Safety still shaky at most hospitals, says Leapfrog

The number is startling for how large it is. It pops off the page: 440,000 people die each year from preventable errors in hospitals. As it does twice a year, hospital safety watchdog The Leapfrog Group shines its light on the good, the bad and the ugly with a letter grade – A through F. What it shows with this fall ranking is sluggish improvement on the safety front, even as some hospitals continue to sustain A ratings year after year, others can't seem to make the grade. Quality and Safety read more
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