New Patient Safety Grades For U.S. Hospitals

November 4, 2017

On October 31, 2017, The Leapfrog Group, which describes itself as a nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. health system, issued its Fall 2017 The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades that assigns the letter grades A, B, C, D, and F to general acute-car[...]

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Hey, Where Did My Hospital Go?

November 20, 2013

You may have noticed that your local, independent hospital has either been taken over by a larger, regional health care system or has closed its doors altogether. The consolidation of hospitals in the United States is expected to increase in the coming years, especially influenced by the financ[...]

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