Summa Health Recognized for Hospital Safety
Date: 12/14/2020
AKRON, Ohio, December 14, 2020 – Summa Health announced today its Barberton and Akron Campuses were awarded with ‘A’ and ‘B’ grades respectively in the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing achievements in protecting patients from harm and providing safer healthcare.
Developed under the guidance of a national expert panel, Leapfrog uses up to 27 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.
“This safety grade underscores the responsible manner in which we take care of our patients and the communities we serve,” said Dr. Michael Hughes, president of the Summa Health System – Barberton Campus. “We are appreciative of the support from our hard-working and dedicated staff to support the wellbeing of those in need of care.”
The Leapfrog Group is an independent national organization driven by employers and other purchasers of healthcare committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. Additional information about the fall 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is available at
www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/.
About Summa Health
Summa Health is one of the largest integrated healthcare delivery systems in Ohio. Encompassing a network of hospitals, community medical centers, a health plan, an accountable care organization, a multi-specialty physician organization, research and the Summa Health Foundation, we are nationally renowned for excellence in patient care and for exceptional approaches to healthcare delivery. Summa’s clinical services are consistently recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (Magnet status), U.S. News and World Report, Healthgrades, Thomson Reuters and The Leapfrog Group. For more information, visit summahealth.org or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/summahealth, Twitter, twitter.com/summahealth and LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/summahealth.
Media Contact: Mike Bernstein
Phone: 234.312.5012
