Baptist Medical Center Nassau receives "Top General Hospital" designation

Baptist Medical Center Nassau

Press Release

December 17, 2019

Local hospital is one of 37 in the nation to receive this honor by the Leapfrog Group

Hospital President Ed Hubel.

Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Baptist Medical Center Nassau was named a Top General Hospital in the nation by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive.

The Top Hospital Award comes following the hospital’s “A” Hospital Safety Grade, for four consecutive periods, also from The Leapfrog Group.

“Nothing is more important to us than delivering the highest quality and safest care to our patients,” said Hospital President Ed Hubel. “Safety is an on-going priority that we continually measure and make improvements whenever and wherever needed. Our team members are dedicated and look for continuous improvements to safety. I could not be more proud of their commitment.”

About 2,100 hospitals were considered for the award. Among those, Baptist Nassau received a Top General distinction. A total of 118 hospitals were selected as Top Hospitals, including:

• 7 Top Children’s Hospitals (Wolfson Children’s Hospital achieved this honor from the Leapfrog Group for the second year in a row).

• 37 Top General Hospitals

• 18 Top Rural Hospitals

• 56 Top Teaching Hospitals

Performance across many areas of hospital care is considered in establishing the qualifications for the award, including infection rates, practices for safer surgery, maternity care, and the hospital’s capacity to prevent medication errors. The rigorous standards are defined in each year’s Top Hospital Methodology.

“We are pleased to recognize Baptist Nassau as a 2019 Leapfrog Top Hospital,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “This demonstrates extraordinary dedication to patients and to the Nassau County community. We congratulate the board, staff and clinicians whose efforts made this honor possible and know they share pride in this achievement.”

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

To qualify for the Top Hospitals distinction, hospitals must rank top among peers in the 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey, which assesses hospital performance on the highest known standards for quality and patient safety, and achieve top performance in its category. To see the full list of institutions honored as 2019 Top Hospitals, visit www.leapfroggroup.org/tophospitals.

Baptist Medical Center

Baptist Health is a faith-based, mission-driven system in Northeast Florida comprised of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville; Baptist Medical Center Beaches; Baptist Medical Center Nassau; Baptist Medical Center South; Baptist Clay Medical Campus and Wolfson Children’s Hospital – the region’s only children’s hospital. All Baptist Health hospitals, along with Baptist Home Health Care, have achieved Magnet™ status for excellence in patient care. Baptist Health is part of Coastal Community Health, a highly integrated regional hospital network focused on significant initiatives designed to enhance the quality and value of care provided to our contiguous communities. Baptist Health has the area’s only dedicated heart hospital; orthopedic institute; women’s services; neurological institute, including comprehensive neurosurgical services, a comprehensive stroke center and two primary stroke centers; a Bariatric Center of Excellence; a full range of psychology and psychiatry services; urgent care services; and primary and specialty care physicians’ offices throughout Northeast Florida. The Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center is a regional destination for multidisciplinary cancer care which is clinically integrated with the MD Anderson Cancer Center, the internationally renowned cancer treatment and research institution in Houston. For more details, visit baptistjax.com.

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 in the quality and safety of American health care. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects and transparently reports hospital 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