Steps to Reduce In-Hopsital Injuries

Description from Leapfrog

Patients should choose a hospital that has a small number of patients that are injured during their hospital stay. Possible injuries include falls, fractures, and burns.

Hospital Rating

UC San Diego Health System, Hillcrest
San Diego, CA
This hospital FULLY MEETS the Leapfrog standard for preventing injuries from being acquired during patients' hosptial stays.

For every 1,000 patient days, patients in this hospital had 0.06 new injuries from care. 

 
UC San Diego Health System, Thornton Hospital & Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center 
La Jolla, CA
This hospital FULLY MEETS the Leapfrog standard for preventing injuries from being acquired during patients' hosptial stays. For every 1,000 patient days, patients in this hospital had 0.00 new injuries from care.  

Survey results submitted 6/27/2011.

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