Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Receives Grade A for Spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital received an "A" grade in the Spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing the safety fundamentals in protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Leapfrog Group assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F to hospitals nationwide and is updated every six months. It is the only hospital rating program based exclusively on hospitals' prevention of medical errors and other harms to patients in their care.

"I'm deeply proud of the quality of care we provide to our patients and community. Our team strives toward excellence and consistently looks at ways to improve our systems," said Rita Bunch, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital President. "This recognition highlights the ongoing dedication put forward daily to keep our patients safe. We are proud to be recognized for the work we have done."

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses more than 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to nearly 3,000 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year in order to assess a hospital's overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors. The Hospital Safety Grade's methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.

"Recognitions, such as Leapfrog, help give our community insight into the quality care we provide and can help advise the decision on where to seek care," noted Frank Jargowsky, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Director of Quality and Patient Safety. "Our goal is to keep our community safe and provide the utmost quality care to anyone who enters our doors."

Additional information on the grade details and access to patient tips for staying safe in the hospital can be found by visiting hospitalsafetygrade.org.