ARLINGTON, Texas — Seven Texas Health hospitals received A grades for patient safety, according to national performance measures from the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, published by The Leapfrog Group.

The Leapfrog organization uses publicly available quality and safety measures, as well as a demonstrated strong leadership commitment to creating a safe care environment for patients, to come up with the letter grades, which range from A to F.

"At Texas Health, patient safety is our top priority, and we're constantly working to reduce harm," said Sheri Winsper, M.S.N., R.N., MSHA, Hospital Channel chief quality officer. "We have numerous safety programs in place to help us reach our goal of zero harm, including Reliable Care BlueprintingTM, the Reliability Coach program and our Error Prevention Tools. "

Making the grade

Texas Health hospitals that received A grades are:

• Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance
• Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
• Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton
• Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
• Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest
• Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville
• Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South, a joint venture

Four other Texas Health hospitals received a B.

When considering Texas Health's wholly owned hospitals, 46 percent achieved an A, while nationally, only 32 percent of the more than 2,600 hospitals scored were ranked A. Texas Health Specialty Hospital and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman were not included in the ratings due to low volumes. Individual hospital scores can be viewed on the Hospital Safety Score website.