Amid COVID-19 response, St. Joseph Mercy Livingston receives "A" grade for patient safety

HOWELL, MI, (May 1, 2020) – Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, which assigns A, B, C, D and F letter grades to hospitals nationally for patient safety, announced that St. Joseph Mercy Livingston has received an “A” ranking on its Spring 2020 scorecard. Amid its response to COVID-19, St. Joe's Livingston was awarded an “A” for its commitment to keeping patients safe and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States.

Safety is a core value and a top priority for St. Joe's Livingston. As part of its COVID-19 response, the hospital has a vigorous screening process in place at all points of entry. All colleagues and visitors are also required to wear face masks while inside the facility. These safeguards ensure that all patients can safely seek medical care within the facility, including for urgent and emergent needs within the Emergency Department.

"With everything being thrown at us during the COVID-19 response, I am incredibly proud of our team for their resilience and continued effort to deliver safe, high quality care to patients," said John O'Malley, president of St. Joseph Mercy Livingston and St. Joseph Mercy Brighton Health Center. "From our doctors and nurses to our Environmental Services colleagues, everyone has contributed to St. Joe's being ranked among the safest hospitals in the country."

Developed under the guidance of a national Expert Panel, the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade uses 28 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. The Hospital Safety Grade’s methodology is peer-reviewed and fully transparent, and the results are free to the public.

In addition to St. Joseph Mercy Livingston, the following Trinity Health Michigan hospitals also received "A” rankings on their Spring 2020 scorecards: St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Mercy Health Saint Mary's, and Mercy Health Hackley Campus.

To see St. Joseph Mercy Livingston’s full grade details, learn how employers can help, and access patient tips for staying safe in the hospital, please visit hospitalsafetygrade.org

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About Saint Joseph Mercy Health System

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) is a health care organization serving seven counties in southeast Michigan including Livingston, Washtenaw, Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Jackson, and Lenawee. It includes 548-bed St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, 497-bed St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, 304-bed St. Mary Mercy Livonia, 66-bed St. Joseph Mercy Livingston in Howell, and 133-bed St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea. Combined, the five hospitals are licensed for 1,548 beds, have five outpatient health centers, six urgent care facilities, more than 25 specialty centers; employ more than 15,300 individuals and have a medical staff of nearly 2,700 physicians. SJMHS has annual operating revenues of about $2 billion and returns about $115 million to its communities annually through charity care and community benefit programs.