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Statement of Support for CMS Hospital Quality Star Ratings Publication
April 21, 2016
The Leapfrog Group has submitted a letter to the Center for Medicare Services urging the immediate publication of CMS Hospital Quality Star Ratings.
Hospitals’ Computerized Systems Proven to Prevent Medication Errors, but More is Needed to Protect Patients from Harm or Death
April 7, 2016
Castlight Medication Safety
Hospital CPOE systems failed to flag 13% of potentially fatal orders, emphasizing the need for more checks to prevent harm to patients...
New Data Shows Infection Rates Still Too High In U.S. Hospitals
March 16, 2016
Castlight Health Report Infection Rates
Though hospitals are making strides in preventing health care-associated infections, a report released today shows patients are still experiencing these serious, and sometimes fatal, infections too frequently.
The Leapfrog Group Names Stanford University’s Director of the Clinical Excellence Research Center and Lockheed Martin Corporation’s Chief Medical Officer to Board of Directors
January 20, 2016
Lockheed Martin's Marleece Sherman Barber, M.D., and Stanford University’s Arnold Milstein, M.D., M.P.H., have been elected to Leapfrog's board of directors, effective immediately.
Ellen Stovall, Cancer Advocate and former Leapfrog Board Member, Passes Away
January 14, 2016
Leapfrog is saddened to hear of the death of Ellen Stovall, the president of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
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