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Few hospitals meet Leapfrog patient safety standards
Physician Practice Advisor, February 25, 2004
The Leapfrog Group has done much to bring patient safety to national attention, but few hospitals have been able to meet the group's standards for computerized prescriptions, specially trained intensive care unit (ICU) physicians, and volume thresholds for certain high-risk procedures, according to a study released Monday by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
The study found that many physicians see the Leapfrog's standards as restricting their autonomy and reducing their productivity and income. The report, Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards Are a Stretch for Most Hospitals, is based on site visits to 12 nationally representative communities in 2002 and 2003: Boston; Cleveland; Greenville, S.C.; Indianapolis; Lansing, Mich.; Little Rock, Ark.; Miami; northern New Jersey; Orange County, Calif.; Phoenix; Seattle; and Syracuse, N.Y.
The Leapfrog Group was formed in 2000 by the Business Roundtable, an association of Fortune 500 CEOs, to stimulate improvements in patient safety.
Read the complete report on the Center for Studying Health System Changes Web site.
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