BRANDON, Florida –  November 7, 2019 – Brandon Regional Hospital was awarded an ‘A’  fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction  recognizing the hospital’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. This is the second consecutive award the hospital has achieved and it is the only hospital in southern or eastern Hillsborough County to earn an ‘A’ grade.

“This is a reflection of the passion Brandon Regional Hospital caregivers bring each day to providing our patients with high quality healthcare services in a safe, compassionate environment,” said Bland Eng, Chief Executive Officer for Brandon Regional Hospital.  “I am extremely proud of our team which has earned this accolade along with being nationally ranked a Top 100 Hospital by IBM Watson Health and a U.S. News & World Report High Performing Hospital in both COPD and Heart Failure.

The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to all general hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care. 

“‘A’ hospitals show us their leadership protecting patients from preventable medical harm and error,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It takes genuine commitment at every level – from clinicians to administrators to the board of directors – and we congratulate the teams who have worked so hard to earn this A.”

Developed under the guidance of a national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.

Brandon Regional Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ grade for Spring 2019 and Fall 2019. To see the full grade details, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org.

About The Leapfrog Group 

Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog’s other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.  

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