Covenant Health earns A grade for patient safety

Saginaw hospital Covenant Health was awarded an A grade in hospital safety by the Leapfrog Group.

Leapfrog is a national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefit, and reports on U.S. hospital safety, assigning grades from A to F. To assess the grade, the group uses data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections.

"Every day, our employees and physicians strive to provide top-quality care in a patient-friendly setting. We closely watch various measures to push ourselves to be the best we can be for our community. This ‘A’ is another method to monitor how we are doing for our patients, and is a great tribute to the work of our team putting patient safety at the front of all we do," says Dan George, VP of ambulatory planning at Covenant.

Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Dan George, Covenant HealthCare