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NEWTON, Mass. (October 28, 2015) – Designed to rate how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, errors, and injuries and infections, the latest Hospital Safety Score honored Newton-Wellesley Hospital with an "A" - its top grade in patient safety. “The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Score rating of “A” is an honor and recognizes the dedication and hard work of our clinical leadership and frontline staff ensuring that NWH provides high quality, patient-centered, safe care,” said Bert Thurlo-Walsh, Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety, Newton-Wellesley Hospital. "We are proud to receive national recognition since the inception of the program four years ago." Newton-Wellesley Hospital has recevied numerous quality and patient safety awards over the years including: Triple Gold Performance Achievement from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association; NSQIP Recognition for Exemplary Surgical Outcomes; Commission on Cancer three-year Accreditation with Commendation from the American College of Surgeons; Harvard Pilgram Health Care Honor Roll for Clinical Quality; Consumer's Digest List of 50 exceptional hospitals for patient safety; BCBS of MA Blue Distinction Designation for improving health care quality; HealthGrades - Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award; and the DPH Stroke Collaborative Reaching for Excellence (SCORE) award for "Closest to Defect-Free Care." Calculated under the guidance of Leapfrog’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single A, B, C, D, or F score, representing a hospital’s overall capacity to keep patients safe from preventable harm. More than 2,530 U.S. general hospitals were assigned scores in Fall 2015, with about 31-percent receiving an "A" grade. The Hospital Safety Score is fully transparent, and its website offers a full analysis of the date and methodology used in determining grades.
To see how Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s score compares locally and nationally, and to access safety tips for patients and their loved ones, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org. Consumers can also got to www.hospitalsafetyscore.org for a free download of the Hospital Safety Score app.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital is a full system member of Partners HealthCare System, Inc. (PHCS), a nonprofit organization that includes acute care hospitals Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals, The North Shore Medical Center, and specialty hospitals McLean Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, as well as Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare, and the community-based doctors and hospitals of Partners Community HealthCare, Inc.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital provides a wide range of services, including medical, surgical, obstetrical, orthopaedic, neonatal, pediatric and psychiatric care. Newton-Wellesley has been serving its community for over a century. The medical staff of the Hospital includes nearly 1,000 physicians practicing a full range of specialties. NWH is a major teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine and also has established post-graduate training programs for Harvard Medical School residents.
To make an appointment with a physician or for more information about Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s services, specialties, free health screenings, lectures and other events, contact CareFinder at 617.243.6566; become a friend of the Hospital on Facebook www.nwh.org.facebook; watch our vidoes on YouTube www.nwh.org/youtube; and follow us on Twitter www.nwh.org/twitter.
CONTACT: Rachel Kagno Public Affairs & Marketing Newton-Wellesley Hospital 617-243-6528 rkagno@partners.org