Sacred Heart Pensacola earned an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group for the fall 2024 grading period. The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, grades almost 3,000 general hospitals throughout the United States. This is the eighth consecutive ‘A’ for the hospital, spread out over the last four years.
- The Safety Grade assigns letter grades to all general acute care hospitals nationwide. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program exclusively based on hospital prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries. The grading system is peer-reviewed and open to public scrutiny. Hospital Safety Grade results are updated each fall and spring.
Hospitals with this ‘A’ grade excel across 22 measures and actively protect patients from harm and improve outcomes, resulting in a reduced length of stay and lower mortality rates.
Sacred Heart is the only hospital in the city that earned an ‘A’ during this scoring period. Nationwide, fewer than 30% of hospitals achieved a fall 2024 ‘A.’ In Florida, only 71 hospitals achieved this score.
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- “Achieving an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade is a significant accomplishment for Sacred Heart Pensacola,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It reflects enormous dedication to your patients and their families; your whole community should be proud. I extend my congratulations to Sacred Heart Pensacola, its leadership, clinicians, staff and volunteers for their tireless efforts to put patients first.”
Here is Ascension Sacred Heart’s full Hospital Safety Report.
HCA Florida West Hospital earned a “B” and received high marks in several areas, including Healthcare-Associated Infections and Medication Safety. Read report.
Baptist received a C but declined to report any data. We don’t know how their facilities compare with other area hospitals, which is disappointing and makes one wonder what they are hiding.
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The new Baptist Hospital at Brent Lane
I will never set foot in that place again. The nurses came in my room going through my purse. Said I was overdosing, but there were no medicine in my purse to overdose on. So they were overdosing me and blaming me. This happened in the middle of the night. Never setting foot in that place again. I will die before I go back in there.
The next time I am not going to be so nice. Thinking this was all my fault, but I had no medicine with me.
Discovered that about 60 days out and I had just got the bill and they wouldn’t talk to me about it. They did that on purpose. Nope it needs to be overhauled or shut down. ???
I was curious if any part of this was related to their move to the new building. I had 2 separate surgeries in the last 2 years at Baptist, one at the new hospital and one at the old hospital, just prior to their move. In another cases the staff and care received were top notch. I could not have asked for a more compassionate, or professional medical team.
I was in Baptist in June for a rod to be placed in my hip. I had fallen and broke two bones. Dr. Barnes did my surgery. I had excellent care an had a beautiful room with a look over the City of Pensacola. At night it was very relaxing.
The only thing I could say negative is that night nurses on this surgical ward were less than professional. It may have been just that night, so I’m not saying that all were.
Also, I’ve had to go for many X-rays related to my broken hip and tail bone. I’m very impressed with the way Baptist handles their check ins. I feel they are very efficient in that respect. I have always been treated respectfully in their facility, except for that one night.