New report offering perspective on quality of hospitals in Southside

Leapfrog gave hospitals a C

DANVILLE, Va. – A new report is examining the quality of hospitals in Southside.

According to Leapfrog, Sovah Health's Danville and Martinsville campuses and Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston received a grade of C.

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This is an improvement for the Danville campus, which received a D in spring 2017 and fall 2016.

Leapfrog grades thousands of hospitals nationwide twice a year on various safety aspects, including infections and problems with surgery.

Sovah Health released the following statement to 10 News Tuesday:

Sovah Health is committed to ongoing quality improvement efforts so that we can continue to provide the best possible care to patients, families and visitors and ensure that everyone has a positive experience at our hospitals.

We value the input provided from public reports and ranking systems as it helps us monitor our progress and explore opportunities to improve.

The Leapfrog Group is one of a number of organizations that provides reports and rankings of hospital performance.

These organizations use different quality measures, performance data and methodologies to calculate scores. As a result, a hospital may perform well on one report card and poorly on another.

Because of these variations, the Leapfrog Safety Grade, as with any report card or scoring system, must be appropriately interpreted. For example, some of the data used to calculate hospital grades is several years old and does not reflect more recent improvements in performance.

Since the time period used to calculate the Leapfrog Safety Grades, Sovah Health has implemented a number of initiatives designed to enhance quality. These include:
     Bedside shift reporting
    Executive patient safety rounds
    Safety boards

In addition, Sovah Health and its campuses participate jointly in the National Quality Program (NQP), a structured process for ensuring consistent, high standards of quality and patient safety.

At Sovah Health, our goal is to provide the best possible care to those we serve. We will continue evaluating our progress and exploring opportunities to further enhance quality care and to improve the overall patient experience.