All five Inova hospitals in Northern Virginia have received top grades for patient safety from a national nonprofit.
For the medical centers, it’s a repeat achievement from .
Inova Loudoun Hospital has scored an “A” for every grading cycle since 2012, . This spring’s grade marks 21 consecutive A’s for the hospital. Grades are released every spring and fall.
Inova Fair Oaks has earned 20 consecutive A’s; Inova Mount Vernon has earned 16 in a row since 2014; Inova Alexandria Hospital and Inova Fairfax Hospital received A’s eight consecutive times since 2018.
鈥淭he care that our team members provide our community is extraordinary,鈥� Dr. J. Stephen Jones, president and CEO of Inova Health System, said in a statement.
鈥淓ven during the stress of the pandemic, we have worked tirelessly to provide safe, high-reliability health care to each patient we have the privilege to serve. This recognition from Leapfrog is a reflection of our ongoing commitment to putting patient safety at the center of everything we do, and I am incredibly proud of this achievement.鈥�
Leapfrog grades hospitals across the U.S. from A to F after looking at errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm, the release said.
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