Guadalupe Regional Medical Center | Health Currents | Spring 2017

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SPRING 2017
Every year, Leapfrog Hospital Safety
Grades assigns A through F letter
grades to more than 2,600 hospitals
nationwide. In the fall of 2016,
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center
was one of 844 hospitals in the
nation, and one of only six in a
50-mile radius, to receive an “A,”
ranking among the safest hospitals
Leapfrog is a national nonprofit
organization driving a movement for
giant leaps forward in the quality and
safety of American healthcare. The
grades are based on hospitals’ records
of patient safety—helping consumers
protect themselves and their families
from errors, injuries, accidents and
infections.
Developed under the guidance
of an expert panel, Leapfrog uses
30 measures of publicly available
hospital safety data to assign the A
through F grades to U.S. hospitals
twice a year. The data is calculated by
top patient safety experts and is peer-
reviewed, fully transparent and free to
the public.
To see GRMC’s full grade,
and to access consumer-friendly
patient tips for staying safe
in the hospital, you can visit
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Robert Haynes, CEO of Guadalupe
Regional, says he is extremely proud
of the work the staff at GRMC are
doing on a daily basis. He is happy
to see that GRMC’s hard work has
been recognized by Leapfrog as an
outstanding facility for safety and
quality.