St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston received an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit group that sets standards for excellence in patient safety and care.
St. Joe’s was one of only six hospitals in the state of Idaho to receive the top Leapfrog grade for its Fall 2024 update.
Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to hospitals across the country based on over 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm. According to a news release, only 32% of the approximately 3,000 hospitals reviewed nationwide earn Leapfrog’s “A” grade.
The Leapfrog honor continues a string of positive recognitions and developments at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. In September, the hospital earned Level II Stroke Center designation by the state of Idaho’s Time Sensitive Emergency System (TSE). In July, the hospital earned the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2024 (one of only 259 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor). In December last year, St. Joe’s was named a 2024 Maternity Care Access Hospital, an inaugural designation from U.S. News & World Report that recognized the hospital’s exceptional maternity services in an area that might otherwise be a “maternity desert.” And last October, the hospital opened its new 10-bed, acute rehabilitation unit, the only inpatient rehabilitation center in the area.
