Published: December 2, 2018

MAURY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR PATIENT SAFETY. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, THE LEAPFROG GROUP, A WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED ORGANIZATION, AIMED AT IMPROVING HEALTH CARE QUALITY AND SAFETY, RELEASED THEIR NEW HOSPITAL SAFETY GRADE ON WEDNESDAY. MAURY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WAS ONE OF 855 AWARDED AN ‘A’ FOR ITS EFFORTS IN PROTECTING PATIENTS FROM HARM AND MEETING THE HIGHEST SAFETY STANDARDS IN THE U.S. THE SAFETY GRADE ASSIGNS AN A, B, C, D OR F GRADE TO HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN PREVENTING MEDICAL ERRORS, INFECTIONS AND OTHER HARMS AMONG PATIENTS IN THEIR CARE. THIS IS THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE REPORTING PERIOD IN WHICH THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS RECEIVED THIS HIGHEST SAFETY GRADE, SOMETHING MAURY REGIONAL HEALTH C.E.O ALAN WATSON SAYS IS A REFLECTION OF THE COMMITMENT AND THE DEDICATION OF THE PHYSICIANS AND STAFF.