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39 FINANCE CMO / CARE DELIVERY Where are the 23 Leapfrog straight-'A' hospitals? By Gabrielle Masson T he Leapfrog Group released its fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grades on Nov. 10, assigning "A" through "F" letter grades to 2,901 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. for patient safety performance. e list represents the largest set of hospi- tals ever graded. Since 2012, Leapfrog has assigned letter grades to hospitals based on their ability to protect patients from prevent- able errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Twenty-three hospitals have achieved 20 consecutive "A" grades, the highest possible mark, since the launch. Here are the 23 hospitals that have achieved 20 consecutive "A" grades: Arizona Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) California French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo) Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Ana- heim Medical Center Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center (San Luis Obispo) Colorado Rose Medical Center (Denver) Florida AdventHealth Daytona Beach Illinois Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield) OSF St. Mary Medical Center (Galesburg) University of Chicago Medical Center Massachusetts Beverly Hospital St. Anne's Hospital (Fall River) Michigan Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor) Mississippi Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle (Columbus) North Carolina UNC Rex Hospital (Raleigh) Ohio OhioHealth Dublin Methodist Hospital OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital (Del- aware) Texas St. David's Medical Center (Austin) Virginia Inova Loudoun Hospital (Leesburg) Sentara CarePlex Hospital (Hampton) Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk) Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Washington Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle) n Why a Wyoming hospital split the CNO role among 3 nurses By Kelly Gooch J ackson, Wyo.-based St. John's Health is splitting the CNO role among three individuals as part of a shared leadership model, the Jackson Hole News&Guide reported Nov. 10. Registered nurses Jennifer Chiappa, Mary Ponce and Naomi Starcevich will share the CNO role, replacing Marsha Sensat, who resigned in October 2021, according to the newspaper. They will oversee 226 nurses at the 120-bed facility. St. John's Health CEO Dave Robertson "chose this path to- ward filling the CNO position at St. John's due to the abun- dance of nurse leadership experience we have in-house, with three directors who are either master's education pre- pared or will have earned that higher education degree within the year," Karen Connelly, the hospital's chief com- munications officer, told Becker's. "He wanted to provide them with the opportunity they have earned, and also to keep all of them on the St. John's team." Ms. Connelly said the CNO team cited major opportunities provided by this shared leadership model, including the ability to maintain their current positions managing units and working at the bedside. The registered nurses said they also "have diverse back- grounds and experiences that make for sound decision-mak- ing," and they "can each tackle more tasks than one person could do simultaneously," according to Ms. Connelly. Under the shared leadership model, the registered nurses rotate daily tasks weekly and share the administrative office. The CNO team will make significant decisions as a group, allowing a CNO of the week (or other staff member) to make smaller ones. Although responsibilities will be shared, each registered nurse will officially be named CNO for a six-month period to comply with federal and accreditor regulations requir- ing one contact for nursing leadership, according to the News&Guide. n Although responsibilities will be shared, each registered nurse will officially be named CNO for a six-month period to comply with federal and accreditor regulations.