapfrog Group assigns A, B, C, D or F grades to hospitals across the country based on their ability to prevent errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
“We focus on driving improvements in care delivery and patient satisfaction every day. This rating recognizes our continuous commitment to placing safety at the forefront of our patients’ care,” said Mark Lisa, CEO of Sierra Vista and Twin Cities. “Our clinical leaders regularly review our hospital’s patient care processes and compare our data to nationally recognized benchmarks and best practices. Nothing is more important to us than offering our patients trusted care in a safe environment.”
“Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades recognize hospitals like Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Twin Cities Community Hospital that focus on advancing patient safety. This ranking provides an important resource for patients, and a benchmark for hospitals, to determine how care at one hospital compares to others in a region,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Hospitals that earn an A Hospital Safety Grade deserve to be recognized for their efforts in preventing medical harm and errors.”
Developed under the guidance of a National Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. hospitals twice per year. It is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and the results are free to the public.
Sierra Vista and Twin Cities are two of 855 hospitals across the country awarded an “A” in the Fall 2018 update of grades. To see both hospitals’ full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.
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