Orlando Health South Lake Hospital has earned its 10th consecutive ‘A’ grade from the Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety and transparency in the U.S. health system. Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) and Orlando Health – Health Central Hospital also earned ‘A’ grades for patient safety in the spring 2023 reporting period.
“Our entire team worked very hard to achieve our 10th consecutive ‘A’ grade, so we’re extremely proud” said Lance Sewell, senior vice president, Orlando Health North Central Region and president, Orlando Health South Lake Hospital. “But the ultimate winners today are our patients in Lake County where South Lake was the only ‘A’-rated hospital. And for that, we are very pleased.”
“The ‘A’ grades are a direct result of the steps we’ve taken as an organization to protect our patients from harm to ensure the best possible outcomes,” said George Ralls, MD, chief medical officer, Orlando Health. “Our clinical teams have focused their collective and unwavering efforts on achieving the highest quality standards when caring for our patients. In keeping with our mission, the 10 consecutive “A” grades at Orlando Health South Lake Hospital demonstrates our commitment to improve the health and quality of life in the communities we serve.
Across a spectrum of services and facilities, Orlando Health has been recognized both locally and nationally for providing high-quality care. Orlando Health Hospitals were recognized as Best Hospitals with high-performing care for 2022-2023 by U.S. News & World Report. In the regional hospital ranking, Orlando Health ranked #8 in Florida and #2 in the Orlando Metro Area. Orlando Health is also the recipient of 25 active Beacon Awards for Excellence in bedside care – more than any other healthcare system in Florida. The distinction is awarded by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses to units that employ evidence-based practices to improve patient and family outcomes. And The American Heart Association (AHA) recently recognized five Orlando Health hospitals for consistently following the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of stroke.
The Leapfrog Group gave Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital a “B” grade, while Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital and Bayfront Health St. Petersburg – facilities that joined Orlando Health in 2020 – earned “C” grades. Due to the lag in outcomes data used for grading by national organizations sucH as The Leapfrog Group, current grades do not reflect outcomes achieved after Orlando Health’s acquisition of these two facilities.
To view Orlando Health’s Leapfrog scores, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.
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About Orlando Health
Orlando Health, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, is a not-for-profit healthcare organization with $8.1 billion of assets under management that serves the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.
Founded more than 100 years ago, the healthcare system is recognized around the world for Central Florida’s only pediatric and adult Level I Trauma program as well as the only state-accredited Level II Adult Trauma Center in Pinellas County. It is the home of the nation’s largest neonatal intensive care unit under one roof, the only system in the southeast to offer open fetal surgery to repair the most severe forms of spina bifida, the site of an Olympic athlete training facility and operator of one of the largest and highest performing clinically integrated networks in the region. Orlando Health has pioneered life-changing medical research and its Graduate Medical Education program hosts more than 350 residents and fellows.
The 3,238-bed system includes 23 hospitals and emergency departments – 18 of which are currently operational with five coming soon. The system also includes nine specialty institutes, more than 100 adult and pediatric primary care practices, skilled nursing facilities, an in-patient behavioral health facility under the management of Acadia Healthcare, and more than 60 outpatient facilities that include imaging and laboratory services, wound care centers, home healthcare services in partnership with LHC Group, and urgent care centers in partnership with FastMed Urgent Care. More than 4,000 physicians, representing more than 100 medical specialties and subspecialties have privileges across the Orlando Health system, which employs more than 25,000 team members and more than 1,200 physicians.
In FY22, Orlando Health served nearly 142,000 inpatients and 3.9 million outpatients. The healthcare system provided more than $782 million in total value to the communities it serves in the form of charity care, community benefit programs and services, community building activities and more in FY 21, the most recent period for which this information is available. Additional information can be found at http://www.orlandohealth.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @orlandohealth.
