Becker's Hospital Review

58 CMO / CARE DELIVERY The best hospitals for avoiding unnecessary services: Lown Institute By Kelly Gooch T he Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank, released its ranking May 17 of the best hos- pitals in the U.S. for avoiding overuse of low-value tests and procedures. For the ranking, Lown examined service use measures at more than 3,100 hospitals. Data in the ranking came from the Medicare claims database and spanned 2018 to 2020. Eight common procedures — including hysterectomy for benign disease, coronary stents for stable heart disease and spinal fusion for low back pain — were measured. Four tests were also considered. Hospitals with the ca- pacity to do four or more of the services were ranked. To learn more about the methodology, click here. Here are the Lown Institute's top 10 hospitals for avoiding unnecessary tests and procedures: 1. Highland Hospital (Rochester, N.Y.) 2. Natividad Medical Center (Salinas, Calif.) 3. Logan Health Medical Center (formerly Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Medical Center) 4. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston) 5. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (Burlington, Mass.) 6. St. Luke's Boise (Idaho) Medical Center 7. Tufts Medical Center (Boston) 8. Maine Medical Center (Portland) 9. University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington) 10. Strong Memorial Hospital (Rochester, N.Y.) n Where are the 22 Leapfrog straight-'A' hospitals? By Erica Carbajal T he Leapfrog Group released its spring 2022 Hospital Safety Grades on May 10, assigning "A" through "F" letter grades to nearly 3,000 general acute care hospitals in the U.S. for patient safety performance. Since 2012, Leapfrog has assigned letter grades to hospitals based on their ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Grades are based on more than 30 national performance measures from CMS, the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and other supplemental data sources. Twenty-two hospitals have achieved 21 consecutive "A" grades since the launch. In the fall, 23 hospitals achieved 20 consecutive "A" grades. is year, OSF St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Ill., received a "B" grade aer 20 consecutive years of earning an "A." Arizona Mayo Clinic Hospital (Phoenix) California French Hospital Medical Center (San Luis Obispo) Kaiser Permanente Orange County Anaheim 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) University of Chicago Medical Center Massachusetts Beverly Hospital Saint Anne's Hospital (Fall River) Michigan University of Michigan Health (Ann Arbor) Mississippi Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle (Columbus) North Carolina 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 Here are the 22 hospitals that have achieved 20 consecutive "A" grades:

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