HOSPITAL EARNS TOP GRADE FOR PATIENT SAFETY

White Plains Hospital has once again earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from national nonprofit watchdog The Leapfrog Group. The hospital is one of only 17 hospitals in New York state to receive the highest possible rating during this period and has received an “A” each period since the beginning of 2019. White Plains Hospital is the only hospital in Westchester County and the Hudson Valley, and one of only three hospitals in New York state, to earn this top grade 11 consecutive times.
Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems that hospitals have in place to prevent them. In March, White Plains Hospital was also awarded the Patient Safety Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades, ranking the Hospital among the top 5% in the nation for patient safety.
“We are so proud to receive the top safety grade from The Leapfrog Group for the 11th time in a row. These acknowledgements reflect our consistency as well our distinctive approach to patient safety and delivering the highest-quality care,” said Dr. Rafael E. Torres, chief quality officer at White Plains Hospital.
“Everyone who works at White Plains Hospital should be proud of this ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It takes complete dedication at every level, and an ironclad commitment to putting patients first. I thank the hospital for its leadership, clinicians, staff and volunteers for caring so deeply for its patients and their safety.”
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program focused exclusively on preventable medical errors, infections and injuries nationally. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring.
A member of the Montefiore Health System White Plains Hospital serves as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley. The hospital is a 292-bed not-for-profit health-care organization with the primary mission of providing exceptional acute and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas.
The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety.