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AdventHealth Sebring has once again maintained safety as its top priority, even during a pandemic, by receiving the highest marks possible for patient safety and quality with a Leapfrog grade “A” from the prestigious Leapfrog Group. The safety grade is awarded based on a hospital’s performance in preventing medical errors, injuries, accidents, infections, and other harm to patients in their care.
“Putting the patient first has always been a focal point for our organization,” said Randy Surber President and CEO for AdventHealth Sebring, Wauchula and Lake Placid. “This Leapfrog recognition highlights our commitment to strive for the highest standards of patient care, safety and transparency.”
AdventHealth Sebring proactively implemented a set of best safety practices to continue delivering high-quality patient care and remain one of the safest hospitals in the United States:
- Frontline workers participate in rigorous training to enhance hand hygiene practices. Sanitary equipment, such as paper towels, soap dispensers, and hand sanitizer were strategically placed throughout the hospital to prevent infections.
- Hospital leaders launched the “safety huddle” to enhance daily communication between team members. The purpose is to proactively flag safety issues and identify safety concerns for patients. The initiative is proven to reduce medical errors, and other practices that may be potentially harmful to patients.
“We are thrilled to have a long-standing relationship with the Heartland community,” said Elsie Graves, Chief Nursing Officer for AdventHealth Sebring, Wauchula, and Lake Placid. “Even in a pandemic, our team members continue to execute a robust set of safety guidelines to ensure patients continue receiving high-quality and whole person care.”
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses up to 27 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,700 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent. The results are free to the public. To see grade details on all participating hospitals and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit hospitalsafetygrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter and Facebook.
About AdventHealth Heartland Region
AdventHealth Heartland Region is a not-for-profit, faith-based 222-bed health care system composed of three hospitals in Sebring, Lake Placid and Wauchula, with a staff of more than 1,800 employees and 225 board-certified physicians caring for the Highlands and Hardee County communities. A member of AdventHealth West Florida Region and a network of 28 hospitals throughout Florida, all with a mission to “extend the healing ministry of Christ.” For more information, visit AdventHealthSebring.com.
About AdventHealth West Florida Division
The West Florida Division of AdventHealth has some of the nation’s brightest medical minds making lifesaving breakthroughs with surgical pioneers, scientists and researchers using leading edge technology and innovation to deliver our brand of whole-person care. Our network of care includes AdventHealth Carrollwood, AdventHealth Connerton, AdventHealth Dade City, AdventHealth Lake Placid, AdventHealth North Pinellas, AdventHealth Ocala, AdventHealth Sebring, AdventHealth Tampa, AdventHealth Wauchula, AdventHealth Wesley Chapel and AdventHealth Zephyrhills, as well as five freestanding offsite Emergency Rooms including AdventHealth Brandon ER, AdventHealth Central Pasco ER, AdventHealth Palm Harbor ER, AdventHealth TimberRidge ER, and AdventHealth Westchase ER. We are more than hospitals, as we have a robust system of care including specialty acute care, over 200 primary care and specialty employed physicians, Express Care at Walgreens clinics, urgent care centers, wound care, physical therapy, home care, mobile mammography and more. AdventHealth is a faith-based not-for-profit health care system with a mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. AdventHealth has hundreds of care sites and nearly 50 hospitals across the United States. For more information about AdventHealth, visit AdventHealth.com, or Facebook.com/AdventHealth, and for West Florida Division, click here.