PARMA, Ohio -- The Leapfrog Group is focused on patient safety and quality care with UH Parma Medical Center again achieving the top grade.

“Leapfrog actually uses some pretty hard statistical data on how safe your hospital is,” UH Parma Medical Center Chief Operating Officer Dr. James Lee Hill Jr. said. “It’ll be things like catheter-associated urinary tract infections or central line infections or falls or adverse patient safety events.

“This recognition is really a recognition that all the diligent work with the team has continued to do over the years really is being shown -- and it’s being shown in a very public way that the hospital is a very safe place for people to come and get the care they need.”

The Leapfrog Group’s prestigious national honor recognizes hospitals and ambulator

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