HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center earn national recognition with an ‘A’ for patient safety

Green Bay – HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay have each received an ‘A’ in patient safety from Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. This national distinction recognizes the hospitals’ achievements in protecting patients from harm and practicing high quality health care.

“These grades are considered the gold standard when it comes to safety comparisons among hospitals and the metrics help push the health care industry forward,” says Brian Charlier, president and CEO of HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center. “We are proud of these ‘A’ grades, and work tirelessly to uphold our hospitals’ core values of care, respect, competence and joy.”

Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group says an ‘A’ safety grade is not possible without a 24/7 effort by the entire health care workforce.

“As our health care system continues to feel the strain of the pandemic, I thank the workforce and leadership of HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center for sustained commitment to patient safety, day in and day out,” says Binder.

The Leapfrog Group is an independent organization that assigns letter grades to general hospitals nationwide based on more than 30 national performance measures as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm. For more information, please visit: HospitalSafetyGrade.org.

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About HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center

HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center have been delivering quality health care to Green Bay and its surrounding communities since 1888. With HSHS St. Vincent being the largest tertiary care hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s location on Green Bay’s west side, patients from Northeastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan benefit from a comprehensive range of services that include cancer care, women’s services, emergency and trauma care, preventive care across the lifespan, digestive health, orthopedic, cardiac care, neurosciences, rehabilitation and pediatrics. Affiliates of Hospital Sisters Health System, the hospitals’ primary purpose is to continue Christ’s healing love through the delivery of competent and compassionate health care in an environment sensitive to the needs of all people. Both hospitals are accredited by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

About Hospital Sisters Health System
Hospital Sisters Health System’s (HSHS) mission is to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through our high quality, Franciscan health care ministry. HSHS provides state-of-the-art health care to our patients and is dedicated to serving all people, especially the most vulnerable, at each of our physician practices and 15 local hospitals in two states - Illinois (Breese, Decatur, Effingham, Greenville, Highland, Litchfield, O’Fallon, Shelbyville and Springfield) and Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Oconto Falls, Sheboygan, and two in Green Bay). HSHS is sponsored by Hospital Sisters Ministries,  and Hospital Sisters of St. Francis is the founding institute. For more information about HSHS, visit www.hshs.org. For more information about Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, visit www.hospitalsisters.org.

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 for patient safety. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and new Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, 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. For more, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our newsletter.