White Plains Hospital, a member of the Montefiore Health System, has once again earned an “A” from health care watchdog The Leapfrog Group in its Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grades, marking the fifth consecutive time the hospital has received this designation for its achievements in protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. It is the only health care facility in Westchester County to receive the highest possible rating.
“An A safety grade is an elite designation that your community should be proud of,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “The past year has been extraordinarily difficult for hospitals, but White Plains Hospital shows us it is possible to keep a laser focus on patients and their safety, no matter what it takes.”
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital rating focused exclusively on hospital safety. Developed under the guidance of a national expert panel, it uses as many as 27 measures of hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,700 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice a year. White Plains Hospital is one of 906 hospitals in the U.S., and one of only 16 hospitals in New York, to earn an A rating.
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization assigning letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety.
