Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center was recognized with an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Score by the Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. This is the third consecutive survey period in which the hospital has obtained an ‘A’ rating. Sierra Vista also improved its overall score since the last results were published.

The ‘A’ score was awarded in the latest update to the Hospital Safety Score, the ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ scores assigned to U.S. hospitals based on preventable medical errors, injuries accidents, and infections. The Hospital Safety Score was compiled under the guidance of the nation’s leading experts on patient safety. The first and only hospital safety rating to be peer-reviewed in the Journal of Patient Safety, Hospital Safety Score is designed to give the public information they can use to protect themselves and their families.

“Earning an ‘A’ on the Hospital Safety Score demonstrates that this hospital has exhibited excellence in our national database of patient safety measures,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “I’d like to congratulate Sierra Vista for your achievements and encourage you to continue to put a priority on the safety of your patients.”

To see Sierra Vista’s scores as they compare nationally and locally, visit the Hospital Safety Score website here, which provides information on how the public can protect themselves and loved ones during a hospital stay. Local hospitals’ scores are also available on the free mobile app.

Calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group’s eight-member Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses 26 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single score representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from infections, injuries, and medical and medication errors.