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New Report from The Leapfrog Group: Fewer Hospital Patients Harmed By Bedsores, Injuries, but WorkNeeded to Protect Patients, Reduce Waste

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The Leapfrog Group and Castlight Health have released the first-ever analysis of The Leapfrog Group’s 2016 Hospital Survey Results on two preventable hospital-acquired conditions: serious pressure ulcers and injuries.  The report finds some good news: the incidence of serious pressure ulcers (often known as “bedsores”) and injuries has declined over the past four years. The bad news: only about a third of reporting hospitals in the U.S. (35 percent) met Leapfrog’s standard on preventing both.

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