In the video above, 30-year veteran nurse Susan Johnson references the recent “D” grade for patient safety given to St. Joseph Hospital by the employer-backed nonprofit Leapfrog Group. You can read more about the ratings — and check grades for hospital scores across California — with this story from the L.A. Times.
As the Times-Standard recently reported, St. Joseph Hospital, which is owned by the Catholic Sisters of Orange, was one of just 17 hospitals in the state to earn a “D” grade out of nearly 250 hospitals graded, though hospital administrators say the grade was skewed because the hospital failed to publicly report much of the information used by Leapfrog.
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