ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Health System hospital in La Crosse has scored the highest safety marks from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit organization that collects and analyzes data to help patients choose their preferred health care destinations. The La Crosse location is one of six Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals to receive these high marks. The other locations include:
- Albert Lea and Austin, Minnesota.
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
- Fairmont, Minnesota.
- Mankato, Minnesota.
- Red Wing, Minnesota.
These hospitals meet the requirements for eligibility in The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Score and earned “A” grades — the best possible — for patient safety.
“We are so proud of our staff for continuing to achieve the highest level of safety for the third year in a row,” says Paul Mueller, M.D., regional vice president for Mayo Clinic Health System in southwest Wisconsin. “This commitment to our patients is a true reflection of our Mayo Clinic values.”
Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona, Mayo Clinic Hospital in Florida, and Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester also received “A” grades.
“Receiving ‘A’ grades at our six hospitals is a true testament of the hard work, dedication and commitment to ensure our patients receive the best and safest care possible,” says Prathibha Varkey, M.B.B.S., president of Mayo Clinic Health System.. “Our patients and communities expect and deserve to have safe, high-quality and affordable health care close to home. These grades enhance and exemplify our presence as a top community health system.”
The Hospital Safety Score, which the Leapfrog Group updates and publishes twice a year, uses
15 measures of publicly available hospital safety data combined with additional self-reported survey answers that hospitals submit annually.
The Leapfrog Survey assesses the status of many areas of hospital practice, including:
- Electronic medication ordering by health care professionals.
- Staffing of ICUs by physicians certified in critical care medicine.
- Having structures and systems in place to provide a culture that supports safety.
- Practices to monitor and maintain safe nursing workforce levels.
- Monitoring the proper hand hygiene techniques of staff who interact with patients.
- Monitoring the use of bar-code scanning of patients and medications when administering medications in the hospital.
The Leapfrog Group is one of many ranking groups that recognize Mayo Clinic Health System as a top choice for patients.
Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse was the only health care facility in Southwest Wisconsin in 2021 that received the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid’s 5-Star Quality Rating and Leapfrog Grade A for Safety, and was named in Healthgrades America’s “250 Best Hospitals” and Newsweek’s “Best Hospitals in the U.S.”
(Mayo Clinic)
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