How did Middle GA hospitals perform in 2022 national safety report? Here are the grades

If you are in need of a procedure, having a baby soon or are new to the area, LeapFrog has updated their hospital safety grades for Spring 2022.

The LeapFrog Group is a national nonprofit that strives to make “giant leaps” in American health care by providing data and ratings for hospital safety.

The hospital safety ratings are determined by “peer-reviewed methodology, calculated by top patient safety experts under the guidance of a National Expert Panel, and are 100% transparent and free to the public,” according to LeapFrog’s website.

Here are the Safety Grades for Middle GA hospitals:

Atrium Health Navicent, Medical Center

777 Hemlock Street

Macon, Georgia 31201

Grade: C

Atrium Health achieved the standard in areas such as:

• Preventing and responding to patient harm

• Safe medication administration and ordering

• Early elective deliveries and high-risk deliveries

• Mitral valve repair and replacement

However, the hospital scored low in these areas:

• Preventing infections in the blood

• Few MSRA (staph) infections

• Cesarean sections

• Family experience

Atrium has made a Hospital Safety Grade of C since 2019.

Piedmont Macon Medical Center

350 Hospital Drive

Macon, Georgia 31217

Grade: A

Piedmont Macon scored very high in areas such as:

• Preventing and responding to patient harm

• Safe medication administration and ordering

• Medication documentation for elective outpatient surgery patients

• Preventing infections in the blood

• Few MSRA infections

• Early elective deliveries

However, there is some room for improvement with:

• Cesarean sections

• High-risk deliveries

• Medication reconciliation

Piedmont Macon has made a Hospital Safety Grade of A since 2019.

Houston Medical Center

1601 Watson Boulevard

Warner Robins, Georgia 31093

Grade: C

Houston Medical Center did well in the following areas:

• Preventing and responding to patient harm

• Safe medication administration and ordering

• Preventing C. difficile infection, a germ that causes severe diarrhea and colitis

• Early elective deliveries

• Episiotomies

However, the hospital could improve on a few things:

• Cesarean sections

• Preventing infections in the blood and urinary tract

• Few MSRA infections

• Medication reconciliation

• Medication documentation for elective outpatient surgery patients

Houston Medical Center has made a C since 2020 and made a Hospital Safety Grade of B in 2019.

Perry Hospital

1120 Morningside Drive

Perry, Georgia 31069

Grade: A

Perry Hospital scored high in these areas:

• Preventing and responding to patient harm

• Safe medication administration and ordering

• Preventing C. difficile Infection

However, the hospital could improve on:

• Medication reconciliation

Perry Hospital does not include a Women’s Center for pregnancy or births. The hospital is associated with Houston Medical, which does include a women’s center.

Perry Hospital received an A in fall 2021, wasn’t graded in 2020 and made an A in 2019.