MEADOWBROOK, PA – NOVEMBER 15, 2024 — Holy Redeemer Hospital earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group for the eleventh consecutive scoring season. The hospital was notified that it is one of only 10 hospitals in Pennsylvania to score an “A” every scoring season since fall 2019.
“Earning an A-grade in safety is always a hospital’s goal,” said Cass Egan, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Holy Redeemer Hospital. “But achieving an A-grade in safety 11 times in a row is a testament to the team’s ongoing expectation to deliver safe care. Maintaining high scores in categories like ‘staff working together to prevent errors’ and ‘effective leadership’ over a long period of time reflects the culture of safety that we insist on here.”
According to The Leapfrog Group, out of almost 3,000 hospitals across the country, fewer than 30% achieved an A-grade in fall 2024. Only 54 hospitals in Pennsylvania achieved an A-grade this season.
“Our continued success in patient safety is celebrated at Holy Redeemer Hospital,” said Patient Safety Officer Krzysztof Stypulkowski, DNP, MBA, RN. “This level of high performance is evidence of the focus and responsiveness we see from everyone, every day."
The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization that assigns safety grades to hospitals across the country based on more than 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually.
According to Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, “It takes complete dedication at every level, and an ironclad commitment to putting patients first. I thank Holy Redeemer Hospital, its leadership, clinicians, staff, and volunteers for caring so deeply for its patients and their safety.” To see Holy Redeemer Hospital’s full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade and read the Leapfrog newsletter on social media.
