AdventHealth Tampa Leads the Way in Patient Safety; Achieves Leapfrog Grade “A”

(May 10, 2022) Tampa, FL– AdventHealth Tampa has once again achieved an “A” patient safety grade by the prestigious Leapfrog Group. The safety grade is awarded based on a hospital’s performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections, and other harms to patients in their care. The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country.

AdventHealth implemented and enhanced several division-wide processes to keep patients safe, including, elevating best practices in bar code scanning as a safety net to assure that the right patient receives the right medication every time. This effort is just one of the many initiatives in place to ensure patient safety.

“AdventHealth Tampa is dedicated to maintaining a culture of safety and quality to take care of our patients and each other. Achieving a Leapfrog “A” just goes to show that our efforts to keep the Tampa Bay community safe are paying off,” said Denyse Bales-Chubb, President and CEO, AdventHealth Tampa.

AdventHealth hospitals in the West Florida Division who received an “A” in patient safety from the Leapfrog Group, include:

• AdventHealth Carrollwood
• AdventHealth Dade City
• AdventHealth Lake Placid
• AdventHealth North Pinellas
• AdventHealth Sebring
• AdventHealth Tampa
• AdventHealth Wesley Chapel
• AdventHealth Zephyrhills

“Despite many obstacles, the clinical teams at AdventHealth Tampa have made it their mission to put patients first, every time,” said Michael Pittman, Chief Nursing Officer, AdventHealth Tampa. “It takes the entire team working together to provide quality care and a safe space for our patients to heal.”

The Leapfrog Group awarded AdventHealth the Emerald Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Health Care System, a first for any health system. The achievement honors AdventHealth’s performance across Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grades and Top Hospital award, which is one of the most competitive quality awards a hospital and its team members can receive.

About AdventHealth Tampa

AdventHealth Tampa is a not-for-profit 626-bed tertiary hospital specializing in cardiovascular medicine, digestive health, neuroscience, orthopedics, women’s services, pediatrics, oncology, ENT, endocrinology, bariatrics, wound healing, sleep medicine, and general surgery including minimally invasive and robotic-assisted procedures. The 314,000 square foot Taneja Center for Surgery at AdventHealth Tampa opened in 2021 with the future in mind, including 18 state-of-the-art operating rooms and 96 private patient rooms that will ensure life-saving medical and surgical care for generations to come. Also located at AdventHealth Tampa is the renowned AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute, a recognized leader in cardiovascular disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and leading-edge research. The modern adult and pediatric-dedicated emergency rooms introduce the emergency physician at the beginning of the visit, an example of how AdventHealth Tampa is committed to providing compassionate and quality healthcare. For more information, visit www.AdventHealthTampa.com.

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 for patient safety. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC 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. For more, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our newsletter.