EAST LIVERPOOL – East Liverpool City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare Foundation, recently announced that it has been recognized as a 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient by Healthgrades, the leading resource consumers use to find a hospital or doctor. This achievement, along with East Liverpool City Hospitals accomplishments as a Leapfrog safety grade of “A” from 2018 to 2023 and being the only hospital in the region to receive the Grade A award reflects East Liverpool City Hospital’s commitment to delivering safe, high-quality care.

“East Liverpool City Hospital has cultivated an outstanding safety culture that prioritizes the well-being of both patients and staff, setting a high standard for patient safety nationwide,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer, and head of data science at Healthgrades. “We’re proud to recognize East Liverpool City Hospital for providing top-quality care while preventing serious injuries to patients during their hospital stay.”

Other clinical recognition East Liverpool City Hospital has earned recently include, being recognized as one of the “100 Top Hospitals” for the sixth consecutive year (2018-2023) and the only hospital named a five-star hospital last August, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Ohio Valley, consisting of Columbiana, Jefferson, Harrison, and Belmont County in Ohio and Marshall, Brooke, Hancock, and Ohio County in West Virginia reflects East Liverpool City Hospital’s

“Receiving the Patient Safety Excellence Award and being among the top 5% in the nation speaks to the continuous dedication the entire staff of East Liverpool City Hospital must be providing the best possible medical care to the community and our patients. It demonstrates the commitment and collaboration between ELCH and the medical staff to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care” said Dr. Gretchen Nickell, Chief Medical Officer of East Liverpool City Hospital.

Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted complication and mortality rates for approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine this year’s top-performing hospitals for patient safety. During the 2020-2022 study period, nearly 170,000 potentially preventable safety events occurred among Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals, with four patient safety indicators accounting for close to 75% of these incidents. * Healthgrades’ analysis revealed that patients treated in hospitals receiving the 2024 Patient Safety Excellence Award have a significantly lower chance of experiencing one of the four leading safety indicators than patients treated at non-recipient hospitals:

– In-hospital fall resulting in fracture (approximately 52% less likely)

– Collapsed lung due to a procedure or surgery in or around the chest (approximately 56% less likely)

– Pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital (approximately 67% less likely)

– Catheter-related bloodstream infections acquired in the hospital (approximately 71% less likely)

To learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality, visit healthgrades.com.