ROCKINGHAM — FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital (MRH)-Richmond has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on more than 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.
“The FirstHealth Richmond team is committed to providing the highest quality, safest care to the patients and communities we serve,” said Christy Land, MSN, R.N., president of the Southern region and administrator of MRH-Richmond. “This acknowledgement reinforces our ongoing commitment to safety at MRH-Richmond. I want to express my sincere appreciation to our exceptional team of employees, providers and volunteers for their unwavering dedication to delivering exceptional care.”
Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group added, “Everyone who works at MRH-Richmond should be proud of this ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade. It takes complete dedication at every level, and an ironclad commitment to putting patients first. I thank MRH-Richmond, 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 that kill more than 500 patients a day 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.
To see MRH-Richmond’s full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram and via The Leapfrog Group newsletter.
