Trident Medical Center Earns Third Consecutive "A" for Patient Safety for the Spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Guide

Rod Whiting, Vice President, Public Relations & Communications • May 21, 2020

North Charleston, SC (May 21, 2020) – The Leapfrog Group has awarded Trident Medical Center its third consecutive ‘A’ for Hospital Safety. The designation recognizes Trident Medical Center’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The 321-bed acute care hospital is celebrating its 45th year in North Charleston. It’s part of Trident Health, which also includes Summerville Medical Center, Moncks Corner Medical Center and Centre Pointe Emergency.

The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers. The Safety Grade assigns an ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ or ‘F’ grade to hospitals across the country based on their performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections and other harms to patients in their care.

Trident Health’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Lee Biggs said patients are the real beneficiaries of the hospital’s ‘A’ grade, “Our goal is to consistently provide high quality care. As we see increasingly sicker patients come to our hospital the ‘A’ grade is evidence that all of the hard work our physicians and clinicians do every day is paying off. I’m proud of the work of our colleagues at Trident Medical Center.”

Developed under the guidance of a national panel of experts, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.

Trident Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Todd Gallati said the foundation of the hospital’s “A” grade is built on an intense focus on patient care. “I couldn’t be any more proud our physicians and clinicians than I am as a result of earning our third consecutive ‘A’ grade. They are the ones who are at the bedside making decisions on what is best for their patients. The grade is a reflection of their compassion toward the ones they care for.”

“Our goal is to inform patients about local hospitals with the best safety measures in place and the strongest records,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “Every hospital can earn an ‘A’ grade, and we’re proud of the hospitals that are committed to making an effort to protect patients from harm.”

To see Trident Medical Center’s full grade details, and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.

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