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27 CMO / CARE DELIVERY Michigan Medicine rolls out 'post-mortality' surveys to guide care improvements By Mackenzie Bean M ichigan Medicine recently implemented post- mortality surveys, which are sent to caregivers after an inpatient death and meant to serve as a resource to identify areas for care improvement. "The purpose of this survey is not to place blame on providers or judge quality of care," Sandeep Vijan, MD, program director for quality analytics at the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based system, said in a Nov. 9 blog post. "Instead, we want to use this as an opportunity to learn how we might make care better." The electronic survey is sent to all team members involved in a patient's care within 48 hours of inpatient death. It includes "many different care-based questions" and takes a few minutes to complete.The health system clarified the survey's use as separate from the safety event reporting process. "The safety event reporting process should always be used if there are any concerns about patient safety and/ or deviations from standard processes of care. On the other hand, the post-mortality survey is sent to caregivers only after an inpatient death," the health system said, adding that both are resources to guide system care improvements. n Where are the 22 Leapfrog straight-'A' hospitals? By Erica Carbajal T he Leapfrog Group released its fall 2022 Hospital Safety Grade on Nov. 16, assigning "A" through "F" letter grades to nearly 3,000 general acute care hospitals in the U.S. for patient safety performance. Leapfrog has assigned letter grades every fall and spring to hospitals since 2012, evaluating how well they protect patients from preventable medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Grades are based on more than 30 CMS measures, the Leapfrog hospital survey and other supplemental data sources. Overall, 30 percent of hospitals received an "A," 28 percent received a "B," 36 percent received a "C," 6 percent received a "D" and 1 percent received an "F." In the spring, 22 hospitals achieved consecutive "A" grades. Here are 22 hospitals that have achieved 22 consecutive "A" grades since 2012: 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 Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield) University of Chicago Medical Center Massachusetts Beverly Hospital Saint Anne's Hospital (River Fall) 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 (Delaware) 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