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Mayo Clinic hospitals earn highest grades for patient safety from Leapfrog Group
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Eight eligible Mayo Clinic hospitals earned A grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization that provides safety ratings.
All eight hospitals have maintained straight A’s since spring 2022. Notably, Mayo Clinic in Arizona is among just 11 hospitals in the nation that have achieved an A in every Leapfrog grading cycle since 2012 — earning an all-time Straight A distinction from Leapfrog. The ratings are intended to help patients choose their preferred healthcare destinations.
"Dr. Charlie Mayo once said that teamwork — with each member doing their part in the spirit of cooperation — is what makes great medicine possible. These grades reflect that same spirit: teams working together to make safe, high-quality care our constant standard," says Sean Dowdy, M.D., Mayo Clinic's chief value officer.
Hospitals that received an A grade are:
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona.
- Mayo Clinic in Florida.
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
- Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea and Austin, Minnesota.
- Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
- Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, Minnesota.
- Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
- Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minnesota.
Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing, Minnesota, received a B grade.
The Leapfrog Group's Hospital Safety Grades are updated and published twice each year. The grade is based on 22 measures of publicly available hospital safety data and self-reported survey answers, which are combined to produce a single safety grade. A panel of patient safety experts developed the measures for the grade.
Many agencies rate quality in healthcare. Mayo Clinic is the only healthcare organization that consistently ranks among the top providers nationwide, regardless of the quality measure used.
