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Sep 21, 2021, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Names Three Industry Leaders to Board of Directors

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announced the ...

Jul 08, 2021, 06:00 ET New report by The Leapfrog Group indicates patient-reported signs of safety problems, particularly for pediatrics

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...

May 20, 2021, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Calls for Nominations to Its New Ambulatory Surgery Center Advisory Committee

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today announced a...

May 11, 2021, 06:00 ET National Employer Groups to Hospitals and ASCs: Participate in the 2021 Leapfrog Surveys

Today, every hospital and ASC across the country received a letter signed by four influential national employer groups—the Health Transformation...

Apr 29, 2021, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group releases latest Hospital Safety Grades of U.S. hospitals, with straight 'A' hospitals sharing insights on how they were prepared for COVID-19

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released the...

Apr 08, 2021, 06:00 ET Report From The Leapfrog Group Finds Rate of C-Sections Remains Too High, But Dramatic Progress on Other Maternity Care Indicators

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...

Mar 10, 2021, 12:50 ET The Leapfrog Group Announces Changes for 2021 Leapfrog Surveys of Hospitals and Surgery Centers

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, published changes...

Jan 28, 2021, 06:34 ET Patient Safety Watchdog The Leapfrog Group Funded for National Initiative on Preventing Harm from Diagnostic Error

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on patient safety and quality, today announced...

Dec 14, 2020, 06:00 ET Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Highlight Safety Fundamentals Needed to Cope with the Pandemic

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released the...

Dec 08, 2020, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Announces 2020 Top Hospitals and Pandemic Heroes of the Year Awards

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today...

Oct 21, 2020, 12:57 ET The Leapfrog Group Joins with The Health Transformation Alliance to Advance Transparency, Payment Reform, and Higher Value Health Care

Two of the Nation's most influential employer-based organizations have announced they are joining forces to push for major change in the quality and...

Jul 22, 2020, 06:00 ET Employers Rank Cigna Highest, UnitedHealthcare Lowest for Driving Health Care Quality in A New Survey of Employee Benefits Executives

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization representing employers, today released findings on employer perspectives regarding...

Apr 30, 2020, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Partners with Newsweek to Launch Series on "Best Health Care"

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national health care watchdog organization, today announced a partnership with Newsweek to power Newsweek's new...

Feb 27, 2020, 06:00 ET U.S. Hospitals Show Improvements in Meeting Surgical Safety Standards but Major Deficiencies Remain

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national health care watchdog organization, today released Safety In Numbers: Hospital Performance on Leapfrog's...

Dec 17, 2019, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Announces 2019 Top Hospital Recipients

In recognition of the nation's highest quality hospitals, The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers...

Nov 07, 2019, 06:00 ET 20 Years After "To Err is Human", Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades Prove Transparency Can Save Lives

The Leapfrog Group's fall 2019 Hospital Safety Grades, announced today, highlight progress in bringing patient safety into the sunlight and...

Oct 22, 2019, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Highlights Strengths, Pinpoints Improvements Needed across Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Settings in Inaugural Report

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released a...

Jul 18, 2019, 06:00 ET Majority of U.S. Hospitals Not Meeting Surgical Safety Standards

The Leapfrog Group, an independent national health care watchdog organization, today released Safety In Numbers: The Leapfrog Group's Report on...

Jun 27, 2019, 06:00 ET New Report from The Leapfrog Group Examines Hospital Policies on Never Events

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...

Jun 11, 2019, 06:00 ET The Leapfrog Group Wins Health Value Award for Groundbreaking "Lives and Dollars Lost" Calculator

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, last night accepted ...

May 29, 2019, 06:00 ET Report from The Leapfrog Group Finds Only 1 in 5 U.S. Hospitals Fully Meet Payor Standards for Maternity Care

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...

May 15, 2019, 23:49 ET New Report Finds Risk of Death Nearly Doubles for Patients Using Hospitals Graded As "D" or "F"

Today, The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation's largest and most influential employers and purchasers of health care,...

May 15, 2019, 06:00 ET New Report Finds Risk of Death Nearly Doubles for Patients Using Hospitals Graded As "D" or "F"

Today, The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation's largest and most influential employers and purchasers of health care,...

Apr 01, 2019, 08:00 ET For the First Time, The Leapfrog Group Opens Its 2019 Survey Cycle to Ambulatory and Outpatient Surgical Services

The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing the nation's largest and most influential employers and purchasers, announces today the opening ...

Mar 28, 2019, 09:00 ET New Report Exposes Problems with Hospital Medication Errors

The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its...