December 18, 2024- The Leapfrog Group announced the 2024 recipients for their elite annual Top Hospital Award and Top Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Award. This national recognition is one of the most competitive honors U.S. hospitals and surgery centers can earn for excellence in patient safety and quality of care. Selected hospitals and ASCs will be celebrated as part of Leapfrog’s 2024 Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner.
This year, 134 hospitals earned the Top Hospital Award, including eight Top Children’s Hospitals, 36 Top General Hospitals, 15 Top Rural Hospitals and 75 Top Teaching Hospitals. This represents less than six percent of all eligible hospitals in the U.S.
A total of 31 ASCs earned the Top ASC Award. ASCs in nine surgical specialties are represented: gastroenterology, general surgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, orthopedic surgery, urology, neurological surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and plastic and reconstructive surgery.
The award honors hospitals and ASCs that demonstrate the highest performance in the nation on quality and patient safety, including ethical billing and informed patient consent procedures, lower infection rates, maternity care safety, prevention of medication errors and surgical safety.
To see the full methodology and list of institutions honored as 2024 Top Hospitals, please visit www.leapfroggroup.org/tophospitals.
To see the full list of institutions honored as 2024 Top ASCs, please visit www.leapfroggroup.org/ratings-report/top-ascs.
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