(Watertown) Watertown Regional Medical Center was once again national recognized for their efforts in providing safer health care. The facility was awarded an ‘A’ in the fall 2023 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
The Leapfrog Grade is an independent national nonprofit organization committed to health care quality and safety which assigns a letter grade to all general hospitals across the country. The Safety Grade is updated every six months, assessing how well the hospitals prevent medical errors and other harms to patients.
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses over 30 measures of publicly available hospital data to assign grades and their methodology is peer-reviewed. Less than 30-percent of the approximately 3,000 hospitals reviewed nationwide earn it’s ‘A’ grade.
Watertown Regional Medical Center CEO Richard Keddington says all credit goes to their well-trained and caring staff. He adds that it is a testament to the hard work being put in every day. This is the sixth time in the last eight grading periods that the hospital earned an ‘A’ rating.
