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Leapfrog Safe Practices Score (SPS):
• 25 percent fully meet the standard for the Leapfrog Safe Practices Score, which
means that these hospitals have implemented the vast majority of each of the 27
National Quality Forum Safe Practices that comprise the Safe Practices Score.
• 44 percent have implemented procedures to avoid wrong-site surgeries (operating
on the wrong part of the body).
• 36 percent have an adequate hand-washing policy for its employees.
• 35 percent have a satisfactory policy for preventing pressure ulcers (bed sores).
• 29 percent require a pharmacist to review all medication orders before medication is
given to patients.
If all non-rural hospitals in the U.S. implemented computer physician order entry, ICU physician
staffing and just five of the EBHR conditions (not including bariatric surgery and aortic valve
replacement), over 65,000 lives per year could be saved and over 907,000 serious medication
errors prevented (John D. Birkmeyer MD, University of Michigan, 2004). Moreover, the U.S.
health care system could save approximately $41.5 billion annually (Conrad and Gardner,
University of Washington, 2005).
“The Leapfrog Group’s work over the past few years has made it easier for hospitals to
demonstrate excellence in quality and safety. With more consumers using its research than ever
before, Leapfrog has clearly made an impact on the health care environment and its focus on
transparency,” stated Jill Berger, Chair of The Leapfrog Group and Vice President, Health &
Welfare for Marriott International, Inc.
Ellen Stovall, President & CEO, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, stated, “Kudos to
Leapfrog for introducing the Transparency Indicator. This part of the Leapfrog Survey gives
consumers a good idea about how committed a hospital is to being forthright about their quality
and safety track record.”
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whom many of the nation’s largest corporations and public agencies buy health benefits, The
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Group was founded in November 2000 by the Business Roundtable and is supported by its
members, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality and other sources.
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2007 Leapfrog Top Hospitals List

33 Adult Facilities
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center- Summit Campus (Oakland CA)
Baystate Medical Center (Springfield MA)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston MA)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston MA)
California Pacific Medical Center - Pacific Campus (San Francisco CA)
Evanston Hospital (Evanston IL)
Hamot Medical Center (Erie PA)
Harper-Hutzel Hospital (Detroit MI)
Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit MI)
James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (Columbus OH)
Lahey Clinic (Burlington MA)
Lehigh Valley Hospital (Allentown PA)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston MA)
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville - Saint Luke’s Hospital (Jacksonville FL)
Mayo Clinic Rochester - Saint Mary’s Hospital (Rochester MN)
Montefiore Medical Center: Moses Division (Bronx NY)
Montefiore Medical Center: Weiler Division (Bronx NY)
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital (Saint Louis Park MN)
Saint Mary's Health Care (Grand Rapids MI)
Saint Thomas Hospital (Nashville TN)
Sinai Hospital (Baltimore MD)
Spectrum Health - Butterworth Campus (Grand Rapids MI)
Stanford Hospital and Clinics (Stanford CA)
Summa Health Systems Hospitals -- Akron City Hospital (Akron OH)
University of California - UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles CA)
University of Maryland Medical Center (Baltimore MD)
University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill NC)
UPMC Presbyterian Part of UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Pittsburgh PA)
Valley Hospital (Ridgewood NJ)
Vanderbilt University Hospital (Nashville TN)
Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Poughkeepsie NY)
Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle WA)
William Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak MI)
8 Children’s Hospitals
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston (Atlanta GA)
Children's Hospital of Michigan (Detroit MI)
Children's Hospital of Orange County (Orange CA)
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis (Minneapolis MN)
Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota – Saint Paul (Saint Paul MN)
Children’s National Medical Center (Washington DC)
Cook Children's Medical Center (Fort Worth TX)
Miller Children's Hospital (Long Beach CA)
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