Good Samaritan Medical Center receives 'A' grade for patient safety

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INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH
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Good Samaritan Medical Center has received an “A” grade for 2023 from the national Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade survey for their efforts to protect patients and provide safe high-quality care for the community. The hospital is part of SCL Health which merged with Intermountain Health in 2022.

This is the sixth consecutive A grade that Good Samaritan Medical Center has received.

“We have protocols in place to encourage our caregivers to speak up, raise concerns and offer ideas about how we can improve our culture of safety,” said Dawn J. Anuszkiewicz, president of Good Samaritan Medical Center. “Receiving the top grade shows our efforts around safety are paying off and having a positive impact on patients.”

The Leapfrog Group is a nonprofit, independent organization which reviews hospitals across the country using more than 30 national performance safety measures to determine their grade. 

The survey considered anything that could bring possible harm to patients, such as infections, medical errors, accidents, or injuries. The Leapfrog survey also examines the systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm in the first place. It then assigns an “A” through “F” grade based on the hospital’s performance.

Intermountain Health caregivers are continually training for all aspects of patient safety in healthcare.

To see the full Leapfrog list of hospitals and their grade, click here.

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