AdventHealth North Pinellas Leads the Way in Patient Safety; Achieves 18 consecutive Leapfrog Grade “A” AdventHealth North Pinellas has achieved a 18 consecutive “A” patient safety grade by the prestigious Leapfrog Group. The safety grade is awarded based on a hospital’s performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections, and other harms to patients in their care. The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country. AdventHealth implemented and enhanced several divisionwide processes to keep patients safe, including, elevating best practices in bar code scanning as a safety net to assure that the right patient receives the right medication every time. This effort is just one of the many initiatives in place to ensure patient safety. “Although we have achieved 18 consecutive ‘A’ grades, our team of experts never take patient quality and safety for granted,” said Jason Dunkel, President, and CEO, of AdventHealth North Pinellas. “We’ve made a promise to elevate care for all the communities we serve, this prestigious recognition is a testament to their unrelenting hard work and dedication.”
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AdventHealth hospitals in the West Florida Division that received an “A” in patient safety from the Leapfrog Group, include: • AdventHealth Carrollwood • AdventHealth Dade City • AdventHealth Lake Placid • AdventHealth North Pinellas • AdventHealth Sebring • AdventHealth Tampa • AdventHealth Wesley Chapel • AdventHealth Zephyrhills “We are extremely proud of our hospital team members for their commitment to quality and providing the safest environment for all our patients,” said Jennifer Segur, Chief Nursing for AdventHealth North Pinellas. “Few hospitals have achieved this milestone; it shows that even during challenging times in healthcare we remain compassionate and resilient.” The Leapfrog Group awarded AdventHealth the Emerald Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Health Care System, a first for any health system. The achievement honors AdventHealth’s performance across Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades and Top Hospital award, which is one of the most competitive quality awards a hospital and its team members can
receive. About AdventHealth North Pinellas AdventHealth North Pinellas, located in Tarpon Springs, is a 168-bed, full-service hospital specializing in cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, orthopedics, and spine care, wound healing, sleep medicine, women’s care, and general surgery including minimally invasive and robotic-assisted procedures. AdventHealth North Pinellas has been nationally recognized by the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association, The Joint Commission, and The Leapfrog Group, for excellence in providing quality patient care. AdventHealth North Pinellas serves both the Pinellas and Pasco communities of West Central Florida. For more information, visit www.AdventHealthNorthPinellas. com. About AdventHealth West Florida Division The West Florida Division of AdventHealth has some of the nation’s brightest medical minds making lifesaving breakthroughs with surgical pioneers, scientists and researchers using leading edge technology and innovation
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