Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Recognized with an “A” for the Fall 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital received an "A" grade in the Fall 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.

"The level of care we offer to our patients and community makes me incredibly proud. Our team always seeks to enhance processes and strives for excellence," said Rita Bunch, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital President. "This distinction emphasizes the constant effort our team makes every day to provide high-quality and compassionate care."

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 like Leapfrog assist our community in understanding the level of care we offer and can help them make decisions about where to get care," noted Frank Jargowsky, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Director of Quality and Patient Safety. "Our mission is to maintain the community's safety and offer the highest standard of care to everyone who walks through our doors.

To see Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital's full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org.