WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – In recognition of quality and patient safety, four Novant Health Ambulatory Surgery Centers have been named a Leapfrog Top Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) in 2021, making up nearly a third of the only 13 selected nationally for the competitive award. This is the inaugural year of Leapfrog’s Top ASC award which honors top performers as verified by the Leapfrog ASC Survey. The award is presented by The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers widely acknowledged as the toughest standard-setters for health care safety and quality.
The recognized Novant Health ambulatory surgery centers are:
• Novant Health Kernersville Outpatient Surgery Center
• Novant Health Brunswick Endoscopy Center
• Novant Health Huntersville Outpatient Surgery Center
• Novant Health Ballantyne Outpatient Surgery Center
“Novant Health is honored to have four ambulatory surgery centers recognized with The Leapfrog Group’s first ever Top Ambulatory Surgery Center Award,” said Dr. Eric Eskioglu, Novant Health’s chief medical and scientific officer. “We are committed to setting the standard for safe, quality patient care, and we have worked hard to develop best practices to prevent errors while improving patient outcomes and satisfaction. Our teams continue to prioritize safety and quality throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and I’m glad that our efforts at both our ambulatory surgery centers and our hospitals have been recognized, with our hospitals recently receiving straight A’s in the Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grade scoring period.”
“We are proud to honor these Novant Health ambulatory surgery centers for their quality and patient safety. They have demonstrated to the community – and to the whole country – that they put patients first,” said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. “We congratulate the staff, surgeons, nurses, and all the clinicians whose teamwork helped achieve this national recognition.”
The quality of patient care across many areas of ASC performance is considered in identifying award winners, including staffing, patient experience, hand hygiene, surgical checklist protocols, and error prevention.
The Leapfrog Top ASC Award is modeled after the prestigious Leapfrog Top Hospital award that’s been in existence since 2006. To see the full list of institutions honored as 2021 Top ASCs, visit https://www.leapfroggroup.org/ratings-reports/top-ascs.
Novant Health established its Institute for Safety & Quality in 2019, expanding on its commitment to safety and quality by focusing on patient outcomes and safety, clinical excellence and infection prevention. To learn more about Novant Health’s safety and quality initiatives, visit NovantHealth.org/SafestCare.
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