Leapfrog "Top Hospital" Award

For the third consecutive year, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has earned the Top Hospital designation from The Leapfrog Group, which annually recognizes the best hospitals in the nation for providing the safest and highest quality health care services to patients. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is one of only 10 children’s hospitals nationally to receive this honor.

About the Honor

Snapshot of the Award

The Leapfrog Hospital Survey is the only national, public comparison of hospitals on key issues, including:

• mortality rates for certain common procedures
• infection rates
• safety practices
• measures of efficiency 

About the Scores

Our hospital received the “Top Hospital’ designation by amassing a quality score of 95 or better.  The average score for all the children’s hospitals evaluated by The Leapfrog Group was 72.4.

The Seven Hospitals

The seven children’s hospitals recognized by The Leapfrog Group include:

• Children's Hospital Los Angeles
• Children’s National Medical Center (Washington, DC)
• Children’s Hospital Boston
• Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Saint Paul
• Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
• Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Cook Children's Medical Center in Ft. Worth, Texas

Proud of This Quote "This year’s class of Top Hospitals not only hits the mark in areas such as medication error prevention and preventing ICU deaths, but they also use their resources wisely, providing excellent and efficient outcomes for patients.  Regardless of what happens to health care reform, these hospitals are the future.” - Leah Binder CEO of The Leapfrog Group

About the Survey

The Leapfrog Hospital Survey is the gold standard for comparing hospitals’ performance on the national standards of safety, quality and efficiency that are most relevant to consumers and purchasers of care.  Hospitals that participate in The Leapfrog Hospital Survey achieve hospital-wide improvements that translate into millions of lives and dollars saved.

About the Sponsoring Organization

The Leapfrog Group uses the collective leverage of large purchasers of health care to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of health care for Americans.  The Leapfrog Group was founded in 2000 by the Business Roundtable and is supported by its members, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and other sources.