Wake Forest Baptist Health - Lexington Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing the medical center’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.

The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The safety grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to all general hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.

Developed under the guidance of a national expert panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year..

To see Lexington Medical Center’s full grade details, learn how employers can help, and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org.

Wake Forest Baptist Health - Lexington Medical Center was awarded an &lsquo;A&rsquo; in the fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing the medical center&rsquo;s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The safety grade assigns an &lsquo;A&rsquo;, &lsquo;B&rsquo;, &lsquo;C&rsquo;, &lsquo;D&rsquo; or &lsquo;F&rsquo; grade to all general hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.
Developed under the guidance of a national expert panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year..
To see Lexington Medical Center&rsquo;s full grade details, learn how employers can help, and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit <a href="http://hospitalsafetygrade.org/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://hospitalsafetygrade.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1574361321562000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEz8oJKkZDISmCVyU4nriKWsBkjVw">hospitalsafetygrade.org</a>.

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