The Leapfrog Group was founded to shed light on health care quality and safety to help consumers pick high-value providers. (Photo: Shutterstock)
The influential Leapfrog Group, which grades nearly 2,000 U.S. hospitals, is launching a national survey to evaluate the safety and quality of up to 5,600 surgery centers that perform millions of outpatient procedures every year.
The group now issues hospitals an overall letter grade and evaluates how hospitals handle myriad problems, from infections to collapsed lungs to dangerous blood clots—helping patients decide where to seek care.
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