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The Leapfrog Group Announces Annual Top Hospitals List The Leapfrog Group Announces Top Hospitals of the Decade Time to recommit to preventing “never events” The Leapfrog Group Invites Public Comment on the 2011 Leapfrog Hospital Survey Rescheduled Technical Assistance Call For Early Elective Delivery Measure Leapfrog Hospital Survey Is Now Available! Important Message For Hospitals: The Survey Site is Moving Statement by The Leapfrog Group on the Final Meaningful Use Rule: Good First Step, But Grave Concerns Leapfrog Announces New Report on the Safety of Electronic Prescribing in Hospitals The Leapfrog Group Hosting Special Q&A Town Hall Call for Hospitals' Survey Questions Leapfrog Hosting Townhall Calls for the 2010 Leapfrog Hospital Survey The Leapfrog Group Announces New Board Members The Leapfrog Group Announces New Business Partnership with Quantros to Administer The Leapfrog Hospital Survey FROM THE 2009 LEAPFROG HOSPITAL SURVEY: QUALITY NOT ADEQUATE & WASTE A MAJOR PROBLEM Transparency Should Not Be a Luxury; It Is a Matter of Life and Death: What Purchasers and Consumers Can Do Leapfrog’s CEO Comments on Proposed Changes to Serious Reportable Events Definition
2009 News & Events
Announcing 2009 Leapfrog Top Hospitals The Leapfrog Group Invites Public Comment on the 2010 Leapfrog Hospital Survey Modern Healthcare ranks Leapfrog’s CEO Number 28 among the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare” The Leapfrog Group Announces New Board Chair UPDATES ON THE 2009 SURVEY -- Please check here for important updates to the 2009 Leapfrog Hospital Survey and supporting documentation. Leapfrog Group Hospital Survey finds majority of Hospitals fail to meet important quality standards Statement of Leapfrog CEO Leah Binder to JAMA study on safe practices April 1, 2009 Townhall Call Dates and Materials for 2009 Leapfrog Hospital Survey
2008 News & Events
The Leapfrog Group Identifies Nation's "Highest Value" Hospitals The Leapfrog Group Invites Public Comment on the 2009 Leapfrog Hospital Survey More Hospitals adopting Leapfrog Group's "Never Events" policy National Business Coalition on Health Hosts its 13th Annual Conference in Washington DC Leapfrog issues caution that quality assurance is necessary during implementation of computerized medication systems The Leapfrog Group Announces the 2008 Leapfrog Top Hospitals The Leapfrog Group Partners with Modern Healthcare to Promote the 2008 Healthcare Purchasing Power Survey New 2008 Leapfrog Hospital Ratings & Web Site Statement of the Leapfrog Group on Hospital Overdose of Up to 17 Babies in Corpus Christi Harvard Study in Joint Commission Journal: Mortality Rates Lower in Leapfrog Hospitals The Leapfrog Group Releases 2008 Hospital Survey Offering Consumers Greater Assurance of Safety Town Hall Call Dates & Materials for 2008 Leapfrog Hospital Survey For Members Only: 2008 Health Plan Users Group Calls Leapfrog Testifies Before Congress on Health Care Associated Infections White paper available to explain risk-adjustment model for Leapfrog's resource utilizaton measures White paper available to explain Leapfrog's new EBHR Survival Predictor What's New in the 2008 Leapfrog Hospital Survey Upcoming Hospital Workshop on NQF Safe Practices Adoption Governance for Quality and Patient-Centered Care Awards Winners Announced Leah Binder Named Leapfrog Group CEO Aetna Pilots Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program
2007 News & Events
The Leapfrog Group's Conference on the Future of Hospital Governance Two Tools Unveiled to Promote Use of Incentives and Rewards in Health Care View the Proposed Changes to the 2008 Hospital Quality and Safety Survey Leapfrog Accepting Submissions for Two Health Care Quality Awards Until 12/1 CEO Search Criteria Released Half of Hospitals Reporting to Leapfrog Say They Won't Bill for "Never Events" 2007 Leapfrog Top Hospitals and Survey Results Release: 87% of Hospitals Do Not Take Recommended Steps to Prevent Infections New Report: P4P Programs for Providers Now Total 150 Leapfrog CEO Makes Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Powerful People" List, Again Leapfrog Invites State Purchasers To Become Members Jan 08 conference: Hospital Leaders and Leapfrog to Discuss Governance and Quality Leapfrog Looks to the Future as Delbanco Announces Departure NEJM: Volume and Level of Care Impact Outcomes in NICUs DC/Baltimore Consumers Can Soon Make Better Decisions Choosing a Hospital First Million Paid Out Through the Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program Hospital Incentive Program Featuring Direct Collaboration with Employers Partnership Unveils New Purchaser Guides to Value-driven Health Care Leapfrog Launches 2007 Hospital Quality and Safety Survey 2007 Hospital Quality and Safety Survey Townhall Calls for Hospitals (Spring) AHRQ Launches Health Audio News Service for Consumers Leapfrog Accomplishments in the Health Care System Don't Be Left Out: Submit to the Largest P4P Survey by April 1 Does P4P Pay Off? Tool measures ROI of P4P program Leapfrog Announces New Partner Member: USC Consulting
2006 News & Events
Letter to Chairman Thomas of House Ways and Means Committee on "Never Events" Study: Hospital Commitment to Quality/Safety Linked to Higher Patient Satisfaction Introducing Leapfrog Hospital Insights Leapfrog Urges Employers to Support Executive Order Leapfrog Urges Hospitals to Commit to New Policy on Health Care "Never Events" 2007 Leapfrog Hospital Survey -Public Comment Period 10/24/06-11/28/06 Announcing the Top Hospitals 2006 and results of the 2006 Leapfrog Hospital Survey The Leapfrog Group offers support to Secretary Leavitt Leapfrog on the New IOM Report on Pay For Performance Prometheus’ new payment model seeks to reform the toxic health care payment system Leapfrog CEO Among Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare” Leapfrog Applauds Minnesota’s Value-Based Healthcare Purchasing Initiative National Business Coalition on Health Annual Conference to Feature Leapfrog Initiatives (Nov. 5-7) Leapfrog CEO Makes Modern Healthcare’s “30 for the Future” List Leapfrog on the Bush administration’s new quality measurement program Record Numbers Report to the 2006 Leapfrog Hospital Survey National awards for excellence in incentives and rewards presented First-Ever Program Rewarding Hospitals for Excellent AND Efficient Care Launched The Leapfrog Group Statement on "Never Events" in Health Care Hospital Survey Town Hall Recordings Now Posted Health Plans Recognize 22 Top Performing Hospitals in CA 2005 Health Plan User Group Scorecard Now Available 2006 Leapfrog Hospital Safety and Quality Survey Launched
2005 News & Events
CIGNA to use Data from Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program data nationally Leapfrog et al Respond to Article on CPOE in Pediatrics, December 1, 2005 The Leapfrog Group and Med-Vantage Announce National Partnership on Incentive Program Research October 31, 2005 Survey Results Call for New Leapfrog Regions Rewarding Results Pay-4-Performance Press Conference, November 15, 2005 Leapfrog Hosts Hospital Rewards Program Town Hall Calls for Members AHRQ Grant for Leapfrog Why Submit Data to Leapfrog AND to IHI? Leapfrog Hospital Survey Town Hall Calls: Recordings Now Available Leapfrog Group Launches National Hospital Rewards Program Leapfrog/NBCH's Incentives and Rewards Workshop Highlights Leapfrog CEO Makes Top 25 Women in Health Care List Alert: Enhancements to the Leapfrog Hospital Quality and Safety Survey Finalized. Please Review. Just Released: Leapfrog Hospital Survey Refresh Leapfrog Responds to University of Pennsylvania Study on CPOE Errors Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program Launched Five New Regions Join the Leapfrog Effort Leapfrog to Target Rural Hospitals to Participate in Hospital Survey Consumers, Employers and Labor Groups Unite to Establish Guidelines on Physician and Hospital Performance New Multi-Stakeholder Effort to Measure the Efficiency of Health Care Providers
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