Houston Methodist Clear Lake earns ‘A’ grade for patient safety
Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital is the only health care facility in the Bay Area to earn an “A” safety grade from the Leapfrog Group in its spring 2019 report – the best possible rating received by only a third of more than 2,600 hospitals surveyed.
Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades are an independent rating system that assigns letter grades to general, acute-care hospitals in the United States. It is the nation’s only rating system focused entirely on errors, accidents, injuries and infections, and is administered with guidance from the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality.
Houston Methodist Clear Lake scored above average on 22 of 28 measures across five categories: infections; surgical problems; error prevention practices; safety issues; and staff training and communication. The hospital also received a top score – equal to the best in the country – on nine of those measures.
“The Leapfrog survey is an excellent way for us to measure our performance against the top hospitals in the country, and our ‘A’ grade reflects the day-to-day focus that our physicians and staff place on patient safety,” said Houston Methodist Clear Lake CEO Dan Newman. “Safety improvement is a continuous process and I’m proud of the work that our team continues to do to make our hospital safer for patients.”
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is produced twice a year, in the spring and fall. The results are peer-reviewed and available for free to the public. To learn more, go to hospitalsafetygrade.org.
About Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital
Houston Methodist Clear Lake brings the expertise and compassionate care of Houston Methodist Hospital in The Texas Medical Center to Clear Lake communities. The hospital provides a broad spectrum of adult medical and surgical care, is an accredited chest pain center, and is also a Primary Stroke Center designated through DNV. Houston Methodist Clear Lake offers many inpatient and outpatient services including a Breast Care Center with 3-D mammography, state-of-the-art imaging, labor and delivery with a level II neonatal ICU, Cancer Center, weight loss surgery and advanced laparoscopic surgery, comprehensive orthopedics and sports medicine, cardiovascular services, neurology, urology and otolaryngology. Visit houstonmethodist.org/clearlake to learn more and to find a doctor near you.