Redmond Hospital Improves Its Safety Score

Redmond Regional Medical Center Receives an ‘A’ for Patient Safety in Fall 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
ROME, GEORGIA, November 8, 2018 – Redmond Regional Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes Redmond’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. The Leapfrog Group is a national organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an A, B, C, D or F grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms among patients in their care.
“At Redmond, our team is committed to providing excellent patient care, every time,” said John Quinlivan, Chief Executive Officer at Redmond Regional Medical Center. “Receiving an A Safety Grade is validation of our team’s dedication to our community and the patients we serve every day. I’m very proud of our team and I’m honored to work alongside them.”
“Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades recognize hospitals like Redmond Regional Medical Center 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. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.
Redmond was one of 855 across the United States awarded an A in the Fall 2018 update of grades. To see Redmond’s full grade details, and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.