{"id":17079,"date":"2021-11-12T00:27:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=17079"},"modified":"2021-11-12T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T05:28:09","slug":"how-safe-is-lakeland-regional-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/11\/12\/how-safe-is-lakeland-regional-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"How safe is Lakeland Regional Hospital?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New safety grades released by a national watchdog organization focused on improving health care in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/logo.png?resize=584%2C174&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17080\" width=\"584\" height=\"174\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Leapfrog Group on Wednesday released the fall 2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalsafetygrade.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hospital Safety Grade<\/a>, which assigns a letter grade to the nation&#8217;s general hospitals based on how well they prevent medical errors, accidents, injuries, and infections that kill or harm patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year&#8217;s list reviewed just over 2,900 hospitals, the largest number of hospitals ever graded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Regional Hospital scored a C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalsafetygrade.org\/h\/lakeland-regional-medical-center?findBy=hospital&amp;hospital=Lakeland+Regional+Medical+Center&amp;rPos=400&amp;rSort=grade\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Gazette called Lakeland Regional Hospital for a comment and no one returned our call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a898cda6-6556-4364-ba02-b9b7b49cb7c6-Lakeland_Regional.jpg?resize=1024%2C714&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a898cda6-6556-4364-ba02-b9b7b49cb7c6-Lakeland_Regional-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C714&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a898cda6-6556-4364-ba02-b9b7b49cb7c6-Lakeland_Regional-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a898cda6-6556-4364-ba02-b9b7b49cb7c6-Lakeland_Regional-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C536&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/a898cda6-6556-4364-ba02-b9b7b49cb7c6-Lakeland_Regional-scaled.jpg?w=2220&amp;ssl=1 2220w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;As the pandemic continues, we all have heightened awareness of the importance of hospitals in our communities and in our lives,&#8221; said Leah Binder, president and CEO of the Leapfrog Group, in a news release. &#8220;It is critical that all hospitals put patient safety first.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we have more information on more hospitals than ever before, so people can protect themselves and their families,&#8221; Binder said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New safety grades released by a national watchdog organization focused on improving health care in the United States. 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