The Leapfrog Group released Safety In Numbers: The Leapfrog Group’s Report on High-Risk Surgeries Performed at American Hospitals. The report analyzes eight high-risk procedures to determine which hospitals and surgeons perform enough of them to minimize the risk of patient harm or death, and whether hospitals actively monitor to assure that each surgery is necessary. The report finds that the vast majority of participating hospitals do not meet The Leapfrog Group’s minimum hospital or surgeon volume standards for safety nor do they have adequate policies in place to monitor for appropriateness. Rural hospitals are particularly challenged in meeting the standards.
Safety In Numbers summarizes findings from the 2018 Leapfrog Hospital Survey, submitted by over 2,000 hospitals nationwide. This is the first year Leapfrog reported the new surgical standard by hospital, assessing whether both hospitals and surgeons met volume standards, and whether hospitals monitored for surgical necessity.
Read more:
- Inpatient Surgery Report 2019: https://www.leapfroggroup.org/inpatient-surgery-report-2019
More on this topic:
Modern Healthcare: Most hospitals fail to meet Leapfrog’s surgery volume standards – https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/most-hospitals-fail-meet-leapfrogs-surgery-volume-standards
Healthcare Dive: Most hospitals don’t meet watchdog group’s safe volume thresholds for high-risk surgeries – https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/most-hospitals-dont-meet-watchdog-groups-safe-volume-thresholds-for-high-/559046/