CHOC Earns Top Hospital Award for Outstanding Quality and Safety
Michael Peters
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, CHOC is one of only nine children’s hospitals in the nation to be named a Top Children’s Hospital by The Leapfrog Group. It’s the only children’s hospital in Southern California to be recognized this year.
Announced today, the Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive awards American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is bestowed by The Leap Frog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for health care safety and quality.
Over 2,200 hospitals were considered for the award. A total of 105 hospitals were selected as Top Hospitals, including:
- 9 Top Children’s Hospitals
- 29 Top General Hospitals
- 19 Top Rural Hospitals
- 48 Top Teaching Hospitals
The quality of patient care across many areas of hospital performance is considered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including infection rates, practices for safer surgery, maternity care, and the hospital’s capacity to prevent medication errors. The rigorous standards are defined in each year’s Top Hospital Methodology.
“Being recognized as a Top Hospital is an extraordinary feat and we are honored to recognize CHOC this year,” says Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Despite the extraordinary pressure and strain of the COVID-19 pandemic, CHOC has demonstrated an unwavering dedication to patients and to the Southern California community. We congratulate the board, staff and clinicians whose efforts made this honor possible.”
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