Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital Earns 2022 Leapfrog Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety

Sacramento, Calif. (December 4, 2022) – Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital was named a Top Teaching Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced earlier this month, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is bestowed by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for healthcare safety and quality. Top Hospitals were honored at the 2022 Leapfrog Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C.

“We are honored to be among the 115 hospitals nationwide who were recognized by The Leapfrog Group as a Top Hospital,” said Dr. Tina Johnson, President and CEO of Mercy General Hospital. “This prestigious achievement reflects our staff’s dedication and commitment to providing safe and high-quality care to our patients.” 

Over 2,200 hospitals were considered for the award. Among those, Mercy General Hospital received a Top Teaching distinction. A total of 115 top hospitals were selected as Top Hospitals, including

• 12 Top Children’s
• 32 Top General
• 13 Top Rural
• 58 Top Teaching

The quality of patient care across many areas of hospital performance is considered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including infection rates, practices for safer surgery, maternity care, and the hospital’s capacity to prevent medication errors. The rigorous standards are defined in each year’s Top Hospital Methodology.

“We are honored to recognize Mercy General Hospital as a Top Hospital this year,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Mercy General Hospital has demonstrated that they truly put patients first. We congratulate the board, staff and clinicians whose efforts made this honor possible.”

To qualify for the Top Hospitals distinction, hospitals must rank top among peers on the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, which assesses hospital performance on the highest standards for quality and patient safety, and achieve top performance in its category. To see the full list of institutions honored as 2022 Top Hospitals, visit www.leapfroggroup.org/tophospitals.

About The Leapfrog Group

Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog's other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. For more, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our newsletter.

About Dignity Health

Dignity Health is a multi-state nonprofit network of 10,000 physicians, more than 60,000 employees, 41 acute care hospitals, and 400-plus care-centers, including community hospitals, urgent care, surgery and imaging centers, home health, and primary care clinics in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. Dignity Health is a part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit health system committed to advancing health for all people and dedicated to serving the common good. For more information, please visit our website at www.DignityHealth.org.

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