Sacred Heart Pensacola earned an ‘A’ spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization that grades almost 3,000 general hospitals throughout the United States. This is the seventh consecutive ‘A’ for the hospital, spread out over the last three and a half years.
The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, or ‘F’ grade to all general acute care hospitals across the country. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program exclusively based on hospital prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries.
Sacred Heart Pensacola is one of 231 hospitals in the U.S. to earn seven straight ‘A’s and one of only 29 hospitals in Florida to achieve this feat.
“I want to thank everyone who walks through our doors every morning for making this happen. An ‘A’ grade means we are truly committed to putting patients first,” said Will Condon, Sacred Heart Pensacola President and CEO. “We are blessed to be surrounded by such a driven and compassionate group of associates here.”
The grading system is peer-reviewed and open to public scrutiny. Hospital Safety Grade results are based on more than 30 national performance measures and are updated each fall and spring.
“Everyone who works at Sacred Heart Pensacola should be proud of this ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It takes complete dedication of every level, and an ironclad commitment to putting patients first.”
Visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org to see Sacred Heart Pensacola’s full grade details and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital.
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About Ascension Sacred Heart
Ascension Sacred Heart, based in Pensacola, Florida, operates five hospitals and more than 100 other sites of care and employs more than 6,440 associates.
In fiscal year 2023, Ascension Sacred Heart provided more than $142 million in community benefit and care for persons living in poverty. To learn more about Sacred Heart Pensacola, visit our website.
Ascension is one of the nation’s leading non-profit and Catholic health systems, with a Mission of delivering compassionate, personalized care to all with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable.
In FY2023, Ascension provided $2.2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. Ascension includes approximately 134,000 associates, 35,000 affiliated providers and 140 hospitals, serving communities in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Visit www.ascension.org.