Resources

For more information about healthcare and hospital quality standards, visit these sites:

HealthGrades

The Joint Commission

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

National Quality Forum

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Press Ganey

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Of a total possible 1000 points for safety practices as measured by Leapfrog, the hospitals within STHS scored the following:

Saint Thomas Hospital - Fully Meets Standards
Baptist Hospital - Fully Meets Standards
MTMC - Fully Meets Standards

Annually, each hospital scores itself using Leapfrog Safe Practice recommendations. Findings are used to prioritize improvements as a way of reducing the risk of harm to the patients we serve.

Protecting 500 million lives from harm. Some is not a number. Soon is not a time.