In April, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital (LGH) earned a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Hospital Compare Star Ratings and a Hospital Safety Grade of A from The Leapfrog Group.
CMS, which launched the Hospital Compare Star Ratings in 2015, uses the rating system to summarize more than 50 inpatient and outpatient quality measures in a way that is easy to interpret for patients and consumers. The information helps patients make decisions regarding where to receive care, while encouraging hospitals to continually improve the quality of care they provide. LGH received five stars based on the CMS rating system, which is the highest rating.
The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade assigns an A, B, C, D or F grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care. The A rating from The Leapfrog Group recognizes LGH's efforts to protect patients from harm and provide safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving health-care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers.
“Lancaster General Health has no higher priority than providing our patients with safe, high-quality health care,” said Michael Ripchinski, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. “We are proud to receive both of these nationally-accredited ratings which affirm our commitment to patient safety, quality and high reliability for the communities we serve.”