Leapfrog 2009 Top Hospital Report is Out

Below is the listing for the urban hospitals and a new category of rural hospitals was added this year where 3 were named. As you can see California and Massachusetts both have a big showing here. As a matter of fact I highlighted the ones in southern California and they were all Kaiser Permanente facilities. As you can see from the criteria listed, having an computerized physician order entry system was part of the game plan here to be listed, so those on paper were not in the running. BD

“In 2009, Top Hospitals in urban settings fulfill the following criteria:

• Fully meet Leapfrog standards for implementing computer physician order entry (CPOE) systems (that have been shown to reduce medication errors by up to 85%), and for passing Leapfrog’s test of their system;

• Fully meet stringent performance standards for complex, high-risk procedures (such as heart bypass surgery) done in that particular hospital;

• Fully meet standards for staffing the ICU, shown to reduce mortality by 40% or more”

“We know from research that Leapfrog-reporting hospitals are among the best in the country, and they demonstrate through Leapfrog that they set ambitious goals for their performance,” said Binder, pointing to a study by Dr Ashish Jha at Harvard Medical School, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the Joint Commission in 2008, concluding that Leapfrog hospitals have lower mortality and better quality of care than those that don’t report to Leapfrog.

“Not all hospitals make the top hospital list, but every hospital that participates in Leapfrog deserves credit. They are fundamentally changing the hospital market into one that is highly responsive to the quality, cost and value needs of consumers and large buyers of health care,” said David Knowlton, Chair of The Leapfrog Group and President & CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute.

This year’s top urban hospitals are located in 13 states – Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Washington:

Mayo Clinic Hospital; Phoenix AZ

California Pacific Medical Center - Davies Campus; San Francisco CA

California Pacific Medical Center - California Campus; San Francisco CA

California Pacific Medical Center - Pacific Campus; San Francisco CA

Kaiser Permanente Anaheim Medical Center; Anaheim CA

Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center; Baldwin Park CA

Kaiser Permanente Bellflower/Downey Medical Center; Bellflower CA

Kaiser Permanente Hayward Hospital; Hayward CA

Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Hospital; Sacramento CA

Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Hospital; Sacramento CA

Stanford Hospital & Clinics; Stanford CA

University of California Davis Medical Center; Sacramento CA

NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Highland Park Hospital; Highland Park IL

Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Chicago IL

Rush University Medical Center; Chicago IL

University of Maryland Medical Center; Baltimore MD

Baystate Medical Center; Springfield MA

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston MA

Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston MA

North Shore Medical Center - Union Hospital; Lynn MA

Norwood Hospital; Norwood MA

Detroit Receiving Hospital; Detroit MI

Harper-Hutzel Hospital; Detroit MI

Mayo Clinic - Methodist Hospital; Rochester MN

Mayo Clinic Saint Marys; Rochester MN

Regions Hospital; Saint Paul MN

The Valley Hospital; Ridgewood NJ

University Medical Center at Princeton; Princeton NJ

James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; Columbus OH

The Ohio State University Hospital; Columbus OH

Lehigh Valley Hospital; Allentown PA

Bon Secours St. Francis Health System; Greenville SC

Vanderbilt University Hospital; Nashville TN

Virginia Mason Medical Center; Seattle WA

Top pediatric hospitals in 2009 achieved a quality score of 95 or better through Leapfrog’s Hospital Recognition Program and are located in California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee:

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles; Los Angeles CA

Children's Hospital of Orange County; Orange CA

Children's National Medical Center; Washington DC

Children's Hospital Boston; Boston MA

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis; Minneapolis MN

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati OH

Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Pittsburgh PA

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt; Nashville TN