“A” Grade for Spring 2024 from The Leapfrog Group is a national recognition for patient safety 

Rockledge, Florida (May 1, 2024) – Rockledge Regional Medical Center, a Steward Family Hospital, earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog that sets standards for excellence in patient care.  Twice a year, Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries, and infections, as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm. 

“Today’s recognition from The Leapfrog Group reinforces our past achievements and highlights the consistent focus of our teams on high quality patient centered outcomes,” said Tom Bowden, President of Rockledge Regional Medical Center. “The physicians and staff at Rockledge Regional are members of the Brevard County community and have a strong commitment to providing the very best care to their friends, family, and neighbors. We take our mission of community centered care seriously and are proud to be recognized as a top performing hospital.”

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program exclusively based on hospital prevention of medical errors, infections and injuries that kill more than 500 patients a day nationally. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually in the fall and spring.

“Everyone who works at Rockledge Regional Medical Center should be proud of this ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “It takes complete dedication at every level, and an ironclad commitment to putting patients first. I thank Rockledge Regional Medical Center, its leadership, clinicians, staff, and volunteers for caring so deeply for its patients and their safety.”

To see Rockledge Regional Medical Center’s full grade details and to access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, visit HospitalSafetyGrade.org and follow The Leapfrog Group on Twitter, Facebook and via its newsletter. 

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About Rockledge Regional Medical Center
Rockledge Regional Medical Center, a Steward Family Hospital, is a nationally recognized facility located on the Space Coast of Florida, offering the highest quality health care with compassion and respect. We are accredited by the Joint Commission, earned a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade “A” Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 for patient safety,  recognized by the Joint Commission as an Advanced Stroke Center, Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Award, recognized by the American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline Silver Award for the Care of STEMI patients, recognized by American College of Cardiology in the “Best Hospitals” issue of U. S. News & World Report, and a 2023 Birnbaum Quality Leadership Top Performer by Vizient. We provide state-of-the-art technology, comprehensive emergency services, and award winning cardiac and maternity care. We are a full acute care hospital that includes a network of affiliates providing rehabilitation services, wound care, laboratory services, and pain management. Rockledge Regional Medical Center is located at 110 Longwood Ave., Rockledge, FL 32955. For more information, please call 321-636-2211 or visit RockledgeRegional.org. 

About The Leapfrog Group                            
Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps for patient safety. The flagship Leapfrog Hospital Survey and Leapfrog Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey collect and transparently report hospital and ASC performance, empowering purchasers to find the highest-value care and giving consumers the lifesaving information they need to make informed decisions. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Leapfrog's other main initiative, assigns letter grades to hospitals based on their record of patient safety, helping consumers protect themselves and their families from errors, injuries, accidents and infections. For more, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our newsletter.