Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Receives “A” Rating

COLUMBUS, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE) – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle has been awarded an ‘A’ patient safety rating in the spring 2016 Hospital Safety Score by a national patient safety watchdog group.

The latest ‘A’ rating continues Baptist Golden Triangle’s ‘Straight A’ safety rating since the safety rating program was first launched by the Leapfrog Group in 2012

Baptist Golden Triangle was one of 798 hospitals to receive an A, ranking among the safest hospitals in the United States and one of only 153 hospitals in the United States to have achieved a ‘Straight A’ safety rating.

Twelve other hospitals in Mississippi received an A rating, including Baptist hospitals in Oxford and New Albany.

“We hold the safety of our patients as a very high standard. Our patients should feel confident that each of our more than 1,000 employees, our physicians and other clinicians consider their safety as one of our top priorities,’ said Baptist Golden Triangle Administrator Paul Cade.

“Continuing our ‘straight A’ designation shows that we have an excellent history of keeping our patients safe throughout our facility,” Cade said. “That high rating is directly due to the dedication of our staff who work hard every day to keep our patients safe,” he added.

Developed under the guidance of Leapfrog’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign A, B, C, D and F grades to more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals twice per year.

It is calculated by top patient safety experts, peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public.

For the first time, the Hospital Safety Score include five measures of patient-reported experience with the hospital such as communication about medicines, communications with nurses and doctors and the responsiveness of the hospital staff.

Other new measures are two of the most common infections, C.diff and MRSA.

To see Baptist Golden Triangle’s full score, and to access consumer-friendly tips for patients and loved ones visiting the hospital, visit www.hospitalsafetyscore.org or follow The Hospital Safety Score on Twitter or Facebook.

With 315 beds, Baptist Golden Triangle is the largest regional hospital affiliated with the Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care system.

More than 100 physicians and surgeons, who represent almost every medical specialty, practice at the hospital, which offers a full range of comprehensive medical care to patients of all ages.

The hospital offers a variety of services to the community, including the Baptist Cancer Center, Baptist Behavioral Health Care for those with behavioral and mental health problems, an emergency room with 24-hour ambulance service, an extensive rehabilitation department, and educational programs.

Baptist Golden Triangle employs more than 1,000 health care professionals.