Patient Safety Measures

The following patient safety measures were provided by The Leapfrog Group, an initiative driven by organizations that buy health care who are working to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of healthcare for Americans. For more about this initiative or to search and compare other hospitals, go to The Leapfrog Group (www.leapfroggroup.org/)

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Key
	Fully implemented Leapfrog’s recommended quality and safety leap.
	Good progress in implementing Leapfrog’s recommended quality and safety leap.
	Good early stage effort in implementing Leapfrog’s recommended quality and safety leap.
	Willing to report publicly; did not yet meet Leapfrog’s criteria for a good early stage effort.
	Not Applicable - e.g. Pancreatic resection does not apply because hospital does notperform pancreatic resections.

Patient Safety Measures

Updated June / July 2007

Reference the key above

Click on each "Leap" to learn more about each measure

Click on Safe Practices Score to see a list of the 27 safe practices

Hospital Name

Leap 1

Leap 2

Leap 3

Leap 4

New Measure

CPOE*
(Computer Physician Order Entry)

ICU
(Intensive Care Unit Staffing)

High Risk Treatments

Safe
Practices Score

Adherence to Never
Events
Policies

Coro-nary Artery Bypass

Percu-taneous Coronary Intervention

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Pan-creatic Re-section

Esopha-gectomy

Aortic Valve Replacement

Bariatric Surgery

High Risk Deliveries & Neon-atal ICUs

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Sentara
Va. Beach General Hospital

Sentara Leigh Hospital

Sentara CarePlex Hospital

Sentara Bayside Hospital

Sentara Williamsburg Community Hospital

Sentara Obici Hospital

* Sentara's strategy for computer physician order entry (CPOE) is underway through a multi-year initiative that will consolidate and simplify patient records, physician orders and more into one secure, easily-accessible, real-time system.