2 South Carolina hospitals rank among best in the country, watchdog group says
Two South Carolina hospitals earned spots on a list of the country’s top medical centers.
The hospitals ranked among the 120 best in the United States, according to results released Tuesday from The Leapfrog Group, a health safety watchdog.
The top teaching hospitals on the list:
- Aiken Regional Medical Centers
- Prisma Health Patewood Hospital in Greenville
The Aiken medical facility received an A grade in the fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade rankings, results show.
Leapfrog says it came up with the top hospital list after evaluating centers’ performance on a survey.
“Top Hospitals have better systems in place to prevent medication errors, higher quality on maternity care and lower infection rates, among other laudable qualities,” the nonprofit says.
The group says less than 6 percent of eligible medical centers make its top hospital list, which is divided into the categories of teaching, general, children’s and rural hospitals.
The Aiken and Greenville hospitals didn’t earn a Leapfrog ranking last year, according to the group.
The state with the most hospitals in the rankings was Florida, with 21.
This story was originally published December 17, 2019 at 4:37 PM with the headline "2 South Carolina hospitals rank among best in the country, watchdog group says."
