Changes are coming to the Leapfrog Group's annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the nonprofit organization announced Friday.
The Leapfrog Hospital Survey collects information from participating hospitals about their performance on certain quality measures. Each year, Leapfrog researchers and experts from the Armstrong Institute of Patient Safety and Quality at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine review the survey's questions to make sure they align with the most recent studies and the needs of the public.
Starting this year, the survey will include the following:
1. Hospital and surgeon volume for 10 high-risk surgical procedures
2. Surgical appropriateness
3. A revised Never Events Policy statement
4. Two new National Quality Forum-endorsed pediatric measures — CAHPS Child Hospital Survey and Pediatric Computed Tomography Radiation Dose
5. A new medication reconciliation measure
Most of the new measures will not be publicly reported until 2018.
"The healthcare industry and research community have made significant strides in their approach to quality and efficiency, and changes to this year's Leapfrog Hospital Survey reflect that advancement," said Leah Binder, president and CEO of Leapfrog. "These changes look to hospitals to uphold new strategies to improve patient safety, set standards for surgeon volume, reduce overuse and always put patients first."
Find more information on the Leapfrog Hospital Survey here.