CarePoint Health Hospitals Awarded Highest Hospital Safety Scores By Leapfrog National Patient Safety Experts

HUDSON COUNTY, N.J., Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CarePoint Health, a fully integrated healthcare system that provides quality, patient-focused healthcare to residents of the Hudson County region, today announced that the Fall 2015 Hospital Safety Score honored CarePoint Health  - Bayonne Medical Center, CarePoint Health - Hoboken University Medical Center, and Carepoint Health – Christ Hospital with "A"'s across the board. The "A" rating is the highest possible grade in patient safety. The Hospital Safety Score, designed to rate how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, errors, injuries and infections, is compiled under the guidance of the nation's leading experts on patient safety and is administered by The Leapfrog Group (Leapfrog), an independent industry watchdog. The first and only hospital safety rating to be peer-reviewed in the Journal of Patient Safety, the Score is designed to give consumers information they can use to protect themselves and their families when facing a hospital stay.

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"This recognition represents CarePoint Health's ongoing commitment to providing the highest level of health care service to patients and families in Hudson County," said Jeff Mandler, CEO of CarePoint Health. "We are extremely proud of all three hospitals and all of our employees as they continue to demonstrate dedication to excellence and to making safe and compassionate patient care a top priority."

"The team at CarePoint Health works hard every day to ensure the safety of our patients," said CarePoint Health Chief Medical Officer, Nizar Kifaieh. "From the doctors and nurses to administrative and support staff, we consider it everyone's responsibility to strive for the highest levels of quality and patient safety. These three "A" ratings are a validation of that effort."

"CarePoint Health's "A" grades validate its achievement in preventing harm within its hospitals, and we are proud to recognize the efforts of the care providers and staff," said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, which administers the Hospital Safety Score. "Patient safety requires constant vigilance, and we encourage CarePoint Health hospitals and all other A hospitals to continue demonstrating unrelenting commitment to patients by consistently providing a safe environment for care."  

Developed under the guidance of Leapfrog's Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single A, B, C, D, or F score, representing a hospital's overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,500 U.S. general hospitals were assigned scores in October 2015, with 773 receiving an A grade. The Hospital Safety Score is fully transparent and now, for the first time, patients can also review their hospital's past safety performance alongside its current grade on the Hospital Safety Score site, allowing them to determine which local hospitals have the best track record in patient safety and which have demonstrated consistent improvement. To see how the scores of CarePoint Health - Bayonne Medical Center, CarePoint Health - Hoboken University Medical Center, and CarePoint Health – Christ Hospital compare locally and nationally and for a full analysis of the data and methodology used in determining grades, visit www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.

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Jarrod Bernstein
CarePoint Health
Director of Corporate Communications
Phone: 201-884-5300
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About The Leapfrog Group 
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Hospital Safety Score, Leapfrog's other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections.

About CarePoint Health
CarePoint Health brings quality, patient-focused health care to Hudson County. Combining the resources of three area hospitals – Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City, and Hoboken University Medical Center – CarePoint Health provides a new approach to deliver health care that puts the patient front and center. We leverage a network of top doctors, nurses and other medical professionals whose expertise and attentiveness work together to provide complete coordination of care, from the doctor's office to the hospital to the home. Patients benefit from the expertise and capabilities of a broad network of leading specialists and specialized technology. At CarePoint Health, all of our medical professionals emphasize preventive medicine and focus on educating patients to make healthy life choices. For more information on our facilities, partners and services, visit us at www.carepointhealth.org.

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