{"id":5498,"date":"2023-11-07T17:42:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/07\/lexington-medical-center-receives-a-for-hospital-safety-from-leapfrog-group\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:42:50","slug":"lexington-medical-center-receives-a-for-hospital-safety-from-leapfrog-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/07\/lexington-medical-center-receives-a-for-hospital-safety-from-leapfrog-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexington Medical Center Receives \u2018A\u2019 for Hospital Safety from Leapfrog Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lexington Medical Center has again received an &lsquo;A&rsquo; Hospital Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group. This national distinction celebrates Lexington Medical Center&rsquo;s achievements in protecting hospital patients from preventable harm and errors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Lexington Medical Center is constantly striving to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients,&rdquo; said Tod Augsburger, president and CEO of Lexington Medical Center. &ldquo;Hospital safety is a top priority and I&rsquo;m glad that our doctors, nurses and staff can be recognized for their efforts as we work to meet the healthcare needs of our communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program exclusively based on hospital prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries that kill more than 500 patients a day nationally. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually in the fall and spring.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Earning an &lsquo;A&rsquo; Grade means Lexington Medical Center made a true commitment to put patients first,&rdquo; said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. &ldquo;We congratulate the leadership, Board, clinicians, staff and volunteers that all had a role to play in this achievement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To see Lexington Medical Center&rsquo;s full grade details, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ratings.leapfroggroup.org\/facility\/details\/42-0073\/lexington-medical-center-west-columbia-sc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HospitalSafetyGrade.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lexington Medical Center has again received an &lsquo;A&rsquo; Hospital Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group. This national distinction celebrates Lexington Medical Center&rsquo;s achievements in protecting hospital patients from preventable harm and errors. &ldquo;Lexington Medical Center is constantly striving to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients,&rdquo; said Tod Augsburger,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/07\/lexington-medical-center-receives-a-for-hospital-safety-from-leapfrog-group\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,38],"tags":[124],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-5498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-community-news","category-health","tag-lexington-medical-center"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/LexingtonMedicalCenter_2023_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}